State & Indigenous Profiles

South Carolina

Models implemented in South Carolina included Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Connects, Family Spirit, Healthy Families America, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Program, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 70 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

53,886
home visits provided
including 14,961 virtual visits
5,389
families served
5,503
children served

Ethnicity

19% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

17% No high school diploma

Child Age

50% <1 year

30% 1-2 years

19% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

78% Public

20% Private

2% None

Primary Language

86% English

13% Spanish

1% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In South Carolina, there were 265,400 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 325,800 children.

325,800 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 325,800 children who could benefit —

265,400 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 South Carolina who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 19%
  • Single mother 29%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 5%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
  • Low income 18%

Of the 265,400 families who could benefit —

49% of families met one or more priority criteria

18% 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, Family Connects, HFA, HIPPY, MIHOW, 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 for child insurance status were not included. Data are reported for the ABC-Infant program. • HFA data for private insurance include other forms of health insurance. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included.