Last Updated
July 2011
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Evidence of Program Model Effectiveness
This program model does not meet the criteria established by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for an “evidence-based early childhood home visiting service delivery model” for the general population or for tribal populations.
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Program Model Description
Even Start was a federal initiative that offered grants to support local family literacy projects that integrated early childhood education, adult literacy, parenting education, and interactive parent and child literacy activities. The model targeted low-income parents with children from birth through age 7 and parents who were eligible for services under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. Even Start programs identified and recruited families most in need of services as indicated by a low level of income, a low level of adult literacy or English language proficiency of the eligible parent or parents, and other need-related indicators. Even Start did not define required program model components, but most sites delivered services through a combination of center-based programs, parent groups, and home visits. For the purpose of the HomVEE review, only studies of sites that used home visiting as the primary service delivery method and that included families with children from birth to age 5 were included. For more information, please read the Program Model Overview.
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Extent of Evidence
| Results of Search and Review | Number of Studies |
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Released from 1979 to 2011
| 62 |
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Eligible for review
| 0 |
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Rated high
| 0 |
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Rated moderate
| 0 |
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Rated low
| 0 |
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Additional sourcesa
| 0 |
For more information, see the study database. For more information on the criteria used to determine the study ratings, please read Producing Study Ratings.
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Summary of Findings
Please read Describing Effects for more information on these categories. Only results from studies that meet the standards for the high or moderate ratings are included above.
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Criteria Established by the Department of Health and Human Services
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Information Based on Comprehensive Review of All High- and Moderate-Impact Studies for this Model
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High- or moderate-quality impact study?
| None eligible for review |
Across high- or moderate-quality studies, favorable impacts in…
at least two outcome domains within one sample
OR
the same domain for at least two non-overlapping samples?
| NA |
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Favorable impacts on full sample?
| NA |
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Any favorable impacts on outcome measures sustained at least 12 months after program enrollment?a
| NA |
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One or more favorable, statistically significant impact reported in a peer-reviewed journal?a
| NA |
NA = not applicable.
Please read the DHHS Criteria for Evidence-Based Program Models for more information.
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