Thursday, December 26, 2024
12/26/2024
Address: 401 S. Clinton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607 Project Director: Lori Orr Phone: (312) 919-3426 E-mail: Lori.A.Orr@illinois.gov Website: www.igrowillinois.org Funds Requested: $ 11,942,559 Annotation: Illinois MIECHV (IL) aims to improve child and family outcomes by implementing evidence-based home visiting (HV) models in at-risk communities, and by strengthening cross-systems partnerships to support comprehensive, coordinated services. IL communities include urban sites with concentrated poverty, suburbs with fast-growing migrant populations, and rural counties where isolation and lack of transportation exacerbate conditions for priority populations. Key activities include ongoing professional development, quality assessment, CQI and monitoring; capacity-building; alignment with Title V; supporting Local Implementing Agencies (LIAs) with family engagement; developing and utilizing a comprehensive cost model for high quality HV services; and coordinating referrals between HV and child welfare, Family Case Management, and Universal Newborn Supports. Problem: Illinois maternal and child outcomes are concerning. For example, the latest Maternal Mortality Report shows that Black women are twice as likely as White women to die from a pregnancy-related condition, and 91% of all pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. And each year, more than 35,000 children are impacted by substantiated reports of child abuse or neglect. In 2022-23, 81% of IL MIECHV families earned low incomes, 24% had low student achievement, 15% had a child with developmental issues, 15% had tobacco use in the home, 14% had child welfare involvement, and 6% had substance use concerns. Purpose: The purpose of IL MIECHV is to improve child and family outcomes in at-risk communities, by implementing evidence-based HV services and by strengthening cross-systems partnerships to support comprehensive, coordinated services for families. Goal(s) And Objectives: Goal 1: Identify and provide comprehensive HV services to eligible families living in communities that face barriers to achieving positive MCH outcomes. 1.1 Coordinated system of supports;1.2 Capacity-building resources for at-risk communities. Goal 2: Strengthen and improve programs and activities that address Title V preventive and primary care services for pregnant people, infants and children.2.1 Collaboration and alignment with the Title V program; 2.2 Grow & retain the HV workforce; 2.3 Increase family engagement - program level.;2.4 Comprehensive cost model tool; 2.5 Data to improve family outcomes and services; 2.6 Feedback on priorities and strategies. Goal 3: Improve coordination of services within ‘at-risk communities’ identified in the approved needs assessment. 3.1 CI programs will analyze data to improve coordination and family outcomes; 3.2 Implement action plan for creating a statewide coordinated intake system for HV; 3.3 Improve how priority populations are systematically connected to HV; 3.4 Strengthen systems connections between HV and SDOH. Approach: Evidence-based models: IL supports three evidence-based models: Healthy Families America, Parents as Teachers, and Family Connects - used as a Coordinated Intake strategy in selected communities. Communities: IL will continue to serve the following at-risk communities: Cicero; Chicago Southside Cluster; Chicago West Side; East St Louis; Elgin; Rockford; and Stephenson, Peoria, Kankakee, Macon, and Vermilion Counties. Depending on the results of a pending Notice of Funding Opportunity, we may add one or more of the following at-risk counties: Cass; Coles; Douglas; DuPage; Lake; Morgan; Moultrie; Rock Island. Target populations include families experiencing homelessness, pregnant and parenting youth in child welfare care, dual language learners, and families with substance use issues. Total proposed caseload of MIECHV family slots for each FFY: 836.
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