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2025 Early Childhood - State Home Visiting
Mission Statement The Bureau of Home Visiting administers community-based prevention and intervention programs to strengthen the capacity of children, adolescents, women, and men to make healthy decisions, utilize support systems, access opportunities, and achieve self-sufficiency.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Improve maternal and child health.
    1. Prevent child abuse and neglect.
      1. Reduce crime and domestic violence.
        1. Increase family education level and earning potential.
          1. Promote children’s development and readiness to participate in school.
            1. Connect families to needed community resources and supports.
              Source of Funds General Revenue Fund Statutory Authority Title V, §511 (42 U.S.C. §711)
              Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
              Input Indicators
              Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 48,933.1 $ 36,936.5 $ 48,933.1 $ 32,955.1 $ 8,884.1
              Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 48,933.1 $ 36,936.5 $ 48,933.1 $ 32,955.1 $ 8,884.1
              Average monthly full-time equivalents 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 1.0
              Output Indicators
              Adults served through DHS-DEC State Home Visiting 1,600 1,263 1,715 1,568 1,568
              Children served through DHS-DEC State Home Visiting 1,500 1,410 1,466 1,340 1,340
              Households served through DHS-DEC State Home Visiting 1,600 1,590 1,506 1,377 1,377
              Home visits through DHS-DEC State Home Visiting 23,500 23,400 23,390 21,382 21,382
              Outcome Indicators
              Depression screening: percentage of newly enrolled parents who received a screening for symptoms of depression within three months of enrollment 85.00% 93.00% 85.00% 83.00% 84.00%
              Well-child visits: percentage of children who received their most recent recommended well-child visit based on the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations 80.00% 88.00% 80.00% 71.00% 77.00%
              Developmental screening: percentage of children with completed developmental screenings using the Ages & Stages Questionnaires at the ages of 9, 18, 24, and 30 months 80.00% 78.00% 80.00% 73.00% 63.00%

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