Multimedia MCH Resources Bibliography

Annotation: This statewide home visiting needs assessment (1) Identifies communities at risk for poor health outcomes among mothers, infants, children, and adolescents; (2) describes the quality and capacity of existing programs or initiatives for early childhood home visitation in the state; and (3) addresses the state's capacity for providing substance abuse treatment and counseling services to individuals and families in need of such treatment or services. The assessment reports on rates of poverty, infant and fetal mortality, low birth weight, maternal mortality, racial and ethnic birth disparities, teen births, maternal depression, well child care, fiscal health, crime, domestic violence, high school dropout, substance abuse, illicit drug use, prenatal substance abuse exposure, unemployment, child maltreatment, and early intervention in the state of Virginia. Indicators used to assess risk across the state are provided in table format.

• 2021
• 2010 Edition

Keywords: Home visiting, Needs assessment, Reports, State MCH programs, Virginia, Virginia

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Keywords: Child maltreatment, Comparative analysis, Cost effectiveness, Costs, Early intervention programs, Home visiting, Prevention programs, Young children

Annotation: This report describes findings from a review of home visiting programs implemented in tribal communities or evaluated with American Indian or Alaska Native families and children. The report describes the review process that the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) team used to identity, screen, and assess the research literature and review results. (HomVEE is a systematic review of home visiting research launched by the Administration for Children and Families and the Department of Health and Human Services in 2009.) The report also presents descriptive information from studies on participant outcomes measures, provides descriptions of the home visiting model characteristics, and discusses lessons learned. It is an update of a report that was issued in 2012.

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Keywords: Alaska natives, American Indians, Children, Families, Home visiting, Infants, Low income groups, Prevention, Research

Annotation: This website describes a comprehensive, focused, and integrated approach to identifying and treating depression in mothers participating in home visiting programs. The program involves three phases instituted over two years: (1) on-site training of home visitors in identification of maternal depression and role in the program, (2) training of therapists in Cincinnati in in-home cognitive behavioral therapy, and (3) ongoing training and support of therapists. Information about maternal depression, the program's research base, a training calendar, and additional resources about postpartum depression and postpartum support are included.

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Keywords: , Behavior change, Cognitive therapy, Comprehensive programs, Depression, Home visiting, Maternal health, Mental health, Postpartum care, Therapeutic programs, Training

Annotation: This brief describes a program that uses in-home cognitive behavioral therapy to treat maternal depression as an added component for home visiting programs. Topics include the impact of maternal depression on women, children, and families; the program's research and results, return on investment, design, and implementation; and opportunities and potential roles for states and home visiting programs.

Keywords: Behavior change, Cognitive therapy, Comprehensive programs, Costs, Depression, Financing, Home visiting, Maternal health, Mental health, Postpartum care, State programs, Therapeutic programs, Training

Annotation: This paper, which focuses on the Infant Health and Development Program, a randomized multisite study of 985 low-birthweight infants and their families, examines the following three questions: (1) What are the different patterns of home visits? (2) Which child, maternal, and family demographic characteristics and qualities of the home visit are associated with these home-visitation patterns? (3) Are higher frequency patterns of home visits associated with positive effects for children's cognitive and behavioral outcomes and mothers' depression, social support, and knowledge of child development? The authors also examine the significance of the home environment. The paper includes a literature review and a description of the study method, measures, data analysis, and results.

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• Executive Summary

Keywords: Behavior disorders, Behavior problems, Child behavior, Cognitive development, Depression, Early childhood development, Families, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infant development, Infants, Low birthweight infants, Low income groups, Mothers, Parent support programs, Postpartum depression, Programs, Young children

Annotation: This tip sheet, which is intended to provide a basis for dialogue, clarification, and problem solving among Head Start personnel, technical assistance consultants, and grantees, offers information on whether home visits are required for each child for families with more than one child enrolled in the Early Head Start home-based program. The tip sheet provides questions to consider for planning and programming, and relevant Head Start performance standards.

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Keywords: Early Head Start, Families, Head Start, Home visiting, Infants, Low income groups, Program planning, Young children

Annotation: This policy brief highlights key concepts to guide state and local maternal and child home visitation program administrators as they make decisions about ongoing or planned program evaluation, as well as strategies for addressing some of the challenges tied to real-world program evaluation. Topics include an overview of public health program evaluation, a short description of what was learned from PolicyLab's evaluation of the Pennsylvania Nurse-Family Partnership program, and a discussion of how the findings can be meaningful for the broader home-visitation community. Contents include data sources for quasi-experimental evaluation.

Keywords: Case studies, Child health, Evaluation methods, Home visiting, Maternal health, Pennsylvania, Program evaluation

Annotation: This manual aims to support home visiting program implementation. It describes a ten-step process, called Getting To Outcomes® for Home Visiting, that helps empower communities to better plan, implement, and evaluate home visiting programs, with the goal of achieving the best possible outcomes. The model presented in this manual is meant to provide specific guidance, yet be flexible enough to facilitate any home visiting program. It also provides tips, resources, tools, examples, definitions of terms, as well as a bibliography. It was developed for the state of New Mexico.

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• Program Website

Keywords: Case studies, Community based services, Home visiting, Manuals, Needs assessment, Program development, Program evaluation, Program planning

Annotation: This brief highlights key findings from research conducted to build evidence needed to inform policymakers' decisions related to home visiting and to advance effective practice in home visiting programs. The brief also identifies opportunities for program improvements in states and for further study. Findings are presented in the following areas: lasting benefits of home visiting, for whom is home visiting effective, the importance of focused program content and of measurement, and what it means to be evidence-based.

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Keywords: Families, Family support services, Home visiting, Infants, Low income groups, Public policy, Research, State programs, Young children

Annotation: This site provides access to 12 commissioned studies on the need for continued evaluation and monitoring of home visiting services in order to maximize effectiveness as programs expand to serve more families in a greater diversity of settings. The reports detail the benefits and limitations of home visiting for children, families, and taxpayers; the value of expanding home visiting to more families; important program characteristics that predict better outcomes; advances in measuring program quality in home visiting; advantages of understanding and encouraging greater program participation; and new approaches being added to existing strategies.

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Keywords: Case studies, Family support services, Home visiting, Program evaluation, Program participation

Annotation: This issue of Zero to Three presents a collection of articles on findings on home visiting program design and implementation from the Pew Home Visiting Campaign. Additional articles focus on efforts of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program to integrate home visiting services into a high-quality, comprehensive early childhood system that promotes health and well-being for pregnant women, parents, caregivers, and children from birth to age 5. In addition to the feature articles, the issue offers perspectives on the relationship between home visiting staffing patterns, training, and outreach activities and maternal program involvement; the other discusses the value of reflective practice for home visitors and the families the serve.

