State & Indigenous Profiles

Pennsylvania

Models implemented in Pennsylvania included Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Child First, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Connects, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and SafeCare Augmented. Statewide, 127 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

140,200
home visits provided
including 13,120 virtual visits
15,584
families served
17,337
children served

Ethnicity

23% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

17% No high school diploma

Child Age

31% <1 year

48% 1-2 years

22% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

83% Public

8% Private

9% None

Primary Language

80% English

14% Spanish

6% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Pennsylvania, there were 623,700 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 794,100 children.

794,100 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 794,100 children who could benefit —

623,700 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 23%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 5%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 15%

Of the 623,700 families who could benefit —

46% of families met one or more priority criteria

14% 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, NFP, and PAT. • 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 are reported for the 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. • Family Connects data for child age 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.