State & Indigenous Profiles

New Mexico

Models implemented in New Mexico included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Connects, Family Spirit, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and Promoting First Relationships. Statewide, 48 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

55,795
home visits provided
including 23,099 virtual visits
4,522
families served
4,928
children served

Ethnicity

62% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

14% No high school diploma

Child Age

25% <1 year

37% 1-2 years

38% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

73% Public

25% Private

2% None

Primary Language

84% English

13% Spanish

3% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In New Mexico, there were 106,200 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 136,300 children.

136,300 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 136,300 children who could benefit —

106,200 families could benefit from home visiting

Many home visiting services are geared toward particular subpopulations. The NHVRC estimated the percentage of families who could benefit in New Mexico who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 20%
  • Single mother 30%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 8%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
  • Low income 22%

Of the 106,200 families who could benefit —

55% of families met one or more priority criteria

21% of families met two or more priority criteria

NHVRC State Profiles present data provided by evidence-based models, which include both MIECHV and non-MIECHV data. This State Profile includes participant data from the following evidence-based models: Family Connects, Family Spirit, HFA, NFP, PAT, and PFR. • Missing and unknown data were not included in calculations. • Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. • To protect confidentiality, race and ethnicity categories with 10 or fewer participants were replaced with *. • Public insurance includes Medicaid, CHIP, and TRICARE. • Low income is defined as family income below the federal poverty threshold. • Single mothers include single, never married mothers or pregnant women. • Family Spirit reported children served, families served, total home visits, and virtual home visits only. • HFA data for private insurance include other forms of health insurance. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included. • PFR reported children served, families served, total home visits, and virtual home visits only.