Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Homevisiting Grant Program - Project Abstract Project Title: Children’s Trust of South Carolina MIECHV Program NCC Update FY 2022 Name: Children’s Trust of South Carolina Address: 1330 Lady Street, 310 Columbia, SC 29201 Project Director Eric Bellamy, Chief Partner Engagement Officer Contact Number: 803/733-5430 (o); 803/744-4020 (f) Email Address: ebellamy@scchildren.org Website: www.scchildren.org Funds Requested: $8,220,943 PURPOSE: SCMIECHV program seeks to sustain evidence-based home visiting in the state by concentrating on the areas of greatest need with strategic home visiting implementation through integration into primary healthcare and/or the medical homes. Target areas and populations include: child maltreatment, maternal/infant health, school readiness, and families/children with special needs. SCMIECHV will address coordination and delivery of critical health; child development; early learning; prevention of child abuse and neglect; and family support services through evidence-based home visiting and strengthening early childhood systems. GOALS And OBJECTIVES: Goal 1 – Strengthen capacity of 15 existing home visiting programs to provide quality home visiting services to at-risk communities through September 2024. Objective I: Increase capacity of service provision for contracted 15 LIAs to reach and maintain enrollment of families at 85 percent through September 2024. Objective II: Increase capacity and precision of 15 LIAs to effectively target and serve populations in at risk communities based on results of the 2020 Home Visiting Needs Assessment and using a health equity approach by September 2023. Goal 2 – Continued expansion of competencies of home visiting program staff working with families and special populations in contracted sites and partnering early childhood programs through September 30, 2024. Objective I: Increase knowledge, skills, and abilities of home visiting workforce in working with vulnerable populations by providing eight (8) mandatory trainings and supplemental training opportunities by September 30, 2024. Goal 3 – Advocate for sustainable evidence-based home visiting within the State through September 2024. Objective I: Translate results from stakeholders’ evaluations and produce collective data report for state legislators in the 2023 and 2024 legislative sessions for meaningful sustainability recommendations. Objective II: Convene 20 stakeholders knowledgeable of evidence-based home visiting through the SC Home Visiting Consortium through September 2024. Objective III: Assist in coordinating efforts to increase sustainable funding for select home visiting programs by developing a state plan amendment to Medicaid through September 2023. Goal 4 – Integrate home visiting services within established family resource center network by September 2023. Objective I: Leverage additional funding to support implementation process of home visiting service provision within one-to-five family resource center(s), in coordination with revised state needs assessment and other data variables and factors, by January 2023. Objective II: Implement quality implementation standards, performance measure data collection and fiscal and programmatic oversight of family resource center home visiting LIA(s) by October 2023. METHODOLOGY: • Supported models include HFA, NFP, and PAT; • Proposal will reach 38 of 46 South Carolina Counties; • Total proposed caseload of family slots: FY 2023 = 1066; FY 2024 = 1066; (Current caseload is 1066) • Key activities for appropriate linkages and referral networks o Build/strengthen service provision, infrastructure strategies/implementation/workforce development through technical assistance, monitoring/training; collaboration/coordination; o maintain strong practice/policy/protocol standardization for program implementation; o maintain CQI strategies/peer-to-peer learning; o convening the HV Consortium to strengthen partnering efforts and collaboration o Formal MOUs with essentia