Julie is Deputy Project Director and has worked closely with many
tribal grantees since joining the project in 2011.
A diagram details TEI's capacity - building approach showing the relationship between TEI's technical assistance specialists and
their tribal grantees.
Dr. Morales provided an overview of TEI's approach to working with
tribal grantees to build evaluation capacity over 7 years.
Technical assistance to
tribal grantees is delivered through a relationship - based approach aimed at meeting grantees wherever they are in program development and supporting them in addressing challenges, improving performance and enhancing their home visiting program delivery.
However, the tremendous efforts state and
tribal grantees have put forth on implementation and systems building have not been broadly highlighted.
Many state and
tribal grantees use MIECHV funds to support the establishment of systems within home visiting communities and across services that support children and families.
MIECHV provides critical support to home visiting programs across the country; continuing this investment and ensuring its sustainability would allow state and
tribal grantees to continue expanding services to new communities and other underserved populations, as well as help sustain the outcomes achieved thus far.
Specifically, the DOHVE TA team assists state, territory, and
tribal grantees with:
In FY11 the contractor has been funded to provide individualized, grantee - specific guidance around research and evaluation topics; begin analyzing and synthesizing challenges faced by grantees around research and evaluation; develop comprehensive, user - friendly synthesis of guidance for
tribal grantees; and work with grantees on efforts to disseminate and share the knowledge they are building regarding effective home visiting in tribal communities.
Her areas of expertise include the design and implementation of human services program evaluations and the application of rigorous research methods in social services, and the provision of evaluation TA to state and
tribal grantees.
CDR Fountain - Hanna is the Division's Quality Improvement and Innovation Advisor providing leadership and oversight in the area of continuous quality improvement to the 53 state, territory and
tribal grantees implementing evidenced - based home visiting programs for women, infants and families.
Through TEI, Kate leads a team of colleagues in providing targeted, responsive and culturally relevant TA to 26
tribal grantees.
Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Provides broad, focused, and intensive training and technical assistance on mental and substance use disorders, suicide prevention, and the promotion of mental health to federally recognized Tribes, other American Indian / Alaska Native communities, SAMHSA
Tribal grantees, and organizations serving Indian Country.
In FY11 the contractor has been funded to provide individualized, grantee - specific guidance around research and evaluation topics; begin analyzing and synthesizing challenges faced by grantees around research and evaluation; develop comprehensive, user - friendly synthesis of guidance for
tribal grantees; and work with grantees on efforts to disseminate and share the knowledge they are building regarding effective home visiting in tribal communities.
Specifically, the DOHVE TA team assists state, territory, and
tribal grantees with:
She is currently the Project Director of the Multi-Site Implementation Evaluation of Tribal Home Visiting (MUSE) where she oversees the development of a community - engaged approach to designing and conducting a multi-site evaluation with 16 diverse
tribal grantee communities.
The following 22 state and
tribal grantee profiles reveal the breadth of innovation and success realized through home visiting programs across the country.
Not exact matches
The TEI will engage in activities that support
tribal home visiting
grantees in the identification and development of effective practices and systems for integrated services for home visiting in
tribal communities.
View the list of current
grantees for the state and territory formula awards, the innovation awards and awards made through the
Tribal Program.
This award celebrates local program leaders providing direction to
grantee or delegate, Head Start, Early Head Start,
Tribal or Migrant Head Start Programs.
Tribal MIECHV
grantee panelists will discuss their approaches including sharing specific examples, success stories, photos and video to engage the audience.
Tribal MIECHV
grantees were required to use a community - engaged process to develop evaluation plans that were responsive to federal requirements and reflected community values.
Tribal MIECHV
grantees are moving the field of home visiting forward by assessing the impact of models with unique populations, examining the implementation and effectiveness of model adaptations and enhancements aimed at strengthening cultural relevance, and measuring untested outcomes for home visiting such as cultural knowledge, connection and practice.
Two
Tribal MIECHV
grantees will present on their program evaluations and how they utilized innovative community - engaged strategies to examine cultural adaptations and enhancements.
