Evidence of the Effectiveness of a Home Visiting Model in Rural Communities: Early Steps to School Success

Raikes, Helen; Chazan‐Cohen, Rachel; Harden, Brenda Jones; Byrd, Joseph; Svoboda, Elizabeth; Welch, Greg; Esteraich, Jan; Deming, Joan; Duncan, Aimee Drouin; Escalante-Barrios, Elsa Lucia

doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.12.012

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“…Many home visiting models emerged from the health sciences and healthcare settings and have documented improvements in access to healthcare and child health, including fewer visits to the emergency room due to accidents and injuries ( Koniak-Griffin et al, 2003 ; Dodge et al, 2013 ). Some home visiting models, including the EHS home-based option, have documented positive impacts on child development outcomes and school readiness ( Lowell et al, 2011 ; Jones Harden et al, 2012 ; Raikes et al, 2023 ). Importantly, these positive impacts for children tended to emerge in programs that focused on child development ( Jones Harden et al, 2012 ; Raikes et al, 2023 ) and where home visit time is spent specifically on child development ( Raikes et al, 2006 ; Roggman et al, 2016 ).…”

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“…Some home visiting models, including the EHS home-based option, have documented positive impacts on child development outcomes and school readiness ( Lowell et al, 2011 ; Jones Harden et al, 2012 ; Raikes et al, 2023 ). Importantly, these positive impacts for children tended to emerge in programs that focused on child development ( Jones Harden et al, 2012 ; Raikes et al, 2023 ) and where home visit time is spent specifically on child development ( Raikes et al, 2006 ; Roggman et al, 2016 ).…”

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Parenting and family self-sufficiency services contribute to impacts of Early Head Start for children and families

Chazan-Cohen,

Von Ende,

Lombardi

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionThere is evidence that two-generation early childhood programs, those that strive to support not only child development, but also optimal parenting and family wellbeing, help to foster resilience for young children and their families in the face of adversity.MethodsUsing data from a large experimental evaluation, the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, this paper explores how parenting and family self-sufficiency services embedded in Early Head Start (EHS), a federally funded, nationally implemented two-generation early childhood program for low-income families lasting from pregnancy and until children are three, contribute to the impacts of the program for both the children and their families.ResultsParenting support in any modality (home visiting, case management or parent education) contributed to program impacts on important child and family outcomes, but not parent employment. Somewhat surprisingly, family receipt of employment services did not lead to any of the impacts of the program, while education and job training services did. When EHS parents received education or job training services, it led to impacts not only on mother employment, but also on other important family and child outcomes.DiscussionThese findings validate and reinforce the two-generation approach of EHS, specifically supporting the focus on parenting and parent education and job training.

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