Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Homevisiting Grant Program - Address 401 S Clinton Street, Chicago, IL 60607 Project Director Lori Orr Phone 312-919-3426 E-mail Lori.A.Orr@illinois.gov Website: www.igrowillinois.org Funds Requested $13,126,310 Purpose The purpose of IL MIECHV is to improve child and family outcomes in at-risk communities, with an emphasis on serving families experiencing homelessness, pregnant and parenting youth in child welfare care, families with substance use issues. IL MIECHV communities include urban sites with concentrated poverty, suburbs with fast-growing populations, and rural counties where isolation and lack of transportation exacerbate conditions for priority populations. IL MIECHV supports three evidence-based models: Healthy Families America, Parents as Teachers, and Family Connects (as a Coordinated Intake strategy in selected communities). IL MIECHV implements evidence-based HV services and strengthens cross-systems partnerships to support comprehensive, coordinated services for families. Matching funds are anticipated to support expansion of home visiting services in selected communities identified in Illinois’ 2020 needs assessment, because of the Illinois competitive HV NOFO which was released in April 2025. In addition, community readiness and capacity-building activities will continue in suburban Cook County and in central Illinois. Goal(s) And Objectives Goal 1 Provide comprehensive home visiting services to eligible families living in communities that face barriers to achieving positive maternal and child health outcomes.1.1 Coordinated system of supports;1.2 Capacity-building for at-risk communities. Goal 2 Strengthen programs and activities that address preventive and primary care services for pregnant women, infants and children under Title V of the Social Security Act. 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 communities identified in the approved statewide needs assessment as at risk for poor maternal and child health outcomes. 3.1 CI programs will analyze data to improve coordination and family outcomes; 3.2 Refine action plan for 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 Major methods and activities include ongoing professional development, quality assessment, CQI and monitoring; capacity-building; alignment with Title V; supporting Local Implementing Agencies (LIAs) with family engagement; utilizing a comprehensive cost model for high quality HV services; building community readiness in new communities, and coordinating referrals between HV and child welfare, Family Case Management, and Universal Newborn Supports. Caseload Total proposed caseload of MIECHV family slots for each FFY: 829. MIECHV communities IL will continue to serve the following at-risk counties: Cook: DuPage; Kane; Kankakee, Macon, Peoria, St.Clair, Stephenson, Vermilion, and Winnebago Counties. Pending the outcome of the Notice of Funding Opportunity, we may expand services in one or more counties identified in Illinois’ 2020 Needs Assessment.LIAs IL will continue to contract with 18 LIAs that serve a total of 10 counties. Depending on the outcome of a pending Notice of Funding Opportunity, additional LIAs may be added. Matching funds IL MIECHV plans to use federal Matching funds to continue community readiness and capacity building in south suburban Cook County (Chicago area) and in Cass-Morgan Counties (in Central Illinois). Depending on the outcome of a pending Notice of Funding Opportunity, we may add services in one or more counties identified in the 2020 Needs Assessment.The source of non-federal funds is state general revenue funding.