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Keywords: Community programs, Home visiting, MCH programs

Annotation: This report discusses the Healthy Families Massachusetts home visiting program and its approach in building data collection and analysis capacity. The data system supports service delivery, facilitates performance and outcome monitoring, fosters quality improvement, and helps cultivate political support for home visiting services.

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Keywords: Data collection, Home visiting, Massachusetts, Program descriptions, Program evaluation, State programs

Annotation: This manual provides data use collection instruments used in a national cross-site evaluation of home visiting programs. It includes protocols from site visits; a protocol for interviews on system change activities, along with a sample logic model; a survey of partners; an instrument for collecting data on program fidelity; and an instrument for a web-based time use survey.

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Keywords: Data collection, Home visiting, Maltreated children, Prevention programs, Program evaluation, Protocols, Surveys

Annotation: This report provides background and design information for assessing the costs of home visiting programs that aim to prevent child maltreatment. Topics include the purpose of cost analyses, existing literature on the costs of home visiting program models, study design, and approaches to the collection and analysis of cross-site cost study data.

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Keywords: Costs, Evaluation methods, Home visiting, Maltreated children, Prevention programs, Research design

Annotation: This toolkit provides state policymakers and advocates with strategies for extending and expanding access to state- or federally-funded home visiting through partnerships with providers of Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) child care. The toolkit includes an overview of what home visiting partnerships with FFN providers may look like and the role of such partnerships; a tool to walk through questions that may need to be answered as states develop home visiting and FFN partnerships, as well as a discussion of potential policy changes that may need to be considered; and case studies of existing partnerships between home visiting models and FFN providers in specific states and communities.

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Keywords: Advocacy, Case studies, Child care, Families, Federal programs, Financing, Home visiting, Public policy, State programs

Annotation: This final report presents the findings of a study to field test a comprehensive assessment tool to measure implementation of best practice elements in home visiting programs. The report discusses identifying common best practice elements of home visiting programs, measuring quality, and the evidence base for specific indicators. It includes a literature review of self assessment and credentialing tools, home visit measures and model evaluations.

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Keywords: Home visiting, Program evaluation, Quality assurance, Research

Annotation: This brief provides an overview of available home visit observation instruments for assessing home visit quality and content for use in reflective supervision practices, professional development, research evaluation, or continuous quality improvement. The intent of this document is to support the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program as part of the provision of technical assistance (TA) to funded grantees. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Evaluation, Home visiting, Observation

Annotation: This resource is a printout of presentation slides that provide information about maternal and infant health priorities and opportunities in home visiting. The presentation discusses opportunities for preventing premature birth. obesity, and maternal depression in the context of home visiting, Best practices for safe sleep, infant illness care, and infant feeding problems are also discussed.

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Keywords: Depression, Feeding disorders, Health care, Home visiting, Infant feeding, Infant health, Maternal health, Mental health, Obesity, Postpartum depression, Preterm birth, Prevention, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position

Annotation: This report examines how states are using (or could use) Medicaid to finance home visiting services. The report discusses findings from a literature review, a scan of state policies and practices, and an expert panel meeting on mechanisms through which Medicaid could pay for home visiting. Six case studies illustrating states' experiences are included.

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• Program Website

Keywords: Case studies, Financing, Home visiting, Medicaid, Oral health, Policy, State initiatives, Young children

Annotation: This archived webinar, originally broadcast June 5, 2012, shares effective strategies that both home visiting professionals and parents can use to prevent and respond to disruptive or challenging behavior from their children and promote healthier families.

• Webinar Archive
• PowerPoint Slides

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Behavior development, Behavior modification, Children, Family relations, Home visiting, Parenting skills

Annotation: This archived webinar highlights best practices in engaging Latino families in home visiting programs. Panelists from three different home visiting models share approaches and tools that have led to their success in serving the needs of children and families. Topics included strategies for recruiting and retaining families in the program, specific training for home visitors, program and curriculum adaptation, and research on Latino families’ participation and outcomes.

• Webinar Archive
• PowerPoint Slides

Keywords: Community programs, Audiovisual materials, Cultural sensitivity, Family support services, Hispanic Americans, Home visiting, Newborn infants

Annotation: This webinar, broadcast May 1, 2012, focuses on improving outcomes for mothers and children by studying the potential contributions of fathers. Questions include What is known about fathers’ involvement in home visiting and the impact on family outcomes? Which models have increased fathers’ participation and how? What questions remain unanswered? Panelists on this webinar discuss these issues and recommend concrete strategies that have shown success in their communities.

• Webinar Archive
• PowerPoint Slides

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Family support services, Father child relations, Fathers, Home visiting

Annotation: This webinar, broadcast January 24, 2012, highlightes the multi-pronged approach of Project Connect at both the national and state levels and provides information for providers, advocates, and state leaders to structure effective home visiting programs. Panelists discuss how Project Connect curriculum and associated tools increase the capacity of home visiting programs to respond effectively with a research-informed approach to addressing domestic violence.

• Webinar Archive
• PowerPoint Slides

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Domestic violence, Family support services, Home visiting, Prevention, Screening

Annotation: This webinar, broadcast April 10, 2012, focuses on providing concrete strategies and examples that states can implement to effectively leverage Medicaid dollars for home visiting programs. Panelists discuss how states can align specific services and desired outcomes of home visiting programs with existing Medicaid financing mechanisms.

• Webinar Archive

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Health care financing, Home visiting, Medicaid, State initiatives

Annotation: This archived webinar highlights strategies for building comprehensive, statewide professional development systems for the home visiting workforce. Panelists discuss statewide professional development systems in Illinois and Virginia and how these systems play a critical role in supporting home visiting programs’ desired outcomes for families and children. The webinar also includes remarks on professional development systems from Terry Adirim, Director of the Office of Special Health Affairs in the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

• Webinar Archive
• PowerPoint Slides

Keywords: Illinois, Audiovisual materials, Case studies, Home visiting, Resources for professionals, State initiatives, Virginia, Work force

Annotation: This issue brief highlights Kentucky's Joining HANDS for a Comprehensive Systems of Care program, which seeks to incorporate home visiting within comprehensive, integrated early childhood systems that are capable of yielding measurable improvements in the lives of children and families as well as meaningful savings to taxpayers. In addition to providing information about the program, the brief explains what home visiting is and discusses cultivating a systems approach through home visiting.

