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Annotation: This fact sheet outlines state and safety net provider policies and practices that support early entry into prenatal care using the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) as a conceptual framework. It is one in a series of fact sheets that showcase state policies and programs in four states -- California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Washington -- that support improvement in early entry into prenatal care.

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Keywords: California, Community health centers, Early intervention, Illinois, Massachusetts, Medical home, Perinatal services, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Program improvement, Public policy, State programs, Washington

Annotation: This fact sheet provides a summary of the maternal and child health (MCH) related highlights and funding announcements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and related implementation of the law in states. Topics include descriptions of individual provisions in these categories: prevention and public health, coverage and benefits, access to health care services, workforce, other key MCH investments, and healthcare quality.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Expanded eligibility, Federal health insurance programs, Financing, Health care reform, Home visiting, MCH services, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Preventive health services, Quality assurance, State health insurance programs, Work force

Annotation: This webinar presentation, broadcast April 9, 2013, describes how evaluations are critical in verifying that home visiting programs are delivering on the promises of improved outcomes for children and families and wise use of dollars. It highlights common challenges encountered in the evaluation process and provides examples of successful approaches to overcoming evaluation challenges. Examples are provided from the Michigan Maternal Infant Health Program evaluation strategy and considerations for effectiveness evaluation of MCH home visiting programs in the current landscape of expansion in the Nurse-Family Partnership Program in Pennsylvania.

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Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Case studies, Child health, Evaluation methods, Family support services, Home visiting, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Outcome evaluation, Program evaluation

Annotation: This paper explores state policy activities to reduce costs while improving maternal and child health outcomes. In particular, the paper addresses reforms that have the potential to significantly improve outcomes for vulnerable populations such as children with special health care needs and women of color. Policy innovations described in the paper include medical and health homes, quality-based payment incentives, bundled payments for episodes of care, and accountable care organizations.

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Keywords: Costs, Health care reform, Health policy, MCH programs, MCH services, Medical home, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Reimbursement, State initiatives

Annotation: This report describes plans for a national evaluation of the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program (MIHOPE), a program launched in 2011 by the Administration for Children and Families and the Health Resources and Services Administration within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Contents include an overview, background on home visiting and goals for the evaluation, an overview of the proposed evaluation design, a sampling plan for the evaluation, the implementation study, the impact analysis and analysis of health systems outcomes, and the economic evaluation.

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Keywords: Child development, Child health, Costs, Families, Family support services, Federal programs, Health systems, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infant development, Infant health, Low income groups, Program evaluation, Social services, Women's health

Annotation: This document presents the agenda of the Home Visiting Research Network established as part of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. Topics include how the agenda was developed and ten research priorities including the rationale for each priority, what is known about each priority, and what is needed to advance the field of home visiting. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Health services delivery, Home visiting, MCH research, Research methodology

Annotation: This guide for Texas parents offers suggestions on the various stages of child development up to age 5 years, and offers tips for discussion with the doctor during office visits. Topics include establishing a medical home and how to get help as a caregiver in planning care for children, immunizations common in infancy and early childhood, when to expect and plan well-child visits, and important child safety tips. Additional topics include crying and toddler tantrums, playing, infant and child care tips, and beginning school. The guide is available in English and Spanish.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Child care, Child health services, Child safety, Infant care, Infants, Medical home, Spanish language materials, Young children

Annotation: This report presents federal public policy recommendations that are intended to improve children's health, safety, and well-being, and improve the education system with the goals of saving money, strengthening families, producing a more educated work force, and laying a base for America that will thrive into the next century. Topics covered include early childhood, education, after-school and summer programs, child welfare, healthy children and adolescents, juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, runaway and homeless adolescents, adolescent services, and adolescent employment.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescent health services, After school programs, Child health, Early childhood education, Education, Employment, Homelessness, Juvenile delinquents, Poverty, Prevention, Public policy, Runaways, Safety

Annotation: This final report describes a project to provide Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) runaway and homeless youth in Minnesota culturally-appropriate health services, through RICE (Reaching Immigrants with Care & Education). The 2007-2012 project included street outreach, health education, prevention and intervention services designed for AAPI street youth, aged between 10-18 years old, with a special focus on Hmong runaway girls who bear highest risk of being subjected to sexual abuse. Report contents include a description of the project and realtionship to Title V maternal and child health programs, goals and objectives, methodology, evaluation, results and outcomes, dissemination and utilization of results, as well as future plans and sustainability. The appendix includes the evaluation report. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Adolescents, Asian Americans, Final reports, Health services delivery, Homeless persons, Outreach, Pacific Islanders, Runaways, Youth

Annotation: This document summarizes methods used in Oregon's home visiting needs assessment and also provides background. It describes the number and percentage of Oregonians affected by the outcomes or risk factors specified by the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program. Additional topics include the number of pregnant women, infants and children in need of home visiting; how difficult it is to access services; the needs of families served by home visiting and how often the needs were met; and how home visiting services meet families' needs (direct service or referral). [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Case management, Early Head Start, Early childhood development, Family support, Head Start, Healthy Start, Home visiting, MCH services, Needs assessment, Oregon, State programs

Annotation: This brief provides the 40-year history behind the medical home concept, a team-based health care delivery model led by a physician that provides comprehensive, continuous, and coordinated primary and preventive medical care to patients. The brief discusses the development and expansion of the medical home (also referred to as a health home). the role played in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and how the model is a catalyst for multiple reform efforts related to health care delivery, reimbursement, and primary care.

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Keywords: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health care reform, Health services delivery, History, Medical home, Primary care, Reimbursement

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 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 report presents findings from a follow-up needs assessment in Oklahoma to identify focus communities for the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. Topics include identification of the state's targeted at-risk communities; program goals and objectives; selection of models and explanation of how the models meet the needs of targeted communities; and plans for implementation, meeting legislatively-mandated benchmarks, administration, and continuous quality improvement. Information about technical assistance needs and reporting requirements are also included.

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Keywords: Community based services, Health care reform, Home visiting, Oklahoma, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Program planning, State MCH programs, Statewide planning, Systems development

Annotation: This document is excerpted from the "Home Care Program Policy Manual" of the University of Illinois at Chicago Division of Specialized Care for Children. It describes some of the differences and difficulties experienced by families and nurses working together in the home care of technology assisted children. It also provides information to help nurses establish and maintain a professional working relationship within a home environment. General guidelines are presented to help nurses prepare mentally for the experience of home care. More specific guidelines are also included that discuss establishing appropriate relationships with the child, the parents, and the siblings. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Home care services, Medically fragile children, Nurses, Parents, Technology dependence

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 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 report describes the 2005 to 2010 GOALS Program in Central Texas focusing on behavioral or developmental screening, assessment, and primary care for qualifying youth ages 4 to 15 years. Report contents include a description of the project, it's goals and objectives, the methodology, evaluation, a summary of results and outcomes, and information on publications and products developed during the project, dissemination and utilization of results, and futures plans and follow-up. Additional information from Advisory Council meetings is included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Developmental screening, Final reports, Health services delivery, Low income groups, MCH services, Medical home, Mental health, Screening, Texas

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