State & Indigenous Profiles

Rhode Island

Models implemented in Rhode Island included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Check-Up, Healthy Families America, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 20 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

16,618
home visits provided
including 4,843 virtual visits
1,473
families served
1,692
children served

Ethnicity

51% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

27% No high school diploma

Child Age

34% <1 year

45% 1-2 years

20% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

89% Public

9% Private

1% None

Primary Language

53% English

39% Spanish

8% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Rhode Island, there were 49,700 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 63,300 children.

63,300 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 63,300 children who could benefit —

49,700 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 Rhode Island who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 17%
  • Single mother 26%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 6%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 1%
  • Low income 13%

Of the 49,700 families who could benefit —

46% of families met one or more priority criteria

13% 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: EHS, HFA, 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. • 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.