She serves as the federal project officer for two technical assistance contracts, the Design Options for Home Visiting Evaluation (DOHVE) and
Tribal Home Visiting Evaluation (TEI), which support excellence in data and evaluation among MIECHV and tribal MIECHV gra
Tribal Home Visiting Evaluation (TEI), which support excellence in data and evaluation among MIECHV and
tribal MIECHV gra
tribal MIECHV
grantees.
This session will feature four state and
tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
grantees who are successfully implementing quality improvement initiatives.
The TEI will engage in activities that support
tribal home visiting
grantees in the identification and development of effective practices and systems for integrated services for home visiting in
tribal communities.
The federal
Tribal Home Visiting program recently released a short video featuring five
grantees, three of which are Family Spirit affiliates.
PATH supports
Tribal Home Visiting and Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI) grantees by increasing their capacity to implement high quality, home visiting programs with tribal communities and develop integrated early childhood systems serving American Indian and Alaska Native fam
Tribal Home Visiting and
Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI) grantees by increasing their capacity to implement high quality, home visiting programs with tribal communities and develop integrated early childhood systems serving American Indian and Alaska Native fam
Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI)
grantees by increasing their capacity to implement high quality, home visiting programs with
tribal communities and develop integrated early childhood systems serving American Indian and Alaska Native fam
tribal communities and develop integrated early childhood systems serving American Indian and Alaska Native families.
PATH increases the capacity of
Tribal Home Visiting and
Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI)
grantees.
The Lead Agency shall coordinate the provision of child care services with the state, and if applicable,
tribal agencies responsible for services for children experiencing homelessness, including State Coordinators of Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY State Coordinators) and, to the extent practicable, local liaisons designated by Local Education Agencies and Continuum of Care
Grantees.
Tribal Home Visiting Program grantees have used SCD in innovative ways to evaluate home visiting in tribal communities and to evaluate cultural enhancements to home visiting m
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees have used SCD in innovative ways to evaluate home visiting in
tribal communities and to evaluate cultural enhancements to home visiting m
tribal communities and to evaluate cultural enhancements to home visiting models.
SCD works well for some
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees that are serving a limited number of families.
These 25 organizations make up the
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees.
Tribal Home Visiting Program grantees have rigorous and culturally appropriate evaluations that reflect community interests and contribute to the broader evidence base on home visiting in tribal commun
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees have rigorous and culturally appropriate evaluations that reflect community interests and contribute to the broader evidence base on home visiting in
tribal commun
tribal communities.
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees are required to collect data for continuous quality improvement, performance measurement, and program evaluation.
The
Tribal Evaluation Institute provides technical assistance on performance measurement to all
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees.
TEI supports
tribal and community input and recognizes
grantees» responsibilities to
tribal entities.
TEI's mission is to help
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees gather and use information to improve the health and well - being of children and families in their community.
James Bell Associates has partnered with the Michigan Public Health Institute and Zero to Three to support and provide expertise to
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees on CQI.
TEI builds the capacity of
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees to evaluate their programs in ways that are both scientifically and culturally rigorous.
Dr. Geary's presentation focused on data system focused technical assistance available to
tribal home visiting
grantees.
TEI has initial discussions with each
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantee about the PICO format during the program planning phase.
Many
grantees say the process of tailoring performance measures to fit their communities supports
tribal sovereignty and self - determination.
Performance measurement planning provides an opportunity for
grantees to engage
tribal communities and partners in discussions about data, often for the first time.
Read the full report for details about the
grantees» successes, lessons learned, and recommendations to further strengthen the
Tribal Home Visiting Program (PDF, 1.84 MB).
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees use performance measurement data to understand how well programs are meeting their families» needs, track improvement over time, and communicate successes.
Encouraging
grantees to develop evaluation questions that reflect the interests of their
tribal organizations and communities
We respect
tribal processes and decision making, and we recognize that each tribe,
tribal organization, and
grantee team has its own priorities and requirements.
Tribal Home Visiting Program
grantees and communities are building a key evaluation capacity: performance measurement.