The Potential for Cost Savings from Home Visiting due to Reductions in Child Maltreatment

Describes the evidence of effectiveness of several home-visiting program models in reducing child maltreatment. We present the estimated costs of implementing these models and describe the additional information needed to assess whether they are cost-beneficial with respect to reductions child maltreatment and other outcomes.The brief focuses on four program models—Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), Parents as Teachers (PAT), and SafeCare.