The Hello Family Pay for Success project in Spartanburg, South Carolina, aims to enhance child and family outcomes through evidence-based services from prenatal development to kindergarten entry. A combination of parenting supports and resources seek to improve maternal and infant health; promote child well-being and school readiness; and reduce education, child welfare, and health care costs.
Authors
Heather Sandstrom, William J. Congdon, Mingli Zhong, Fernando Hernandez-Lepe
- Pages
- 42
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- Contents 3
- Acknowledgments 4
- Spartanburg Hello Family Pay for Success Project Evaluation Design 5
- Background 5
- Defining the Problem 6
- Hello Family Interventions 8
- BirthMatters 8
- Program Overview 8
- Service Delivery Model 8
- Program Evidence 9
- Program Outcomes and Data Sources for the Hello Family PFS Project 9
- Family Connects 12
- Program Overview 12
- Service Delivery Model 13
- Program Evidence 14
- Program Outcomes and Data Sources for the Hello Family PFS Project 15
- Triple P—Positive Parenting Program 16
- Program Overview 16
- Service Delivery Model 16
- Program Evidence 17
- Program Outcomes and Data Sources for the Hello Family PFS Project 18
- Evaluation Design 18
- Synthetic Control Methods 19
- Constructing the synthetic control 20
- Estimating impact 20
- Consideration of Counterfactual 21
- Conclusion 22
- Appendix A. Calculation of Outcome Measures 23
- 1. Low Birthweight 23
- 2. Cesarean Delivery 25
- 3. Breastfeeding at Birth 27
- 4. NICU Admissions 29
- 5. Infant Emergency Medical Care Use Rate 31
- 6. Substantiated Child Maltreatment 33
- Appendix B: Logic Model 35
- Notes 36
- References 37
- About the Authors 40
- Statement of Independence 41