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Keywords: Costs, Families, Home visiting, Infants, Kentucky, Programs, Service delivery systems, Service integration, Young children

Annotation: This report provides information from an evaluation of home visiting programs in Illinois that are part of Strong Foundations—a program that supports the implementation, scaling up, and sustainability of evidence-based home-visiting programs for the prevention of child maltreatment. The report presents perspectives on the state system from key informants at state and local program levels and discusses local programs with a focus on five main topics: characteristics of communities and programs, staff training and supervision, program quality and fidelity, programs' ability to meet families' needs, and the availability of and linkages to other community services and resources.

• 2012 Report
• 2011 Report

Keywords: Child maltreatment, Communities, Family support services, Home visiting, Illinois, Local programs, Low income groups, Prevention, Program evaluation, State programs, Training

Annotation: This manual describes the underlying research-based philosopy and defines practice parameters, standards, and reporting activities for all home visiting programs funded through New Mexico's Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD). The manual also provides an overview of CYFD home visiting programs, defines home visiting, and discusses the target population, eligibility criteria, service and evaluation components, staffing requirements, safety and risk reduction, staff supervision, service requirements and core components, and documentation and file maintenance. This manual also includes the Home Visiting Database Manual v2.

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Keywords: State programs, Eligibility, Evaluation, Families, Home visiting, Infants, New Mexico, Safety, Service delivery, Staff, Supervision, Young children

Annotation: This fact sheet for home visitors provides ideas and resources for sharing messages about safe infant sleep with new and expectant parents. The fact sheet discusses the home visitor's role and opportunities for sharing safe sleep messages and presents key message for parents and key online resources.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Home visiting, Infants, Parents, Pregnant women, Prevention, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position

Annotation: This website provides a Virginia state atlas with links to home visiting programs in all five of the state's regions. Users can select from an alphabetical list of counties and independent cities within the Commonwealth of Virginia to obtain contact information. The website also provides access to web-based training modules for home visitors and supervisors; links to state and national programs and resources; and announcements about new regulations, guidelines, and materials for use with families participating in home visiting programs.

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Keywords: County programs, Directories, Home visiting, State programs, Virginia

Annotation: This website provides information about the National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs, held in February of the year, in Washington, DC. The site includes general information about the summit as well as links to speaker presentations and the summit agenda.

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Keywords: Conference proceedings, Home visiting, Quality assurance

Annotation: This brief discusses efforts to integrate oral health activities and information into state maternal and child health (MCH) early childhood programs to improve oral health status. The brief focuses on MCH state-level early childhood programs relevant to oral health, specifically the Early Childhood Comprehensive System (ECCS) and the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. The brief also presents examples of oral health integration into state ECCS programs, other opportunities to collaborate with state MCH programs, and resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Collaboration, Early childhood development, Federal MCH programs, Health agencies, Home visiting, Oral health, Service delivery systems, Service integration, State MCH programs, Young children

Annotation: This report describes key lessons learned from the first year of the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) systematic review of home visiting research launched by Mathematica Policy Research under contract with the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation at the Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The report discusses the current state of evidence on the effectiveness of early childhood home visiting, gaps in the research literature that create challenges for assessing effectiveness, and suggestions for strengthening future research in this area. An overview of the review process and standards, a description of the various research designs used in the reviewed studies, and challenges related to the accurate assessment of effectiveness are included.

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Keywords: Evaluation, Home visiting, Research reviews

Annotation: This report describes an updated California plan for a state home visiting program. Topics include the program's development, identification of the state's targeted at-risk communities, a description of home visiting program goals and objectives, selection of proposed models and how they meet targeted community needs, program implementation plans, meeting legislatively-mandated benchmarks, and administrating the state home visiting program. Additional information is provided on technical assistance and reporting requirements.

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Keywords: California, Health planning, Home visiting, Needs assessment, Program descriptions, State programs

Annotation: This webinar, which was held on March 3, 2011, and hosted by the National Association of County and City Health Officials, focused on how to initiate, strengthen, and apply lessons in cultural competence to local maternal and child public health programs, especially home visiting programs. The webinar defines cultural competence, discusses its role in work force development for local public health professionals and barriers to becoming culturally competent, and provides examples of how to apply cultural competence to a work force development opportunity for a home visiting program.

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Keywords: Work force, Cultural competence, Culturally competent services, Home visiting, Local programs, Public health, Staff development

Annotation: This report describes cross-site findings from the first 2 years (2008-2010) of the Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting to Prevent Child Maltreatment initiative (EBHV), which was designed to build knowledge about how to build infrastructure and service-delivery systems necessary to implement, scale up, and sustain evidence-based home visiting program models as a strategy to prevent child maltreatment. The report discusses (1) the state or local context with respect to home visiting as EBHV grantees planned and implemented their projects, (2) partnerships that grantees formed to support planning and implementation of new home visiting programs, (3) infrastructure needed to implement program models in the early stages of the EBHV grant, and (4) how grantees and their associated home-visiting-implementing agencies prepared for and implemented new programs.

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Keywords: Child abuse, Child neglect, Collaboration, Grants, Home visiting, Prevention, Program evaluation, Programs, Service delivery systems

Annotation: This webcast focuses on Early Head Start's home-based program option. The webcast explains why some families enrolled in Head Start choose the home-based option and discusses what the program offers. The webcast also discusses how the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has allocated additional funds to states for home visiting programs for children and families living in at-risk communities.

• Webcast Archive

Keywords: Adolescent parents, Early Head Start, Families, Federal programs, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infants, Low income groups, Parenting skills, Pregnant women, Relationships, Rural populations, Young children

Annotation: This one-page referral form is designed to help community agencies, hospitals, and prenatal clinics arrange professional home visiting services for new and expectant parents, particularly first-time mothers, and their infants. The document is designed to capture information such as demographics, prenatal care initiation, age, income level, language, and need for interpretation services. Separate forms are available for referral to programs in Kentucky and Ohio. The forms are used by Every Child Succeeds (ECS). a voluntary prevention program that operates two evidence-based national models (Healthy Families America® and Nurse Family Partnership®) to promote positive parent-child interaction, healthy child development, and family self-sufficiency.

• Ohio
• Kentucky

Keywords: Forms, Home visiting, Kentucky, Ohio, Referrals, State initiatives

Annotation: This guide looks at home visiting as a promising approach to help identify mothers with depression and to connect their families to available services. Drawing on research as well as interviews with low‐income mothers, home visitors, and other service providers, the guide offers practical insights about how home visiting programs can enhance their own work and their links to other programs in the community—such as mental health treatment—to better serve depressed mothers and their young children. Included are a set of challenges that home visiting programs currently face in working with depressed mothers and identifies promising approaches to overcome each challenge.

