The ultimate goal is a robust, high - quality
statewide home visiting system that serves families living in some of the state's highest needs communities.
Operated by a team of dedicated staff, The Hub exists to support the capacity building of home visiting programs and ensure the development of a robust
home visiting system in Washington state.
MIECHV has supported the development
of home visiting systems through the availability of competitive grants that reward program expansion and encourage the development of system infrastructure components.
The states application outlines plans to implement an evidence - based statewide
home visiting system by expanding models already operating (Nurse - Family Partnership, Early Head Start, and Parents as Teachers) and initiating new ones (Early Start and Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home Visiting).
Over the past five years, MIECHV grantees have
built home visiting systems that reach the most vulnerable children and families in their communities.
«With the new federal investment, policy makers have a real incentive to dramatically improve the efficiency of their
existing home visiting systems by tying public dollars to programs proven to be effective,» said campaign director Libby Doggett.
Thrive will work in five key areas: helping to eliminate the opportunity gap with the state Early Learning Plan; deepening parent and caregiver knowledge of child development and school readiness; developing a high -
quality home visiting system to serve at - risk families; providing grants that advance our programmatic work and mission; and building and mobilizing state, regional and local partnerships.
To meet this need, the Iowa Department of Health (IDH) created Parentivity, an online
interactive home visiting system that connects parents with a rich library of resources available in English and Spanish.
The Ford Family Foundation, Portland State University evaluation team, and rural home visiting coordinators will share the project theory of action, implementation tools, and lessons learned
about home visiting systems change in rural communities in Oregon and California.
Current projects include the Oregon MIECHV evaluation, which focuses on understanding family engagement and retention in home visiting, as well as two evaluations of
home visiting systems integration efforts in Oregon.
Third Sector, a grantee of the Social Innovation Fund's Pay for Success program, announced the selection of Washington's
home visiting system along with six other awardees (called «sub-recipients») after a highly selective national competition.
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As part of New Jerseys implementation of their
Comprehensive Home Visiting System Model, six regions designated central intake agencies to facilitate the referral process from providers and match families with the appropriate home visiting program and / or family support services.
Over the past five years, MIECHV grantees have
built home visiting systems that reach some of the most vulnerable children and families in the country.
A new initiative related to Coordinated Intake for Oklahoma is ParentPRO which promotes Oklahoma's
home visiting system by directing families to community connectors to access home visiting services in their hometown.
The 22 states awarded competitive grants through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program have demonstrated plans to expand and add needed accountability to their
existing home visiting systems.»
Moving forward, Thrive will work in five key areas: helping to eliminate the opportunity gap with the state Early Learning Plan; deepening parent and caregiver knowledge of child development and school readiness; developing a high -
quality home visiting system to serve at - risk families; providing grants that advance our programmatic work and mission; and building and mobilizing state, regional and local partnerships.
This self - assessment tool helps states define
the home visiting system, asses the home visiting system's capacity, and prioritize areas for improvement.
Implementing Statewide
Home Visiting Systems, Part II: Supporting Home Visitor Competence; Transcript (PDF — 222 KB)
Best Beginnings, the prenatal - to - three committee of Oregon's Early Learning Council, recently developed a plan to strengthen the state's
home visiting system.
In Illinois, MIECHV has been a vital part of
our home visiting system and our broader early childhood system.
In Illinois, MIECHV funding has been a vital part of
our home visiting system and our broader early childhood system.
The hosting organizations presented updates to the state's
home visiting system, including updates on data quality improvements and expansions made possible by TANF and 502 funding that will increase home visiting services to vulnerable families.
«There are exciting advancements being made within
the home visiting system in Washington state,» said Melanie Krevitz, Thrive Washington's Home Visiting Senior Manager.
«We are reaching more families — and changing more outcomes — with
a home visiting system that we can all be proud of,» said Bette Hyde, director of DEL. «Home visiting leads to stronger families, more successful schools, more self - reliant adults and safer communities.»
Kate's work with the SCREL Hub and
the Home Visiting Systems Coordination Project funded by The Ford Family Foundation has helped to leverage community awareness and support of home visiting and high quality early learning experiences and has increased systemic collaboration around early learning planning and investments in her region.
This self - assessment tool helps states define
the home visiting system, asses the home visiting system's capacity, and prioritize areas for improvement.
This bi-annual training exists to build community within
the home visiting system as well as offer resources and professional development opportunities for home visiting program leaders.
The law calls for the Department of Health to operate a statewide
home visiting system that employs evidence - based models proven to improve child and family outcomes.
«We are reaching more families with
a home visiting system that we can all be proud of,» Bette Hyde, director of the state's Department of Early Learning (DEL) said.
Vanessa Pingleton is
a Home Visiting Systems Coordinator with the Douglas Educational Service District serving three rural counties in Oregon.
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The Hub also provides strategic leadership in the state
home visiting system, supporting the expansion of home visiting and its integration with other social programs, staffing the HVSA governance structures, and advising on policy changes to support improved service delivery.
Missouri's Coordinating Board for Early Childhood has a work group focused on home visiting that is working to improve the state
home visiting system.