The Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development (OECD) in coordination with the Home Visiting Task Force(HVTF) and the Dept. of Human Services applied for multiple Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHVP) grants, which are part of the federal Affordable Care Act, worth a possible $20 million over four years from the federal government to continue to build and expand evidence based home visiting programs.
MIECHVP is designed to use evidence-based home visitation as a strategy to (1) strengthen and improve the programs and activities carried out under Title V; (2) to improve coordination of services for at-risk communities; and (3) to identify and provide comprehensive services to improve outcomes for families who reside in at-risk communities. The grant is jointly administered at the federal level by HRSA and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
Participating Illinois agencies must implement one of the following federally approved home visiting models:
Early Head Start (home based)
Healthy Families Ameria
Parents as Teachers
Nurse Family Partnership
Through funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Illinois Department of Human Services is implementing the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHVP) in six communities across the State:
- Cicero Township
- City of Elgin
- Englewood, W. Englewood, and Greater Grand Crossing
- Macon County
- City of Rockford
- Vermillion County
Resources
MIECHVP Fact Sheet (November 2012)
MIECHVP Update (November 2012)
MIECHVP Overview & Background (November 2012)
Participating Community Agencies & Programs (November 2012)
Data & Evaluation Training Presentation (October 2012)
University of Chicago, Chapin Hall - "Building a System of Support for Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs in Illinois" (2012)
MIECHVP Webinar FAQ's (September 2011)
MIECHVP Community Program Plan Development Guidance (July 2011)
Illinois' Implementation Plan (June 2011)
Community Selection Announcement (May 2011)
Resource Tool Kit for Communities Considering Home Visiting (May 2010)
Resource Tool Kit for Supporting Local Collaborations (May 2010)