Keywords: Depression, Early childhood development, High risk groups, Home visiting, Mental health, Mothers, Postpartum depression, Program improvement, Service delivery, Young children

Annotation: This supplemental information request provides guidance for preparing an updated state plan for a state home visiting program in Idaho, including identification of the at-risk community or communities where home visiting services are to be provided, a detailed assessment of the particular needs of that community or communities in terms of risk factors, community strengths, and existing services; identification of home visiting services proposed to be implemented to meet identified needs; a description of the state and local infrastructure available to support the program; specification of any additional infrastructure support necessary to achieve program success; and a plan for collecting benchmark data, conducting continuous quality improvement, and performing any required research or evaluation.

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Keywords: Communities, High risk groups, Home visiting, Idaho, Low income groups, Program evaluation, Research, Risk factors, Services, State MCH programs

Annotation: This state plan for Maine's maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting program identifies the state's at-risk communities; describes the program's goals and objective; presents the proposed home visiting model and an explanation of how it meets the needs of identified communities; describes the program implementation plan, the plan for meeting legislatively managed benchmarks, the plan for program administration, and the plan for continuous quality improvement; and discusses technical assistance needs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Communities, Early childhood development, Families, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infant development, Infant health, Legislation, Low income groups, Maine, Parent child relations, Parenting skills, Parents, Pregnant women, Prevention, State programs, Young children

Annotation: This final report summarizes the findings of research done on the Supporting Teen Families program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for Year Five of the project and cumulatively for Years One-Five. This program, developed and implemented by Rosalie Manor Community and Family Services and based on Healthy Start, Hawaii's Statewide Home Visitor Program,works to prevent repeat teen pregnancy using a home visitation model. The goal of the program is to assist adolescent parents in developing assets to form safe, healthy families and to avoid repeat pregnancies. Four outcome areas were tested and analyzed: (1) building strong family relationships, (2) learning strategies to become self-sufficient, (3) learning strategies to stay safe and healthy, and (4) demonstrating responsible family planning behaviors and attitudes.

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Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Family planning services, Family support services, Final reports, Home visiting, Pregnant adolescents, Prevention services, State programs, Wisconsin

Annotation: This report provides summary information about the Public Health Nursing Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers, including a review of studies of the program conducted between 1979 and 2009 and the evidence of the effectiveness of this home visiting service delivery model. Contact information for the developer of the model is also provided.

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Keywords: Adolescent mothers, Early intervention programs, Home visiting, Models, Research reviews

Annotation: This webinar focused on the essential prerequisites to developing and implementing a continuous quality improvement (CQI) strategy in home visiting programs. The webinar was held on January 13, 2011, the first in a series of technical assistance webinars. The series is part of the Design Options for Home Visiting Evaluation (DOHVE) project, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is providing technical assistance to grantees of the federal home visiting program and developing design options for conducting a national evaluation of the federal initiative.

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Keywords: Federal initiatives, Home visiting, Program evaluation, Quality assurance, Research design, Technical assistance

Annotation: This document describes the Life Skills Progression, an outcome summary tool that home visitors can use to gather and organize information about family competencies, and outlines appropriate use of the instrument in meeting benchmarks of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Topics include scales, format, scoring, training, psychometrics, and data management. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Benchmarking, Guidelines, Home visiting, Life skills, MCH programs, Outcome and process assessment

Annotation: This brief examines how governors can better integrate home visiting programs into effective and comprehensive state early childhood systems. Key strategies include: promoting, coordinating, planning and shared accountability across state agencies, developing research-based quality standards, and improving data linkages to track outcomes and better target services.

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Keywords: Early childhood systems, Health care reform, Home care, Home visiting, State programs, Systems integration

Annotation: This document constitutes an outline of the final supplemental information request for the submission of the updated state plan for Nebraska's Affordable Care Act Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. The summary includes the date of submission and steps to be completed.

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Keywords: Financing, Grants, Home visiting, Infants, Nebraska, State programs, Women, Young children

Annotation: This policy framework details six policy elements to strengthen the effectiveness and accountability of home visiting programs. The purpose of the policy elements is to support strong families and ensure that tax dollars are well spent. Policy elements discussed are (1) clearly define the purpose and expected outcomes of the home-visiting program, (2) invest in home-visiting models that have a proven record of success, (3) track public dollars, (4) monitor and evaluate publicly funded programs to ensure effectiveness, (5) target at-risk communities and/or high-risk populations, and (6) invest enough money to reach all eligible families.

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Keywords: Communities, Costs, Families, Family support programs, Financing, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infants, Low income groups, Prevention, programs

Annotation: This report presents a picture of the national landscape of state-administered home visiting and provides recommendations for policymakers. The report is based on a survey of agency leaders in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to investigate the extent to which states are meeting the objectives of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010). It documents the quality, funding, administration, and oversight of each state's programs. The report provides key findings from the survey and snapshots of home visiting in select states (California, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina). Brief descriptions of federally approved evidence-based home visiting models are included.

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Keywords: Health care reform, Home visiting, Program descriptions, State initiatives, Statistical data

Annotation: This web site provides an inventory of state and national home visiting program contacts, investments and program strategies. Contents include a national overview, a description of home visiting, why home visiting matters now, and trends to watch, along with definitions and methodologies.

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Keywords: Community programs, Home visiting, National programs, Program descriptions, State programs

Annotation: This brochure describes the First Connections home visiting program in the state of Rhode Island. It explains how the program can help families with young children; outlines the services that families can gain access to through the First Connections program; provides a list of frequent questions that home visitors can answer; and provides contact information for First Connections agencies across the state of Rhode Island. It is available in English and Spanish. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

• English Version
• Spanish Version

Keywords: Home visiting, Rhode Island, Spanish language materials, State programs

Annotation: This issue brief provides an overview of the newly established Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, describes existing approaches to home visitation, and discusses the implications of federal funding for state and local practices.

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Keywords: Federal MCH programs, Home visiting, Infant health, Mothers, Newborn infants, Parent support services, Program descriptions

Annotation: This tool is intended to help communities plan for new or expand existing home visiting services. Topics include identifying community needs and strengths based on data, exploring current home visiting assets and service gaps, choosing an evidence-based program model, and analyzing components of both program- and system-level implementation that are critical to the replication of high-quality home visiting programs.

