State Home Visiting Fact Sheets
Choose a state to find an overview of its home visiting programs. HRSA fact sheets pertain only to programs funded through MIECHV and not to those supported by other funding sources.
Alabama
Alabama State Fact Sheet
Alabama has invested both federal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) and state Education Trust Fund (ETF) funds to better coordinate services and improve outcomes for the state’s most at risk families.
Alaska
Alaska State Fact Sheet
Head Start is the largest early childhood program in Alaska, serving over 3,000 young children from birth to 5-years-old in 100 communities. Many of the these programs offer home-based options.
Arizona
Arkansas
Arkansas State Fact Sheet
More than half of the counties served (46 of 75 counties) receive funding from the MIECHV program. Arkansas law requires that the state’s investments must be at least 90 percent in evidence based models and up to 10 percent in promising programs.
California
California State Fact Sheet
The California Home Visiting Program (CHVP) administers two evidence-based home visiting programs through federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood (MIECHV) funding: Nurse-Family Partnership and Healthy Families America.
Colorado
Colorado State Fact Sheet
In 2021, Colorado MIECHV provided services to over 1,500 families in 19,958 home visits.
Connecticut
HRSA Connecticut State Fact Sheet
Delaware
Delaware State Fact Sheet
In fiscal year 2021, the MIECHV program provided services to 615 families, including 587 children served in over 7,000 visits.
District of Columbia
Florida
Florida State Fact Sheet
In 2018, MIECHV programs in high-need communities across 29 counties provided more than 29,000 home visits.
Georgia
Georgia State Fact Sheet
Great Start Georgia funds home visiting initiatives in 17 counties with federal funding from the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, Early Learning Challenge grant funds, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds.
Hawaii
Hawaii State Fact Sheet
Since 1985, Hawaii has been a leader in developing and implementing evidence-based home visiting as part of the early childhood system of care.
Idaho
Idaho State Fact Sheet
In fiscal year 2021, 5,066 home visits were conducted with 481 children and 508 families were served with MIECHV funds.
Illinois
Illinois State Fact Sheet
Illinois has long valued evidence-based home visiting programs as an effective and efficient strategy for improving the life trajectory of expectant and new families who are at risk for poor health, educational, economic and social outcomes.
Indiana
Indiana State Fact Sheet
In the past decade, the MIECHV program in Indiana provided services to 10,915 families in over 260,000 home visits.
Iowa
Iowa State Fact Sheet
In Iowa, home visiting enjoys state, federal, and philanthropic support. Each funding stream fills a crucial gap in services and serves as a catalyst for attracting additional support for programs.
Kansas
Kansas State Fact Sheet
Home visiting in Kansas receives funding from the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program. In 2015, the state received a $1.05 million formula grant and a $9.4 million multi-year competitive grant. To date, Kansas has served 985 families through the MIECHV program. 577 families were served in fiscal year 2015 alone.
Kentucky
HRSA Kentucky State Fact Sheet
Louisiana
Louisiana State Fact Sheet
The Louisiana Department of Health’s Bureau of Family Health administers the Louisiana Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (LA MIECHV) program with the goal of assisting pregnant and parenting families with young children, particularly those with low income or limited availability of health services, to gain access to maternal and child health services and to reduce maternal, infant, and child mortality and morbidity.
Maine
Maine State Fact Sheet
Eighteen years ago, Maine was one of the first states in the nation to invest in the health and well-being of its youngest citizens by establishing a statewide home visiting program for new parents.
Maryland
HRSA Maryland State Fact Sheet
Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Fact Sheet
In Massachusetts during fiscal year 2021, the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program provided $6.8 million to support home visiting services; the state provided $16.4 million to Healthy Families Massachusetts, which includes MIECHV and non-MIECHV supported sites; and other home visiting programs received a combination of state, local, and private funds.
Michigan
Michigan State Fact Sheet
The Michigan Home Visiting Initiative (MHVI) is a collaborative effort between the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the Michigan Department of Education, the Children’s Trust Fund, and the Medical Services Administration (Medicaid).
Minnesota
HRSA Minnesota State Fact Sheet
Mississippi
HRSA Mississippi State Fact Sheet
Missouri
Montana
Montana State Fact Sheet
HMF implements 4 home visiting models through 18 local public health departments and non- profit organizations in 16 counties, including 3 tribal communities.
