State & Indigenous Profiles

Wyoming

Models implemented in Wyoming included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Spirit, Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-Visiting, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 34 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

9,320
home visits provided
including 567 virtual visits
1,312
families served
1,382
children served

Ethnicity

26% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

23% No high school diploma

Child Age

24% <1 year

50% 1-2 years

26% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

Data not available

Primary Language

76% English

24% Spanish

0% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Wyoming, there were 31,200 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 38,600 children.

38,600 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 38,600 children who could benefit —

31,200 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 Wyoming who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 21%
  • Single mother 17%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 4%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
  • Low income 12%

Of the 31,200 families who could benefit —

42% of families met one or more priority criteria

12% 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, MECSH, 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. • MECSH reported children served, families served, total home visits, and virtual home visits only. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included.