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Keywords: Community programs, Home visiting, Program planning

Annotation: This website contains materials from a conference call held on February 23, 2011, to provide technical assistance to states on integrating Early Head Start into state early childhood systems. The conference call focused on the Supplemental Information Request (SIR) for the Submission of the Updated State Plan for a State Home Visiting Program (SIR). Topics included an overview of the SIR and the implications for Early Head Start, and home visiting planning processes in states.

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Keywords: Early Head Start, Federal MCH programs, Home visiting, Program planning, State MCH programs, Technical assistance

Annotation: This California home visiting needs assessment fulfills statewide legislative requirement to identify communities at risk for poor health outcomes among women, mothers, infants, children and adolescents. The assessment consists of the following components: (1) a statewide data report; (2) a definition of “community;” (3) data reports for communities identified as at risk; (4) a description of the quality and capacity of existing home visitation programs, (5) a description of the capacity to provide substance abuse counseling and treatment services; and (6) a narrative of needs assessment results and a discussion of how the state will address unmet needs. Indicators considered as part of the assessment include poverty, crime, domestic violence, high rates of high-school dropouts, substance abuse, unemployment, and child maltreatment. A copy of the state's capacity assessment home visiting survey is included as an appendix.

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Keywords: California, Home visiting, Needs assessment, Reports, State MCH programs

Annotation: This online video discusses the early intervention home visit program in Connecticut. It describes what parents can expect during the visit, interacting with the primary caregiver and the child to promote early learning during routine activities such as mealtime and playtime. Models are discussed as "parent coaching" and emphasis is placed on the home visitor and caregiver working together during and after the visit in helping the infant and young child to develop. The video is available in English and Spanish.

• English Version
• Spanish

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Caregivers, Connecticut, Early childhood development, Early intervention, Home visiting, Infants, Parent child relations, Spanish language materials, Young children

Annotation: This report provides information about the Montana ACA [Affordable Care Act] Home Visiting Program. The report provides background on home visiting in the state and discusses the inventory of information and data available for a needs assessment, gaps in available data, state capacity to compile data and anticipated obstacles, barriers to and opportunities for coordination of home visiting needs assessments with other needs assessments, the state approach to conducting a needs assessment, and the anticipated need for technical assistance. A statement of intent is also included.

Keywords: Home visiting, Montana, Needs assessment, Program coordination, State programs, Statistical data, Technical assistance

Annotation: This site hosts archives of webinars in the series and highlights promising practices in administering state home visiting systems. With a specific focus on providing information and ideas to state agency staff, the series showcases the successes of state leaders from across the country as they tackle good governance strategies for their home visiting systems. The site describes the webinar and provides various presentation materials. Topics in 2010 include funding, using evidence, implementation, evaluation, and coordination. Information about upcoming webinars in the series is also provided.

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Keywords: Federal initiatives, Home visiting, Model programs, Multimedia

Annotation: This needs assessment identifies (1) at-risk communities in Alabama, (2) home-visiting resources for Alabama families with infants and children from birth through age 5, and (3) gaps in services as they relate to areas of greatest risk vs. locations of home visiting programs in the state. The needs assessment provides an overview of child well-being in Alabama and discusses coordination with other statewide needs assessment and reports. It also includes a statewide data report, a discussion of the approach to identifying at-risk communities, data reports for each at-risk community, and an overview pf the quality and capacity of existing home-visiting programs.

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Keywords: Programs, Alabama, Families, Family support programs, Family support services, Home visiting, Infants, Low income groups, Needs assessment, Statistical data, Underserved communities, Young children

Annotation: This Arizona state needs assessment presents and analyzes data required by the Affordable Care Act Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Statewide, community level, and population-based data are presented for indicators including premature birth, low birth weight, infant mortality, poverty, crime, domestic violence, school dropout rates, substance abuse by youth, unemployment, and child maltreatment. Additional indicators include: (1) the rate of unintentional injuries among children under age 18, (2) teen birth rate among ages 15-17, (3) percent of women initiating prenatal care in the first trimester, (4) youth alcohol use, and (5) youth cigarette use. A detailed summary of early childhood home visitation programs in the state of Arizona is included, along with an assessment of gaps in services. Risk profiles for selected communities -- including Tribal nations -- are presented. Data sources include the Title V Needs Assessment, which presented data from Arizona Vital Statistics, the Arizona Department of Economic Security and the Arizona Department of Education (Head Start agency), the U.S. Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Arizona Hospital Discharge Database.

Keywords: Arizona, Home visiting, Needs assessment, Reports, State MCH programs, Young children

Annotation: This report describes how the state of Arizona plans to provide home visiting services as part of its overall system of early childhood development during the five-year period from 2010-2015. It provides an overview of families with young children in the state of Arizona; describes the state's current home visiting programs; and provides a framework for the future growth and development of such programs. Included are recommendations and an implementation plan provided by the state's Home Visiting Task Force, which call for the continued involvement and collaboration among funders and providers of service, methods to assure high quality, effective home visiting services, and priorities for targeting new funding opportunities. Specific goals and objectives are provided. The appendices include descriptions of home visiting programs in the state; tables indicating populations and risk factors; risk factors by county; and proposed standard home visitor qualifications and training requirements.

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Keywords: Arizona, Families, Home visiting, Needs assessment, State MCH programs, Young children

Annotation: This narrative report provides supplemental data relevant to home visiting in Arkansas. Topics include (1) a state data report, (2) a definition of community and a justification for chosen communities at risk, (3) data for communities at risk, (4) home visiting capacity in communities at risk, (5) capacity for substance abuse treatment within the state and within communities at risk, and (6) a summary of the needs assessment results.

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Keywords: State MCH programs, Arkansas, Communities, High risk groups, Home visiting, Needs assessment, Statistical data, Substance abuse, Treatment

Annotation: This report highlights best practices and policy considerations for collaborative medical home building between Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Title V agencies. It describes current interagency collaborations in select states across the country and explores the ways in which such partnerships contribute to state medical home initiatives. The report discusses the importance of laying foundations for partnerships and how interagency partners can work together to engage patients, families, health care providers, and practices in a coordinated effort to build strong systems of care. The report compares collaborative initiatives in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Health care systems, Interagency cooperation, Medical home, Model programs, Policy, State initiatives

Annotation: This brief focuses on home visiting for parents of infants and young children. It reviews existing programs to illustrate successful elements and to point out areas that need improvement. The brief also examines the effects of poverty on mothers and young children, discusses why home visiting programs are a good investment, and looks at how policymakers and stakeholders can craft effective programs for vulnerable families.

