Saturday, December 21, 2024
12/21/2024
Address: Arkansas Department of Health, 4815 W Markham St, Slot 16, Little Rock, AR 72205 Project Director: Dr. Hattie Scribner, 501-661-2495, hattie.scribner@arkansas.gov Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) Website: www.healthy.arkansas.gov Grant Program Funds Requested: $8,085,114.00 for base grant and $725,892.00 for matching funds. Annotation: The Arkansas MIECHV program’s goals and objectives support the delivery of early childhood home visiting services to families living in at-risk counties in Arkansas. Home visiting services are provided through four evidence-based models and one promising approach. Home visiting services are supported by ongoing training, reflective supervision, data collection and review, coordinated intake, program evaluation, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), and subrecipient monitoring. Problem: Arkansas ranks near the bottom of all states in maternal and child health indicators. Research shows that home visiting (HV) programs are effective in addressing the health and well-being needs of at-risk families, particularly in rural areas. Purpose: The purpose of Arkansas MIECHV is to improve outcomes for at-risk children and families through four evidence-based models and one promising approach. Goals and Objectives: 1) Ensure that all HRSA administration and evaluation requirements are fulfilled within due dates, 2) Work to achieve and maintain the average annual active enrollment for each HV model of at least 85% of maximum service capacity, 3) Demonstrate excellence in providing HV services to participants as shown through maintained or improved benchmark performance measure results, 4) Increase HV staff capacity and subject matter expertise through ongoing training, 5) Practice Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in home visiting programs. Approach: Home visiting services are provided through the evidence-based models Healthy Families America (HFA), Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (PAT), and through Arkansas’s promising approach, Following Baby Back Home (FBBH). Arkansas MIECHV serves the following counties: Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Faulkner, Fulton, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jefferson, Lee, Lincoln, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Phillips, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Searcy, Sebastian, Sharp, Saint Francis, Stone, Union, Van Buren, and Washington. Proposed Caseload of Family Slots: October 2024 - September 2025: 1,369 October 2025 - September 2026: 1,419
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