Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Homevisiting Grant Program - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Home Visiting Unit 320 S. Walnut St., Lansing, MI 48933 | Tiffany Kostelec | 517.242.7905| kostelect@michigan.gov | www.michigan.gov/homevisiting | Grant Funds requested: $11,732,618 Purpose: The Michigan Home Visiting Initiative (MHVI) is designed to integrate the home visiting system within the comprehensive early childhood system; and create an evidence-based, data-driven system that will improve the well-being of families and children in communities facing decades of disinvestment, ultimately reducing health disparities. Goals and Objectives: Goals and key objectives for this project are: • All components of the HV System will be family centered and guided by parent partnership and voice. o Expand state Parent Leader Learning Community • Ensure families receive high quality services that meet model standards. o Implement Project Echo training/peer support o Evaluated knowledge gained through Project Echo • All MDHHS-HVU LIAs will implement policies that strengthen support for families. o Increase the percentage of young parents who receive home visiting services Approach: Continue implementation of HV programs in communities that contribute to a family’s experience of risk. Outreach/enrollment is conducted to families who are identified as having priority in the MIECHV legislation including: families with children at risk for maltreatment, families who have a history of substance use, families who experience low income, and families with children with delays or disabilities. New communities include Michigan Rural Regions 1, 2, and 3, in Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. 19 Local Implementing Agencies will serve an expected total number of 1,686 families under this grant. 1,570 families will be served in Year 1, and 169 families will be served in Year 2. Communities Served and Proposed Service Capacity are: 1. Ingham, and Saginaw Counties: EHS Model – with a proposed capacity of 40 families in FY27; current caseload of MIECHV slots is 40. 2. Genesee County: PAT Model – with a proposed capacity of 129 families in FY27. 3. Kalamazoo, Kent, Muskegon, Saginaw, and Wayne Counties, and Rural Regions 1, 2, and 3: HFA Model – with a proposed capacity of 600 families in FY26. 4. Berrien, Calhoun, Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Oakland, Saginaw, and Wayne: NFP Model – with a proposed capacity of 970 families in FY26. Matching Funds: Michigan plans to use matching funds to expand services for evidence-based home visiting programs in Kent County as well as Northern Michigan Rural Regions 1, 2 and 3. Matching funds will all support other infrastructure supports such as model quality and fidelity efforts. The non-federal funds are state funds allocated as part of the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Initiative to support direct service and system infrastructure for families impacted by child welfare and substance use.