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Keywords: Costs, Families, Family support programs, Family support services, Home visiting, Infants, Low income groups, Mothers, Poverty, Vulnerability, Young children

Annotation: This report provides a summary of the home visitation program that is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which President Barak Obama signed on March 23, 2010. The act includes $1.5 billion in mandatory funding for high-quality, evidence-based, voluntary early childhood home visitation services. The report describes the purpose of the act, statutory authority, federal and state administration, needs assessment, requirements for grant application, eligible entities and families, technical assistance, prioritized service population, benchmarks, outcomes, requirements, criteria for evidence of effectiveness, priority funding, evaluation, research, reports to Congress, payment of grants, grants to tribes and to nonprofits, maintenance of effort, appropriations, reservation and availability of funds, and applications of other provisions of Title V.

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Keywords: Evaluation, Families, Federal programs, Funding, Grants, Health services, Home visiting, Infants, Legislation, Low income groups, Research, Vulnerability, Young children

Annotation: This brief outlines steps and components for completing the grant application process for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program as outlined by the authoring legislation or guidance offered by the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Administration for Children and Families. It provides resource information that can be used in planning and conducting the needs assessment, identifying high-risk populations, and selecting and measuring benchmarks. Information on state data sources and statistics is included.

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Keywords: Benchmarking, Federal grants, High risk groups, Home visiting, Needs assessment, State MCH programs, Statistics

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information about the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, which is part of the Patient Protection Aand Affordable Care Act. The fact sheet explains what early childhood home visiting programs are, how the act supports home visiting, how much funding for the program each state will receive, who the program serves, who can apply for grants under the program and what steps states must take to be eligible, what home visiting models can be funded by states, what requirements program models must meet, evidence models that the Department of Health and Human Services has identified or is considering, how states must track program effectiveness, and how program effectiveness will be judged.

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Keywords: Mothers, Eligibility, Families, Financing, Grants, Home visiting, Infants, Legislation, Low income groups, State programs, Young children

Annotation: This brief summarizes lessons about recruiting and training home visitors for evidence-based programs from grantees participating in the Children's Bureau's Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting (EBHV) to Prevent Child Maltreatment grantee cluster. The brief provides an overview of strategies that agencies that were implementing home visiting programs employed to recruit and train home visitors as well as of the challenges they faced and lessons learned.

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Keywords: Child abuse, Grants, Home visiting, Maltreated children, Prevention, Programs, Recruitment, Training

Annotation: This brief, which is fourth in a series, summarizes experiences supporting and supervising home visitors working in evidence-based programs affiliated with grantees participating in the Children’s Bureau’s Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting (EBHV) to Prevent Child Maltreatment initiative. The brief discusses implementing agencies’ experiences cultivating organizational support, providing supportive supervision, and building community partnerships in the context of implementing one or more of the national home-visiting models selected by the EBHV grantees and their partners. A companion brief describing EBHV grantees’ experiences with recruiting, hiring, and training home visitors is available. This brief discusses cultivating organizations support for home visitors, supervision in evidence-based home-visiting programs, and supporting home visitors through community partnerships.

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Keywords: Child abuse, Communities, Home visiting, Initiatives, Prevention, Programs, Supervision

Annotation: This assessment is Colorado's response to the legislative requirement for receiving FY 2010 Affordable Care Act Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program funding. This funding is available through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant program, which is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The program is intended to help states respond to the needs of children and families in communities at risk in order to improve health and developmental outcomes for children through the implementation of evidence-based home visitation programs. Topics include a data report, quality and capacity of existing early childhood home visiting initiatives/programs in the state, and state capacity for providing substance abuse treatment and counseling services to individuals and families in need.

Keywords: Legislation, Access to health care, Child health, Colorado, Counseling, Early childhood development, Family support services, Federal programs, Financing, Home visiting, Infant development, Infant health, Initiatives, Legislation, Low income groups, Needs assessment, Prevention, State grants, State programs, Statistical data, Substance abuse, Treatment

Annotation: This needs assessment provides information about maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting in Connecticut. The report discusses at-risk communities' need for home visiting services; home visiting services in Connecticut; the status of Connecticut's maternal, infant, and early childhood service system; and the statewide and at-risk community data report. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Child health, Communities, Connecticut, Families, Health services, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infant health, Needs assessment, State programs, Women's health

Annotation: This brief, which is the third in a series of reports on the fidelity-monitoring system that Mathematic Policy Research and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago developed for the cross-site evaluation of the Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting to Prevent Child Maltreatment initiative. The brief provides a set of indicators that state planners can use in crafting their own fidelity-monitoring systems and assessing the implementation of home visiting models across different communities. The brief also defines fidelity and provides a framework for assessing it.

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Keywords: Child abuse, Communities, Evaluation, Home visiting, Initiatives, Prevention

Annotation: This issue brief is intended to help policymakers and advocates build a strong national policy framework to maximize the effectiveness and reach of early childhood home-visiting programs. More specifically, it is meant to ensure that federal home-visiting policies directly address the needs of mothers and children who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing domestic violence, the link between domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, and the impact of domestic violence on the health and well-being of children and families. The brief also provides an overview of home visiting and presents promising home-visiting programs.

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Keywords: Child abuse, Child health, Child neglect, Domestic violence, Families, High risk children, High risk groups, High risk infants, High risk mothers, Home visiting, Infants, Model programs, Public policy, Women's health, Young children

Annotation: This 5-year needs assessment for Florida's maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting program provides an overview of the impact of needs assessments, offers a statewide data report and discussion, and discusses defining communities in need, identifying Florida counties in need, quality and capacity of existing home visiting programs, Florida's substance abuse program, and a summary of the needs-assessment results.

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Keywords: Child health, Communities, Early childhood development, Florida, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infant development, Infant health, Low income groups, Maternal healthr, Needs assessment, State MCH programs, Statistical data, Substance abuse prevention programs, Young children

Annotation: This issue brief discusses facets of home visiting programs, benefits and challenges of these programs, provides examples of how health funders have supported programs to date, and describes opportunities for continuing support for these efforts. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Case studies, Family support services, Home visiting, Program descriptions

Annotation: This webcast, held on April 30, 2010, focused on the impact of home visiting programs, scaling up, and health care reform.

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Keywords: Low income groups, Child health, Costs, Early childhood development, Early childhood education, Families, Financing, Health care reform, Home visiting, Infant development, Infant health, Infants, Mothers, Pregnant women, Programs, Research, Young children

Annotation: This needs assessment for South Carolina provides background information; discusses the assessment process; provides a statewide data report, a definition of community, and a data report of each at-risk community; and discusses the quality and capacity of existing programs and the state's capacity for substance abuse treatment and counseling services.

