Tennessee
Models implemented in Tennessee included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 27 local agencies operated at least one of these models.
Race
<1% American Indian Alaska Native
1% Asian
33% Black
* Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander
57% White
4% Multiple
3% Another race
Ethnicity
15% Hispanic or Latino
Caregiver Education
19% No high school diploma
Child Age
40% <1 year
44% 1-2 years
15% 3-5 years
Child Insurance Status
91% Public
6% Private
3% None
Primary Language
82% English
14% Spanish
4% Another language
Potential Beneficiaries
In Tennessee, there were 371,400 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 469,300 children.
469,300 children could benefit from home visiting
Of the 469,300 children who could benefit —
371,400 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 Tennessee who met the following priority criteria:
- Child <1 18%
- Single mother 24%
- Parent with no high school diploma 5%
- Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
- Low income 17%
Of the 371,400 families who could benefit —
47% of families met one or more priority criteria
15% of families met two or more priority criteria