EHS Tip Sheet No. 31: What is the Maximum Number of EHS Children for a Home Visitor's Caseload?

What is the Maximum Number of EHS Children for a Home Visitor's Caseload?
Early Head Start Tip Sheet No. 31



Considerations for maintaining an Early Head Start home visitor caseload include ensuring that each enrolled child is receiving appropriate and individualized services as identified. These considerations serve as a useful guide for grantee and program administrators. Applicable Head Start Program Performance Standards and resources provide additional information. To read PDF files, get here.

What is the Maximum Number of EHS Children for a Home Visitor’s Caseload? Response: Regulations do not specify the number of children to be served within each home visitor’s caseload. Instead, caseloads are determined by the number of families. Each home visitor must maintain an average caseload of 10 – 12 families with a maximum of 12 families. It is important for the program to ensure that each child enrolled receives appropriate and individualized services. Full text » [PDF, 35.4KB] This Tip Sheet is not a regulatory document. Its intent is to provide a basis for dialogue, clarification, and problem solving among the Office of Head Start, Regional Offices, T & TA consultants, and grantees. See also: Early Head Start (EHS) Tip Sheets

What is the Maximum Number of EHS Children for a Home Visitor's Caseload? Early Head Start Tip Sheet No. 31. HHS/ACF/OHS. 2009. English. [PDF, 35.4KB]

Last Reviewed: March 2010