The intended population for this model is families with children who are at risk for conduct problems and academic failure and face familial adversity including socioeconomic disadvantages and maternal depression.
Families with children ages 2 through 17 years old are eligible for Family Check-Up. The HomVEE review only included studies that used home visiting as the primary service delivery method, incorporated the Everyday Parenting curriculum, and focused on families with children ages 2 through 5 years old. Thus, for the purpose of the HomVEE review, HomVEE uses the name Family Check-Up for Children to describe Family Check-Up that incorporates the Everyday Parenting curriculum and is delivered in the home to families with children ages 2 through 5 years old.* There are few differences between the implementation of Family Check-Up and Family Check-Up for Children, so the information in this profile applies to Family Check-Up broadly, unless specified otherwise.
*Family Check-Up is a flexible model that can be delivered to children and adolescents in the home or in other settings. Family Check-Up for Children is HomVEE’s designation for the group of studies on Family Check-Up that HomVEE reviewed. Family Check-Up for Children does not appear as a version of Family Check-Up on the developer’s website because the requirements for implementing Family Check-Up for Children do not differ from those for Family Check-Up.