Keywords: Counseling, High risk groups, Infant mortality, Needs assessment, Poverty, South Carolina, State programs, Statistical data, Substance abuse prevention programs, Substance abuse treatment, Underserved communities

Annotation: This brief provides an overview of observations conducted by Mathematica Policy Research of the newly-designed home visiting program called Partnering with Families for Early Learning (PFEL). The primary goal of the observations, conducted between fall 2008 and summer 2009, was to provide feedback about the content and quality of PFEL program visits to home visiting teams in White Center (outside Seattle) and East Yakima (in central Washington). A secondary goal was to pilot the observation measures employed for their potential usefulness in assessing implementation in future evaluations of PFEL. This brief provides an overview of the observation instruments and describes the content and quality of the observed PFEL home visits.

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Keywords: , Early childhood education, Home visiting, Model programs, Parent child relations, Parent education, Parent participation, Parent support services, Service delivery systems

Annotation: This brief summarizes the progress made by two Washington-state communities in developing home-based early learning (HBEL) services. Based on data collected by Mathematica during site visits in 2008 and 2009, the brief summaries the need for HBEL and the implementation of services during the first year in White Center (outside of Seattle) and East Yakima (in central Washington). It explains how the communities selected programs to implement and how they prepared for service delivery. It then describes the implementation of two established home visiting models (Nurse Family Partnership and Parents as Teachers) and the piloting of a newly developed model(Partnering with Families for Early Learning). The brief concludes by highlighting key lessons learned and next steps for ongoing development of the HBEL service delivery system.

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Keywords: Community programs, Early childhood education, Home visiting, Model programs, Parent child relations, Parent education, Parent participation, Parent support services, Service delivery systems, Washington

Annotation: This volume focuses on the issue of whether early childhood education programs boost child development and prepare children for school and proposes changes to improve the programs. The document contains contrasting papers on the success of Head Start, Early Head Start, and home visiting programs and on policies that could improve the programs. The volume discusses government spending on early childhood education programs, reviews the number of children enrolled in each type of program, reviews the papers on the three programs and an additional paper on program coordination, and recommends policies that could increase the returns generated by early childhood education programs.

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Keywords: Child development, Costs, Early Head Start, Early childhood education, Enrollment, Federal programs, Financing, Head Start, Home visiting, Program coordination, Public policy, School readiness

Annotation: This website contains an archived webinar providing an overview of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program that guides viewers through the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), released on June 10, 2010. The program, created as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable Care Act or ACA) (P.L. 111-148), is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), in collaboration with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to promote healthy child development and improved maternal and child health outcomes. Questions and answers follow the presentations. Presentation slides, transcripts, and an audio file are also available on the website.

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Keywords: Child development, Child health, Federal programs, Home visiting, Maternal health, Multimedia

Annotation: This report provides statewide data for Oregon in the following categories: premature birth, low-birthweight infants, infant mortality, poverty, crime, domestic violence, school dropout rates, substance abuse, unemployment, child maltreatment, and other indicators of at-risk prenatal, maternal, newborn, or child health. County-level data for the same categories is also provided, and information on the selection process of a unit of analysis is offered. The report also includes information about the quality and capacity of Oregon's existing home-visiting programs and the state's capacity for providing substance abuse treatment. A narrative summary of needs-assessment results concludes the report.

Keywords: Child health, Child maltreatment, Crime, Domestic violence, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infant health, Infant mortality, Low birthweight infants, Needs assessment, Oregon Preterm birth, Poverty, Reproductive health, School dropouts, State programs, Statistical data, Substance abuse, Treatment, Unemployment, Women's health

Annotation: This 2010 needs assessment for Idaho's maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting program provides a statewide data report, describes the unit selected as "community," provide a data report for each at-risk community, discusses the quality and capacity of existing programs in at-risk communities, discusses capacity for providing substance-abuse treatment and counseling services in at-risk communities, and provides a summary of needs-assessment results.

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Keywords: High risk groups, Communities, Counseling, Data, Families, Health care reform, Home visiting, Idaho, Infants, Needs assessment, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pregnant women, State MCH programs, Substance abuse treatment, Young children

Annotation: This synthesis examines findings from 66 studies that implemented random assignment intent-to-treat experimental evaluations of programs that include home visiting as a program component. Topics include programs that work as well as the intervention strategies that contribute to program success. Analyses are segmented by the target population served (birth to age 3, ages 4-5, 6-11, and 12-17).

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Keywords: Child health, Children, Home visiting, Literature reviews, Outcome evaluation, Program evaluation, Studies

Annotation: This mandatory document is the first step in the state of Kansas' multi-step process to identify high risk communities for home visiting services and assess the state's capacity to provide services in high risk communities. The document contains information that is supplemental to the Kansas grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Included are community and state data reports; a report on the quality and capacity of existing home visiting programs; a report on the state capacity to provide substance use disorder treatment services; and a summary of results and plans to address unmet needs. The document describes the Kansas program as one that envisions child development within socio-ecological and life course development frameworks.

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Keywords: High risk groups, Home visiting, Kansas, Legislation, Life course, Models, Needs assessment, State MCH programs

Annotation: This needs-assessment supplemental information report for Maryland provides information about key health indicators in the state, such as infant mortality and related risk factors and child health, and discusses Maryland's plans to build on previous home visiting programs and employ new home visiting strategies. The report describes Maryland's approach to conducting the preliminary home visiting needs assessment to identify communities at risk through analysis of data and assessment of capacity. Topics include the needs assessment process, findings, communities at risk, and capacity for providing substance abuse treatment.

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Keywords: Child health, Communities, Early childhood development, Families, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infant death, Infant health, Low income groups, Maryland, Needs assessment, Poverty, State programs, Substance abuse treatment services

Annotation: This report highlights the activities and accomplishments of the state of Minnesota's Family Home Visiting Program during 2008-2009. it describes the statutory requirements and goals of the state program and its development in the areas of targeted home visiting plans, training, and technical assistance. Also included are a description of the evaluation plan and framework; data collection and preliminary evaluation results; promotion of community partnerships and collaborations; target populations; and outcome and performance measures. The appendices include the full text of the revised 2007 Minnesota Family Home Visiting Program Statute; a summary of Tribal government family home visiting plans; community partnerships; training and technical assistance activities; a summary of populations served; and a data collection form.

