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Evidence Based Home Visiting Models

Early Head Start Home Based Option (EHS)

The Early Head Start (EHS) Home-Based Model is administered by the Office of Head Start Early Head Start Home Based Option (EHS) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Early Head Start home-based program is one of Head Start’s comprehensive program options designed to meet the needs of low-income pregnant women and families of infants and toddlers. In the 2010 enrollment year, there were 43,796 EHS federally funded enrollment slots for infants and toddlers in the home based option.

Home visits are conducted weekly with the child's parent(s) or the primary caregiver for 90 minutes, generally on a year-round basis. The purpose of the home visit is to support parents in their roles as primary caregivers and to facilitate the child’s optimal development within their home environments.

Group socializations are offered twice a month and are designed to support child development by strengthening the parent child relationship. In the context of a group of families, socialization experiences address child growth and development, parenting, and the parent child relationship.

Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)

HIPPY is a parent involvement, school readiness program that helps parents prepare their Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) three, four, and five year old children for success in school and beyond. The parent is provided with a set of carefully developed curriculum, books and materials designed to strengthen their children's cognitive skills, early literacy skills, social/emotional and physical development.

HIPPY is an international program that started in Israel in 1969 as a research and demonstration project. It has since spread to other countries. Germany, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Canada along with Israel and the United States now comprise HIPPY International. The HIPPY program came to the United States in 1984.

The HIPPY program is delivered by home visitors who are members of the participating communities and are also parents in the program. They visit participating parents in their homes biweekly to instruct them in using the HIPPY educational materials. Home visitors are crucial to the HIPPY model. Their knowledge of their unique communities allows them to develop trusting relationships with the families and, by using the HIPPY materials with their own children, home visitors identify with the kinds of challenges parents face.

Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)

Nurse-Family Partnership helps transform the lives of vulnerable first-timeNurse-Family Partnership moms and their babies. Through ongoing home visits from registered nurses, low-income, first-time moms receive the care and support they need to have a healthy pregnancy, provide responsible and competent care for their children, and become more economically self-sufficient. From pregnancy until the child turns two years old, Nurse-Family Partnership Nurse Home Visitors form a much-needed, trusting relationship with the first-time moms, instilling confidence and empowering them to achieve a better life for their children – and themselves.

An evidence-based community health program, Nurse-Family Partnership's outcomes include long-term family improvements in health, education, and economic self-sufficiency. By helping to break the cycle of poverty, NFP plays an important role in helping to improve the lives of society's most vulnerable members, build stronger communities, and leave a positive impact on this and future generations.

For more information about Nurse Family Partnership, you can contact their national office by email at info@nursefamilypartnership.org or phone at 1 (866) 864-5226.

Parents as Teachers (PAT)

The goal of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) program is to provide parents with child development Parents as Teachersknowledge and parenting support. The PAT model includes home visiting for families and professional development for home visiting. The home visiting component of PAT provides one-on-one home visits, group meetings, developmental screenings, and a resource network for families. Parent educators conduct the home visits, using the Born to Learn curriculum. Local sites decide on the intensity of home visits, ranging from weekly to monthly and the duration during which home visitation is offered. PAT may serve families from pregnancy to kindergarten entry.

For more information about Parents as Teachers, you can visit their Contact Us page or call them at (314) 432-4330.