Thursday, April 17, 2025
4/17/2025
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Homevisiting Grant Program - Address: 1330 Lady St., Ste. 310, Columbia, SC 29201 Project Director: Cathy Ramage Phone: 803-744-4027 (voice) Email Address: cramage@scchildren.org Website: scchildren.org Grant Program Funds Requested: MIECHV X10MC50328, $9,599,933 Annotation: South Carolina’s MIECHV program seeks to sustain evidence-based home visiting in the state by concentrating on the areas of greatest need with strategic program implementation. Target areas and populations include child maltreatment, maternal/infant health, school readiness and families/children with special needs. SCMIECHV will address coordination and delivery of critical health, child development, early learning, child abuse and neglect prevention, and family support services through evidence-based home visiting and strengthened early childhood systems. Problem: In 2020, SCMIECHV conducted a needs assessment which used established criteria including a mix of socio-economic indicators, perinatal health and substance use disorder measures, child maltreatment data, and existing engagement in home visiting to identify risk and found that 44 of South Carolina’s 46 counties were at-risk due to poor prenatal, maternal, newborn, or child health outcomes. Purpose: Requested funds will support the continued strengthening of SCMIECHV service provision, infrastructure, and workforce development through technical assistance, monitoring, training, collaboration, and coordination. SCMIECHV strives to serve South Carolina’s most vulnerable populations through innovative, tactical service provision support and systemic infrastructure building. Goals & Objectives: Goal 1. Increase capacity of MIECHV programs and communities to implement effective evidence-based home visiting services. OBJ 1: Increase capacity of service provision for contracted 16 LIAs to reach and maintain enrollment of families at 85% through September 2026. OBJ 2: Increase capacity and precision of 16 LIAs to effectively target and serve populations in at risk communities based on results of the 2020 Home Visiting Needs Assessment and using a health equity approach by September 2026. Goal 2. Continued expansion of competencies of home visiting program staff working with families and special populations in all contracted sites and partnering early childhood programs through September 30, 2025. OBJ 1: Increase knowledge, skills, abilities of home visiting workforce in working with vulnerable populations by providing eight (8) mandatory trainings and supplemental training opportunities by September 2026. Goal 3. Advocate for sustainable evidence-based home visiting within state through September 2025. OBJ 1: Translate results from stakeholders’ evaluations and produce collective data report for state legislators in the 2025 and 2026 legislative sessions for meaningful sustainability recommendations. OBJ 2: Convene 20 early childhood stakeholders through the South Carolina Home Visiting Consortium (SCHVC) through September 2026. OBJ 3: Coordinate efforts to increase education and advocacy for home visiting programs through the SCHVC through September 2026. Goal 4. Increase capacity of MIECHV programs to provide high quality in-person and virtual services. OBJ 1: Increase capacity of 16 contracted LIAs to reach and maintain the rate of 60% visits provided in-person through September 2026. OBJ 2: Increase knowledge, skills, abilities of home visiting workforce in conducting in-person and virtual visits by providing targeted training opportunities through September 2026. Approach: The three evidence-based models supported by SCMIECHV: HFA, NFP, and PAT. SCMIECHV intends to serve 37 of SC’s 44 counties and will target families/individuals with one or more of the following criteria: single parent; low income; history/risk of substance abuse; history/risk of child abuse, neglect/maltreatment; pregnant/parenting teen, up to age 21; and/or military family. Total proposed caseload slots:1,206 in FY25 and 1,266 in FY26
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).