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: Rose Douglass Phone: 317-234-8230 Email: RDouglass@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 December 31, 2024, Indiana had 1,192 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 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 1808 new and continuing families ? By 9/30/27, HFI will serve 858 MIECHV-funded families in Bartholomew, Boone, Clark, Dearborn, Delaware, Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Jefferson, Jennings, Lake, LaPorte, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Newton, Ohio, Owen, Pulaski, Putnam, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Starke, St. Joseph, Switzerland, and Union counties. ? By 9/30/2027, 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 9/30/27, 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. By 9/30/27 Indiana will establish a baseline for My Healthy Baby referrals to home visiting programs. Reduce missing data for performance measures that indicate coordination of services outside of home visiting. By 9/30/2027, Indiana will consistently include a home visitor in each quarterly TA session and illicit feedback from those home visitors for the purpose of increasing understanding of data collection and cleanup. APPROACH: HFI and NFP will provide MIECHV-funded services to at least 1808 families during the project period via twelve (12) local implementing agencies (LIAs). Indiana proposes 281 families to be supported by FY25 Formula funds in YEAR 1, with 1527 families supported by FY25 Formula funds in YEAR 2, for a total of 1808 families supported by FY25 Formula funds. Indiana will maximize the opportunity for MIECHV Match funds in the amount of $1,632,677.00 by providing $544,225.00 in State-funded HFI services. Both federal and nonfederal Match funds will be used for home visiting services. Indiana will use non-federal match funds that support the FY 2025 award to serve 62 families during the October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 contract period. Indiana will use the federal match funds from the FY25 award to serve 185 families. Program outcomes will be evaluated quarterly and reported annually
