Thursday, April 3, 2025
4/3/2025
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Homevisiting Grant Program - ABSTRACT Project Title: Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Notice of Funding Opportunity, Fiscal Year 2024 Recipient Name: California Department of Public Health (CDPH)/Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division (MCAH)/California Home Visiting Program (CHVP) Address: 1615 Capitol Avenue, MS 8304, Sacramento, CA 95899-7420 Project Director Name: Jane Troglia Phone Number: 866-241-0395 Email: Jane.Troglia@cdph.ca.gov Website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CFH/DMCAH/CHVP/Pages/Default.aspx Grant program funds: $25,188,343 (Base grant) + $725,893 (Matching grant) = $25,914,236 Annotation: The CHVP aims to support families and improve family resilience in underserved communities through home visiting. CHVP supports the implementation of evidence-based home visiting (EBHV) programs in 22 LIAs in 21 urban and rural California counties, pairing nurses or family support professionals with families in need. The programs provide services to improve maternal and child health, promote attachment and positive parenting practices, monitor and support healthy child development, improve school readiness and increase economic self-sufficiency. Problem: The program aims to address health inequities and family challenges, including developmental disabilities, child abuse/neglect, substance use disorder, and housing and financial instability. Purpose: The purpose is to reduce disparities and improve health and social outcomes for families facing the greatest inequities in California. Goals: 1) Provide leadership and structure for efficient and equitable administration and implementation of CHVP, 2) Foster meaningful partnership and collaboration to integrate CHVP into the statewide and local early childhood systems, 3) Comply with MIECHV data collection and reporting requirements to monitor program implementation and 4) Center a racial and health equity mindset and integrate equity-focused approaches into all program and data aspects of CHVP. Objectives: 1.1) Coordinate with the EBHV models to ensure that families receive targeted and intensive home visiting services; 1.2) Provide programmatic oversight to subrecipients to ensure local home visiting programs meet state and federal requirements, SOW objectives and model requirements; 1.3) Revise all MIECHV subrecipient monitoring tools to provide clear, consistent and responsive guidance in the implementation of home visiting services; 1.4) Implement continuous quality improvement projects to support a culture of growth and excellence; 1.5) Provide targeted, responsive technical assistance to all Local Implementing Agencies (LIAs) to support ongoing growth and a robust implementation of home visiting services; 1.6) Create a workforce training plan to address training needs of local and state-level staff; 1.7) Ensure LIAs increase the proportion of home visits conducted in-person vs. virtually from 60% to 80%; 1.8) Comply with all MIECHV reporting requirements to ensure all home visiting services are implemented and overseen in accordance with federal guidance; 2.1) Collaborate with other state departments, local government agencies and non-profit organizations to build home visiting capacity and coordinate services to families; 2.2) Ensure every LIA is embedded in their local early childhood system and seeks input and feedback on program planning, implementation, and evaluation from community partners; 3.1) Monitor and submit all information required for MIECHV quarterly and annual performance reporting; and 4.1) Develop and execute a health equity plan designed to increase equity throughout the CHVP program and address selected social determinants of health. Approach: CHVP offers the Healthy Families America and Nurse Family Partnership EBHV models via its 22 LIAs in 21 counties. CHVP will continue to serve families in the counties currently served based on the results of the 2020 Needs Assessment. The proposed caseload for FFYs 2024-2026 is 1,532 families.
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).