Beginning in FY23, IDHS-DEC implemented a new salary floor for home visitors – with an optional but recommended salary floor for supervisors – to raise minimum compensation as the State home visiting system works to improve the recruitment and retention of a highly qualified workforce. In FY24, Start Early, under the direction of IDHS-DEC, conducted an analysis of State and MIECHV program budgets from FY22 to FY24 to track progress towards meeting salary goals statewide. The results were positive, showing that approximately 87% of home visitors and 81% of supervisors were already meeting the salary floors set by IDHS-DEC, one year ahead of the deadline. Now in FY25, this report seeks to understand whether that benchmark has been met and how salaries have been affected by guidelines, inflation, and additional external factors. (author summary)
This brief outlines trends in salaries for home visitors and supervisors, across the Illinois Department for Human Services Division of Early Childhood (IDHS-DEC) State-funded and Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)-funded home visiting programs.