Checking in with Families in the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation. OPRE Report 2023-140

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    • Availability:
      Administration for Children & Families. US Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington, DC 20447. Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      N
    • Source:
      134
    • Contract Number:
      HHSP23320095644WC
    • Subject Terms:
      Home Visits; Community Health Services; Infants; Toddlers; Preschool Children; Mothers; Child Health; Family Financial Resources; Economic Status; Discipline; Parenting Styles; Cognitive Development; Program Evaluation
    • Abstract:
      The overarching goal of the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) is to provide information about whether families and children benefit from Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program-funded early childhood home visiting programs as they operated from 2012 to 2017, and if so, how. The MIECHV Program is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in collaboration with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The MIHOPE study team first estimated the effects of MIECHV-funded early childhood home visiting programs around the time the study child was 15 months of age. To ensure that the study was in a strong position to conduct later data collection with families, the MIHOPE team asked families for updated contact information when children were about 2.5 and 3.5 years of age so that they could be contacted in the future. At the 2.5-year check-in point, the study team maintained contact with 70 percent of families--51 percent of families responded to the survey. At the 3.5-year check-in point, the study team maintained contact with 65 percent of families--48 percent of families responded to the survey. Although the primary purpose of checking in with families was to obtain updated contact information, families were also asked to complete 30-minute surveys that included a limited set of questions about six outcome areas (maternal health, child health, family economic self-sufficiency, discipline practices and strategies, parental support for cognitive development, and child functioning). This report uses these data to provide a snapshot of families' life circumstances and the effects of MIECHV-funded home visiting, but the study team could only measure a limited set of outcomes and could not comprehensively assess any of the outcome areas examined. Of the six confirmatory outcomes examined at each time point, only one estimated effect was statistically significant, suggesting that home visiting did not have effects on these particular outcomes as measured through parent report. However, an analysis of all outcomes (both confirmatory and exploratory) in each outcome area indicated positive effects in the areas of parental support for cognitive development and child functioning.
    • Abstract:
      ERIC
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      ED654945