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Keywords: Data collection, Evaluation, Home visiting, Minnesota, Reports, State legislation, State programs

Annotation: This needs assessment report discusses a statewide data report for Missouri, identification of at-risk communities, data reports for each of the top 10 at-risk counties, quality and capacity of existing programs and initiatives for early childhood home visiting, and the state's capacity for providing substance abuse treatment and counseling services.

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Keywords: Child health, Communities, Counseling, Families, Initiatives, Health services, High risk children, High risk infants, Home visiting, Infant health, Missouri, Needs assessment, State programs, Statistical data, Substance abuse treatment, Women's health

Annotation: This compendium highlights local health department (LHD) home visiting programs (HVPs). The compendium comprises eight case studies developed from information obtained in interviews with LHDs. Each program summary includes information about community dynamics; a program description (staffing and training, participants and home visits, tools and resources); evaluation; community partnerships and resource sharing; successes and challenges; recommendations; future plans; and program contact. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Case studies, Community based services, Community coordination, Community programs, Home visiting, Local programs, Program descriptions, Program development, Program improvement, Program planning

Annotation: This white paper highlights the strengths and competencies of the federal Healthy Start Initiative. It was produced in response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act designed to strengthen and approve home visiting programs, improve service coordination for at-risk communities, and identify and provide comprehensive evidence-based home visiting services to families that reside in at-risk communities. The paper provides a brief history of the Healthy Start Initiative, an overview of the Healthy Start network and core services, key attributes of the Healthy Start home visitation model, Healthy Start model programs, and implications for health reform. A map indicating Healthy Start locations in the United States and a logic model for national evaluation of Healthy Start programs are included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Federal legislation, Federal programs, Health care reform, Healthy Start, Home visiting, Infant mortality, Model programs, Prevention programs

Annotation: This webinar, held on October 26, 2010, brought together public and private sector stakeholders to explore how partnering to invest in early childhood reaps benefits for children and families and will ultimately benefit all of society. Presenters included Dr. Audrey Yowell, Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau; Veronica Creech and Peggy Hill, Nurse-Family Partnership; and Katie Eyes, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. Archived content includes the agenda, speaker biographies, presentations, evaluation, and additional resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Home visiting, Multimedia, Public private partnerships, Young children

Annotation: This home visiting survey for providers is part of the application by the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Public Health, for federal funds to expand home visiting in the state. The survey is designed to provide a brief update of resources and needs in Nebraska communities.

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Keywords: Communities, Financing, Home visiting, Nebraska, Needs assessment, State programs, State surveys

Annotation: This 2010 survey of Nebraska's home visiting program is intended to gather information on existing services as part of the program's application for federal funds to expand home visiting in the state. Earlier versions of the survey were conducted in 2006 and 2007. The survey is designed to provide an update of resources and needs in Nebraska communities.

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Keywords: Surveys, Communities, Financing, Health care reform, Home visiting, Nebraska, Needs assessment, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, State programs

Annotation: This needs assessment provides a data analysis and capacity assessment of home visiting services in the state of New Hampshire. It includes an overview of current home visiting programs, indicating where there are disparities and gaps and identifying populations in need of additional services. The data analysis is based on the Social Determinants in Health construct, where indicators used to assess risk included the following: premature births, low birth weight, infant mortality, poverty, crime, domestic violence, child maltreatment, school dropout rates, substance abuse, and employment, to determine communities at higher risk. The report concludes with a narrative summary of the needs assessment results, including how the state will address unmet needs.

Keywords: Home visiting, Needs assessment, New Hampshire, Reports, State MCH programs

Annotation: This needs assessment offers an overview of key performance indicators used to identify communities in greatest need of a home visiting program in North Dakota. After describing the approach taken and the framework used, the needs assessment discusses the demographics in the state of North Dakota, including population shifts between 1870 and 2009; looks at economic conditions (including the labor force, wages, and poverty levels); shifting household composition, births (including preterm and low birthweight), and infant mortality. The assessment also looks at domestic violence, child maltreatment, physical and sexual violence, high school dropout levels, substance abuse (including drug and tobacco use), and crime. Included is a review of the North Dakota Head Start needs assessment and a detailed summary of findings. Tables and maps compare findings across counties and regions.

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Keywords: Women's health, Adolescent health, Child health, Demography, Health care reform, Home visiting, Measures, Needs assessment, North Dakota, Outcome evaluation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, State MCH programs

Annotation: This power point presentation explains how the Nurse Family Partnership's home visitation program can improve maternal and child health outcomes. It provides an overview of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program; discusses research findings about its effectiveness in terms of health outcomes and monetary benefits; and looks at NFP program implementation and outcomes in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The presentation also addresses new federal funding for state home visitation programs and discusses emerging issues and trends related to improved maternal and child health outcomes. The various presenters are from the Nurse Family Partnership and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

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Keywords: Evidence, Families, Family centered services, Home visiting, MCH programs, North Carolina, Nurse practitioners, Outcome evaluation, South Carolina, State programs

Annotation: This web site provides information for professionals and for clients of Ohio's Help Me Grow program, which provides health and developmental services for pregnant women and young children so children start school healthy and ready to learn. Parent and caregiver resources include topics on wellness, nutrition, children with special needs, the infant hearing program, school readiness, and safety. Resources include a parents index, information packets, county resources, a glossary of terms, frequently asked questions about the program, parents rights, and links for more information. Professional resources on the web site include training and development; program announcements; the infant hearing program; laws, regulations, and policies, the Early Track Data System, and frequently asked questions. Additional information is provided on grants, county program providers, and the early intervention systems of payment. A section for policies is available on a range of topics including those relevant for all, Part C, and home visitation. An online form is available for submitting information to obtain program referrals for those living in Ohio.

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Keywords: Child health, Consumer education materials, Early intervention programs, Health services delivery, Hearing screening, Home visiting, Infant health, Ohio, Screening, State programs

Annotation: This web page provides links to materials related to the Help Me Grow Home Visiting Program, including narrative sections fro the program manual, brochures, and forms. Local program contact information is also provided.

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Keywords: Child development, Child health, Families, Home visiting, Infant development, Infant health, Ohio, Parent child relations, Parenting skills, State programs

Annotation: This brief provides information about how grantees participating in the Children's Bureau's Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting to Prevent Child Maltreatment grantee cluster prepared needs assessments to to plan for implementing or expanding grant-related evidence-based home visiting services. The brief discusses how grantees planned the assessments and collected the data, as well as facilitators and barriers to carrying out the assessments. It also describes lesson that grantees identified.

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Keywords: Assessment, Child maltreatment, Evidence-based practice, Federal programs, Grants, Home visiting, Prevention