27% of Washington's maltreated children are under age 3.
Home visiting is a proven strategy for preventing child abuse and neglect.
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Home visiting programs have been shown to cut incidences of child abuse and neglect in half.
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Almost 6600 Washington children were confirmed child abuse victims in 2010.
More than 2300 of those children were under 4 years old. High quality home visiting programs have been proven to greatly reduce child abuse and neglect.
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Home visiting programs demonstrate significant positive impacts for children. In a randomized trial, the Nurse-Family Partnership program showed a 50% reduction in language delays by age 21 mo., 67% decrease in behavioral and emotional programs by age 6, 67% decrease in use of alcohol/cigarettes/marijuana by age 12.
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Home visiting in a family's native language prepares children to successfully learn English in school
Children in families where a home visitor works with the parent and child in the language in which the parents are best able to talk and read with their children are successfully prepared to learn English.
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Home visiting programs like the Parent Child Home Program increase graduation rates of low income children to the same rate as middle class children, 20% higher rate than their socio-economic peers, and 30% higher than the control group in the community.
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