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Using home visits for multiple purposes: the Comprehensive Child Development Program.

R G St Pierre1, J I Layzer

  • 1Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.

The Future of Children
|July 22, 1999
PubMed
Summary

The Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP) did not significantly improve outcomes for low-income families. Home visiting services showed no measurable impact on child development or family well-being indicators.

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Area of Science:

  • Child Development Studies
  • Social Work Interventions
  • Public Health Programs

Background:

  • Disadvantaged families face complex challenges requiring comprehensive support.
  • Two-generation programs aim to improve child and parent well-being simultaneously.
  • Home visiting and case management are common service delivery models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP).
  • To assess the impact of CCDP on educational, health, and social service outcomes for low-income families.
  • To determine if home visiting is an effective strategy for this population.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluation of 21 project sites and 4,410 families over five years.
  • Comparison of outcomes between families participating in CCDP and control groups.

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  • Assessment across domains including early childhood education, health, parenting, and economic self-sufficiency.

    • Main Results:

    • No statistically significant impact of CCDP was found across any assessed domains.
    • Program families did not differ from control families in child or parent well-being.
    • Key indicators of early childhood education, health, and economic status remained unchanged.

    Conclusions:

    • The evaluation results do not support home visiting as an effective social service delivery method.
    • Parenting education through home visiting did not yield significant positive effects for low-income families.
    • Further research may be needed to explore alternative or modified intervention strategies.