93.870: Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant

93.870

Active

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) [HHS]

Aug. 9, 2022

Aug. 9, 2022

The goals of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV Program) are to: (1) strengthen and improve the programs and activities carried out under Title V of the Social Security Act; (2) improve coordination of services for at-risk communities; and (3) identify and provide comprehensive services to improve outcomes for eligible families who reside in at-risk communities. The MIECHV Program was created to support voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services for at-risk pregnant women and parents with young children up to kindergarten entry. The MIECHV Program builds upon decades of scientific research that shows home visits conducted by a nurse, social worker, early childhood educator, or other trained professional during pregnancy and in the first years of a child’s life improves the lives of children and families. Home visiting helps prevent child abuse and neglect, supports positive parenting, improves maternal and child health, and promotes child development and school readiness. The investment provides coordinated and comprehensive high-quality voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services with a national reach. The MIECHV Program plays a crucial role in building high-quality, comprehensive statewide early childhood systems to support pregnant women, parents and caregivers, and children from birth to kindergarten entry and ultimately, to improve health and development outcomes.

B - Cooperative Agreements

Eligible entities include those currently funded under the MIECHV Program: 47 states, 3 nonprofit organizations serving Florida, North Dakota, and Wyoming, and 6 territories and jurisdictions serving District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. For those states that have elected not to participate in MIECHV, nonprofit organizations with an established record of providing early childhood home visiting programs or initiatives in a state or several states are eligible to apply to carry out programs in those states.

As directed in statute, awardees must give priority in providing services under the MIECHV program to the following: • Eligible families who reside in communities in need of such services, as identified in the statewide needs assessment required under subsection 511(b)(1)(A); • Low-income eligible families; • Eligible families with pregnant women who have not attained age 21; • Eligible families that have a history of child abuse or neglect or have had interactions with child welfare services; • Eligible families that have a history of substance abuse or need substance abuse treatment; • Eligible families that have users of tobacco products in the home; • Eligible families that are or have children with low student achievement; • Eligible families with children with developmental delays or disabilities; and • Eligible families that include individuals who are serving or formerly served in the Armed Forces, including such families that have members of the Armed Forces who have had multiple deployments outside of the United States.

93.505 - Affordable Care Act (ACA) Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

93.615 - Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Research Programs

93.110 - Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs

93.994 - Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States

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