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2023 Yearbook

North Carolina

Models implemented in North Carolina included Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Child First, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Connects, Healthy Families America, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 101 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

80,013
home visits provided
including 67,330 virtual visits
9,522
families served
9,682
children served

Ethnicity

24% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

18% No high school diploma

Child Age

57% <1 year

23% 1-2 years

19% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

69% Public

27% Private

5% None

Primary Language

87% English

12% Spanish

1% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In North Carolina, there were 562,500 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 709,300 children.

709,300 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 709,300 children who could benefit —

562,500 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 North Carolina who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 19%
  • Single mother 24%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 7%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
  • Low income 25%

Of the 562,500 families who could benefit —

50% of families met one or more priority criteria

20% 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: ABC, Child First, EHS, Family Connects, HFA, HIPPY, NFP, and PAT. • 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. • ABC reported children served, families served, total home visits, and virtual home visits only. • EHS data may be underreported. Data include EHS programs that provided home-based services only. EHS race and ethnicity data include children and pregnant caregivers. EHS did not report home visits. Data for child insurance status were not included. • Family Connects did not report children served. The number of families served was included as a proxy for children served. • HFA reported primary language of caregivers. Private insurance includes other forms of health insurance. • NFP reported primary language of caregivers. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included.