Nebraska
Nebraska State Fact Sheet
The Nebraska-Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting (N-MIECHV) program is evidence-based, utilizing the Healthy Families America model of home visiting. It is strengths-based and family-centered.
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Hampshire State Fact Sheet
In FY 2021, the MIECHV program provided services to 380 NH Families.
New Jersey
New Jersey State Fact Sheet
New Jersey is working to improve the health and well-being of at-risk children and families through the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. MIECHV uses evidence-based home visiting programs (programs proven to be effective) to help improve outcomes for families and their children.
New Mexico
New Mexico State Fact Sheet
Home visiting in New Mexico is part of the state’s overall early childhood education efforts. The program is administered by the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department.
New York
New York State Fact Sheet
New York State is working to improve the health and well-being of at-risk children and families through the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. MIECHV uses evidence-based home visiting programs (programs proven to be effective) to help improve outcomes for families and their children.
North Carolina
North Carolina State Fact Sheet
North Carolina has invested federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) funds to better coordinate services and improve outcomes for the state’s neediest families. North Carolina operates MIECHV- funded Healthy Families America or Nurse-Family Partnership home visiting programs in 13 counties across the state that were identified through a 2010 statewide needs assessment.
North Dakota
HRSA North Dakota State Fact Sheet
Ohio
Ohio State Fact Sheet
Ohio implements early intervention services in all 88 counties and provides care to children regardless of family living arrangements or income.
Oklahoma
Oregon
Oregon State Fact Sheet
Since 2016, Oregon MIECHV has funded at least one voluntary, evidence-based home visiting model in each of the 13 counties found to have higher risks to positive maternal and child health outcomes by the original needs assessment.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Fact Sheet
Home visiting in Pennsylvania is overseen by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning. Pennsylvania receives federal funds for home visiting through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting initiative; $11,798,665.00 in formula grant funding annually and $8.7 million in competitive grant funding.
Rhode Island
HRSA Rhode Island State Fact Sheet
South Carolina
South Carolina State Fact Sheet
Home visiting in South Carolina is supported by a variety of public and private sources that collectively believe in its value. Importantly, one large philanthropy has served as a catalyst for other funding sources.
South Dakota
HRSA South Dakota State Fact Sheet
Tennessee
Tennessee State Fact Sheet
Tennessee launched the Healthier Beginnings Program in July 2011 with the award of a federal Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) grant to expand voluntary, evidence-based home visiting programs.
Texas
Texas State Fact Sheet
Home visiting in Texas is supported by state funds and the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV). Last year, 4,425 Texas families received home visiting services in 39 counties across the state.
Utah
Utah State Fact Sheet
Utah has received a total of $9 million in federal MIECHV funds. Additional funding has been provided through child abuse prevention funding from federal sources.
Vermont
Vermont State Fact Sheet
Vermont’s MCH Home Visiting Program is funded through federal investments from the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program to support the Nurse Family Partnership model that provides voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services to at-risk first time pregnant women and their children up to age 2 years.
Virginia
Virginia State Fact Sheet
The Virginia Home Visiting Consortium (HVC) is a collaboration of statewide early childhood home visiting programs that serve families of children from pregnancy through age five.
Washington
Washington State Fact Sheet
The Home Visiting Services Account (HVSA) is administered by the Department of Early Learning and supported by Thrive Washington, brings together state, federal and private dollars to support a portfolio of high-quality proven and promising programs – and make sure they deliver results.
West Virginia
HRSA West Virginia State Fact Sheet
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Fact Sheet
In fiscal year 2015, Wisconsin made more than 20,000 home visits to over 2,000 parents and children across the state. These families came from 15 counties (21 percent of counties in the state) and four tribes. Additionally, over 1,000 new parents and children enrolled into the program.
Wyoming
Wyoming State Fact Sheet
The Wyoming Home Visiting Program is funded by the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) and provides voluntary, evidence-based home visiting to at-risk pregnant women and parents with young children through age 3.
Puerto Rico
HRSA Puerto Rico State Fact Sheet
Virgin Islands
HRSA Virgin Islands State Fact Sheet