Pennsylvania
Models implemented in Pennsylvania included Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Check-Up, Healthy Families America, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and SafeCare Augmented. Statewide, 138 local agencies operated at least one of these models.
Race
<1% American Indian Alaska Native
3% Asian
23% Black
<1% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander
63% White
7% Multiple
3% Another race
Ethnicity
20% Hispanic or Latino
Caregiver Education
19% No high school diploma
Child Age
23% <1 year
40% 1-2 years
37% 3-5 years
Child Insurance Status
92% Public
7% Private
1% None
Primary Language
88% English
8% Spanish
4% Another language
Potential Beneficiaries
In Pennsylvania, there were 644,000 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 826,800 children.
826,800 children could benefit from home visiting
Of the 826,800 children who could benefit —
644,000 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 Pennsylvania who met the following priority criteria:
- Child <1 19%
- Single mother 26%
- Parent with no high school diploma 6%
- Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
- Low income 22%
Of the 644,000 families who could benefit —
50% of families met one or more priority criteria
19% of families met two or more priority criteria