Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Homevisiting Grant Program - ABSTRACT Project Title: Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Non-Competing Continuation Update, Fiscal Year 2025 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: Susan Zimny Phone Number: 866-241-0395 Email: susan.zimny@cdph.ca.gov Website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CFH/DMCAH/CHVP/Pages/Default.aspx Grant program funds: $25,188,343 (Base grant) + $3,798,942 (Matching grant) = $28,987,285 Purpose: CDPH/CHVP supports families in underserved communities through early childhood home visiting. CDPH/CHVP supports the implementation of evidence-based home visiting (EBHV) programs in 22 LHJs 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 resilience and economic self-sufficiency. Goals: 1) Provide leadership and structure for implementation of CHVP to serve families, 2) Integrate CHVP into statewide and local early childhood systems 3) Comply with MIECHV data collection and reporting requirements to monitor program implementation and 4) Improve maternal mental health among home visiting participants as a community health need. 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) Review and revise as needed 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 health jurisdictions (LHJs) to support ongoing growth and a robust implementation of home visiting services 1.6) Address the training needs of local and state-level staff; 1.7) Ensure LHJs increase the proportion of home visits conducted in-person 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 LHJ 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) Implement a plan to reduce mental health concerns and build resilience for the home visiting families served. Approach: The proposed annual caseload for FFYs 2025-2027 is 1,609 families. CHVP serves 22 LHJs in 21 counties as determined by California’s 2020 Needs Assessment. CHVP will use its federal matching funds to provide additional funding to LHJs that can be used for expansion, program improvement activities and/or sustaining home visiting programs.
