Friday, May 9, 2025
5/9/2025
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Homevisiting Grant Program - Nebraska Dept. of Health & Human Services, PO Box 95026, Lincoln, NE 68509-5026, Director: Jennifer Severe-Oforah, O: 402-471-2091, F: 402-471-7049, Jennifer.severe-oforah@nebraska.gov; www.dhhs.ne.gov/homevisiting; Requesting $1,771,009; The purpose of the N-MIECHV program is the prevention of child abuse & neglect, toxic stress, & poor life course outcomes through voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services in priority counties identified through an updated needs assessment, by local implementing agencies specifically targeting at-risk populations. N-MIECHV will use the expanded funding to expand the network capacity by utilizing the Home Visitor Personnel Cost Method and braiding federal MIECHV funding with TANF and State General Funds. FY2023 Goals and Objectives: 1. By 09/29/2025, N-MIECHV will assure documentation of high-fidelity delivery of voluntary, evidence-based home visiting up to a caseload of 707 eligible families in 27 counties identified as at risk for child maltreatment. Obj. 1.1: By 9/29/24, N-MIECHV will utilize federal MIECHV funding to bring two new program sites onto the reported MIECHV data system. Obj. 1.2: By 9/29/25, N-MIECHV will utilize federal MIECHV funding to bring three more new program sites onto the reported MIECHV data system. Obj. 1.3: By 9/29/25, N-MIECHV will assure LIAs demonstrate fidelity, accuracy, & completion of the data to produce positive results on the federal benchmarks. Obj. 1.4: By 9/29/25, all LIAs will either maintain accreditation in good standing or begin to work toward accreditation with the Healthy Families America model. 2. By 09/29/2025 Increase enrollment of MIECHV programs implementing effective, voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services. Obj. 2.1: By 09/29/25, two new LIAs utilizing MIECHV federal funds will have an HFA-approved Child Welfare Protocol plan and enroll at least five families per site that have child welfare involvement. Obj. 2.2: By 09/29/25 two new N-MIECHV programs will serve at minimum 50% of capacity enrollment. Obj. 2.3: By 09/29/25 the seven previously existing LIAs will have served an increase of 20% more families than the FY 2022 enrollment numbers. 3. By 09/29/25 N-MIECHV will enhance a well-trained and competent workforce. Obj. 3.1: By 9/30/24 N-MIECHV will develop and utilize a comprehensive implementation guide to onboard new LIAs to the network. This will include all required federal MIECHV activities as best practice, regardless of funding source(s). Obj. 3.2: By 09/30/25, N-MIECHV will utilize a comprehensive, online, interactive data training module to train all new home visitors and sites. Obj. 3.3: By 09/30/25 N-MIECHV will plan with the LIAs for appropriate and relevant professional development activities through the 2025 Network Summit. 4. By 09/29/2025, N-MIECHV will engage with cross-sector systems-level collaborations to promote sustainability of evidence-based home visiting for at-risk families, and other systems approaches to improving family and life course outcomes. Obj. 4.1: By 9/30/25, N-MIECHV will actively participate in state-level community collaborative meetings to promote and advocate for evidence-based home visiting as a child maltreatment prevention program and improvement of lifespan outcomes for participating families. Obj. 4.2: By 9/29/25, N-MIECHV will actively participate on the state-level advisory committee workgroup for the TANF program. Obj. 4.3: By 9/29/25, N-MIECHV will collaborate with the Managed Care Organizations (Medicaid providers) to promote positive life course outcomes for the maternal and infant populations by the implementation of quality, evidence-based home visiting programs. Methodology: N-MIECHV implements the Healthy Families America model of evidence-based home visiting to 27 priority counties in Nebraska. The proposed caseload of family slots increases from the current 526 to 611 for 9/30/23-9/29/24 and 707 for 9/30/24-9/29/25.
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