Tuesday, November 29, 2022
11/29/2022
The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services, Bureau of Family Healthy and Nursing Services (DPHSS-BFHNS) is the lead agency responsible for the administration and implementation of Guam's Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, also known as Project Bisita I Familia (in the Chamoru language meaning, "to visit the family"). Project Bisita I Familia (PBIF) is an evidence-based home visiting service for pregnant women and families with young children at high-risk for poor outcomes. The voluntary program is intended to support the delivery of coordinated and comprehensive high-quality early childhood home visiting services to eligible families. The program goals and objectives are as follows: Goal 1: Project Bisita I Familia will provide high-quality, voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services to families in communities identified to be high risk. Objective 1: By September 30, 2023, 105 families in high-risk communities identified by the Updated 2020 MIECHV Needs Assessment will receive high-quality voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services. Goal 2: Strengthen collaborative efforts with early childhood and other child and family-serving agencies. Objective 1: By September 30, 2023, 90% of Project Bisita staff will attend four staff training and four parent workshops annually with other early childhood programs. Goal 3: Enhance staffing and administrative structures to develop high-quality ongoing home visiting program staff training. Objective 1: By September 30, 2023, Project Bisita will have seven home visitors certified in the HFA home-visiting model. Goal 4: Expand the database system to improve the ability of Project Bisita to meet the data collection and reporting requirements. Objective 1: By September 30, 2023, Project Bisita's data system will be enhanced and refined every six months to meet the MIECHV federal grant and HFA evidence-based model requirements.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
