Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Homevisiting Grant Program - Guam MIECHV FY 2024 NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION APPLICATION PROJECT ABSTRACT Address: 155 Hesler Place, Hagatna`, Guam 96910 Project Director Name: Margarita B. Gay Contact Phone number: (671) 634-7408 Email Address margarita.gay@dphss.guam.gov Website Address: http://www.dphss.guam.gov http://www.projectbisita.org Amount of funds requested: $1,658,857.00 Annotation: Guam's home visiting program, Project Bisita I Familia (PBIF), aims to help Guam's parents and caregivers reach their full potential as parents. PBIF's priority criteria for enrollment are a maternal age of less than 21 years, low maternal education, and low income. The Project also serves pregnant women and families with young children at increased risk for maltreatment due to prior involvement with the child protection system or a history of mental health issues. Problem: The program faces many procurement issues, staff recruitment, and participant retention and recruitment challenges. Purpose: The program's purpose is to help the parents or caregivers reach their full potential as parents by following an evidence-based home visiting model. PBIF's purpose is to deliver evidence-based home visiting services to pregnant women and families with young children who are at high risk for poor outcomes. The service is not just about providing care but also about addressing the underlying social determinants of health. By guiding families to community resources, increasing family literacy, and promoting parent-child bonding, the program is committed to reducing health disparities and ensuring every family has an equal chance at a healthy and prosperous life. Goals and Objectives (1) PBIF will provide high-quality, voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services to families in high-risk communities. By September 30, 2026, 105 families in high-risk communities identified receive high-quality voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services. (2) Strengthen collaborative efforts with early childhood and other child and family-serving agencies. By September 30, 2026, Project Bisita staff will attend four staff training and parent workshops annually, along with other early childhood programs. (3) Enhance staffing and administrative structures to develop high-quality ongoing home visiting program staff training. By September 30, 2026, Project Bisita will have seven home visitors certified in the HFA home-visiting model. (4) Expand the database system to improve Project Bisita's ability to meet data collection and reporting requirements. By September 30, 2026, Project Bisita's data system will be enhanced and refined every six months to meet the requirements of the MIECHV federal grant and HFA evidence-based model. Approach: PBIF uses Healthy Families America as its evidence-based model and has no promising approach. The villages identified by the needs assessment that the program started to serve; Chalan Pago-Ordot, Asan-Maina, Hagatna, Agat, and Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon. The program will continue to visit and enroll families who reside in the villages of Dededo, Mangilao, and Yigo. The total proposed caseload of MIECHV family slots is 105.
