How Much: # of families served by Home Visitors * - Annual
Current Value
19
Definition
What Works
The primary factor that has led to increased participants is staff capacity. Beginning in FY2018 Kent County’s Healthy Families coverage supported 1.5 family support workers with a maximum capacity of serving 37 families – in FY17 there was only 1.0 FTE family support worker. While there was turnover in FY18, supervising staff was able to hold the case load until a new family support worker was hired.
Data Discussion
31 families are fully active with the program (qualifying as “enrolled” in the ‘how much’ performance measure), while another 11 are close to graduation (usually meaning reduced visits), or not fully engaged with the program. Healthy Families maintains these families on their case load until they graduate (the child turns five) or after one month of unsuccessful outreach.