State & Indigenous Profiles

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, Parents as Teachers, and Promoting First Relationships. Statewide, 95 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

82,207
home visits provided
including 19,700 virtual visits
11,325
families served
11,343
children served

Ethnicity

29% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

19% No high school diploma

Child Age

65% <1 year

21% 1-2 years

14% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

69% Public

25% Private

6% None

Primary Language

82% English

16% Spanish

2% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In North Carolina, there were 550,400 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 691,300 children.

691,300 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 691,300 children who could benefit —

550,400 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 23%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 6%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 16%

Of the 550,400 families who could benefit —

47% of families met one or more priority criteria

15% 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, PAT, and PFR. • Missing and unknown data were not included in calculations. • Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. • 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 data for child insurance status were not included. Data are reported for the ABC-Infant program. • EHS data may be underreported. Data include EHS programs that provided home-based services only. EHS did not report home visits. Data for child insurance status were not included. • 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.