Tennessee
Models implemented in Tennessee included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 25 local agencies operated at least one of these models.
Race
<1% American Indian Alaska Native
1% Asian
40% Black
* Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander
52% White
4% Multiple
2% Another race
Ethnicity
12% Hispanic or Latino
Caregiver Education
22% No high school diploma
Child Age
34% <1 year
43% 1-2 years
24% 3-5 years
Child Insurance Status
93% Public
5% Private
2% None
Primary Language
90% English
7% Spanish
3% Another language
Potential Beneficiaries
In Tennessee, there were 369,100 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 474,400 children.
474,400 children could benefit from home visiting
Of the 474,400 children who could benefit —
369,100 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 Tennessee who met the following priority criteria:
- Child <1 19%
- Single mother 25%
- Parent with no high school diploma 6%
- Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
- Low income 27%
Of the 369,100 families who could benefit —
51% of families met one or more priority criteria
21% of families met two or more priority criteria