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Both HIPPY and PAT are evidence-based program models, each with a significant body of research, conducted over decades, that show a consistent set of results for those served.
Highlights
HIPPY and PAT were both included in the list of only 7 models that met the highest level requirements for evidence-based programming under the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program under the Affordable Care Act (health care reform). An external national research firm systematically analyzed 8,200 research studies on more than 250 home visiting program models, naming only 7 to the list.
Citations
HIPPY and PAT have both been the subject of numerous citations on legitimized third party evidence-based registries, most notably:
- Listed as "What Works" in Child Trends Guide to Effective Programs for Children and Youth: Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully: Home Visiting (HIPPY and PAT)
- Listed as a “Model Program” by OJJDP Strengthening America's Families: Effective Family Programs for Prevention of Delinquency (HIPPY and PAT)
- Included as a Program with a Strong Evidence Base (HIPPY) and as a Program with a Promising Evidence Base (PAT) in the Rand Corporation report “Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise”
- Included as a Promising Program with a focus on family well-being and self-sufficiency in SECPTAN’s “Up and Running: A Compendium of Multi-Site Early Childhood Initiatives” (HIPPY and PAT)
- Featured as an effective model program benefiting parents, children, and communities by the Child Welfare League of America (PAT)
- Listed as an effective prevention program for child abuse and neglect which promotes healthy families by the Child Welfare Information Gateway (PAT)
- Listed as a "Best Practice" for parent and family-based interventions to prevent youth violence by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (HIPPY)