New HHS Study Finds Home Visiting Services Improve Family Well-Being

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and HRSA, released new findings from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) study. The MIHOPE study highlights the long-term benefits to children and families participating in federally funded, evidence-based home visiting services through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program.

The results show that direct interactions between home visitors and families had statistically significant, long-term positive effects on maternal and family wellbeing outcomes by the time children reached kindergarten. The positive outcomes included:

• improvements in families’ economic circumstances
• reduced family conflict and violence,
• better maternal mental and behavioral health, and
• strengthened parent-child interactions.

Read more: https://www.hrsa.gov/about/news/press-releases/positive-home-visiting-by-kindergarten