Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Homevisiting Grant Program - South Dakota Department of Health 600 E Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501 Project Director: Lexi Pugsley, MS, RN 605-626-2660 lexi.pugsley@state.sd.us https://doh.sd.gov/programs/bright-start/ Total of federal grant funds requested: $2,384,514 ($1,307,361 base funding and $1,077,153 matching funds) Purpose: The South Dakota Department of Health, Office of Home Visiting (OHV) seeks to improve pregnancy outcomes, child health and development, and early childhood systems coordination by implementing the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) evidence-based home visiting model. Services are provided in 62 identified at-risk counties. Matching funds will expand program eligibility and increase the number of participants and household served. Goals and Objectives: 1. Increase capacity of the SD Office of Home Visiting to implement home visiting services to more eligible families. a. Increase enrollment and caseload capacity in identified at-risk communities. 2. Advance Early Childhood Comprehensive System Development. a. Support family engagement and system coordination efforts. Approach: The proposed caseload of MIECHV family slots for the project period is 265 in Year 1 and 346 in Year 2. Growth in proposed family slots will occur with expansion of NFP into additional at-risk counties and expanded program eligibility through the NFPx model enhancement. OHV is proposing to serve the following at-risk counties in FY 2025: Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington, Corson, Custer, Davison, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, Gregory, Haakon, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Harding, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lake, Lawrence, Lincoln, Lyman, Marshall, McCook, McPherson, Meade, Mellette, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Perkins, Potter, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Stanley, Sully, Todd, Turner, Union, Walworth, and Ziebach. OHV implements the Nurse Family Partnership model using Department of Health staff and staff from three subrecipient/local implementing agency (LIA) partners. OHV will use matching funds to expand program eligibility and service delivery for NFP home visiting services. Non-federal matching funds include state general funds.
