Thursday, April 3, 2025
4/3/2025
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Homevisiting Grant Program - Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) – Formula (X10) Indiana State Department of Health, 2 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Project Director: Laura Doggett Phone: 317-234-8173 Email: ldoggett@health.in.gov Website: https://www.in.gov/health/mch/program-initiatives/maternal-infant-and-early-childhood-home-visiting-miechv/ ANNOTATION: MIECHV funds will provide Indiana resources to continue home visiting and improve outcomes for at-risk families through Healthy Families Indiana (HFI) and Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP). As of March 31, 2024, Indiana has 1,125 families enrolled in MIECHV-funded home visiting. Home visiting will address high-risk, low-income families in need of services through education, intervention, and referrals to support services. PURPOSE: To improve health and development outcomes for children and families who are at increased risk of adverse health and development outcomes. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: The goals of Indiana MIECHV are to: 1) Provide home visiting services to expectant families and families with young children residing in Indiana who have lower incomes and are at higher risk of adverse health and developmental outcomes to improve their health and well-being; 2) Develop a system of statewide coordinated services statewide of existing and newly developed home visiting programs in order to provide need-based, targeted, and unduplicated services and locally-coordinated referrals to all eligible children, caregivers, and families; 3) Coordinate necessary services outside of home visiting programs to address needs of participants. These goals will be achieved through the following objectives: Continue program implementation serving at least 1826 new and continuing families ? By 9/30/26, HFI will serve 876 MIECHV-funded families in Elkhart, Lake, LaPorte, Marion, Scott, St. Joseph, Bartholomew, Boone, Clark, Dearborn, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Montgomery, Ohio, Owen, Putnam, Ripley, Rush, Switzerland, and Union counties. ? By 9/30/2026, NFP will serve at least 950 MIECHV-funded families in Elkhart, Lake, LaPorte, Marion, and St. Joseph counties. Inform organizations in Indiana regarding referral coordination & expansion of home visiting services. ? By 9/30/26, 100% of facilitated meetings of Indiana Early Childhood Collaborative (INECC) with key representatives from state level social service departments will include an update regarding MIECHV-funded home visiting and Coordinated State Evaluation (CSE) activities. ? By 9/30/26, collaborate with Indiana state agencies administering or funding home visiting services or home visiting service supports to develop an alignment of goals and strategies for implementation and support of home visiting programs across Indiana. Reduce missing data for performance measures that indicate coordination of services outside of home visiting. ? By 9/30/2026, Indiana will consistently include a home visitor in each quarterly TA session, to increase understanding of data collection and cleanup. ? By 9/30/2026, Indiana LIAs will report the number of staff serving MIECHV-funded families who have view the video training on how to use the missing data report. APPROACH: HFI and NFP will provide MIECHV-funded services to at least 1826 families during the project period in Elkhart, Lake, LaPorte, Marion, Scott, St. Joseph, Bartholomew, Boone, Clark, Dearborn, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Montgomery, Ohio, Owen, Putnam, Ripley, Rush, Switzerland, and Union counties. Indiana proposes 133 families to be supported by FY24 Formula funds in YEAR 1, with 1693 families supported by FY24 Formula funds in YEAR 2, for a total of 1826 families supported by FY24 Formula funds. Program outcomes will be evaluated quarterly and reported annually to ensure voluntary participants receive model adherent services and referrals.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).