HRSA/HHS Press Releases 

Click on the links below to read the latest press releases regarding home visitation,

September 22, 2011

HHS announces $224 million to support evidence-based home visiting programs to help parents and children

June 6, 2011

HHS announces Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program funding opportunity 

March 23, 2011

HHS Announces Advisory Committee on Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood

July 21, 2010

HHS Allocates $88 Million for Home Visiting Program to Improve the Wellbeing of Children and Families

June 24, 2010

ACF Partners with HRSA for the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program

June 10, 2010

Announcing $90 million in Affordable Care Act Funding for Maternal, Infant and Childhood Home Visiting Program Grants

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and the Administration on Children and Families (ACF) within The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Amount of Funding Available

• Approximately $90 million will be awarded to eligible States and territories to provide evidence-based home visiting programs for children and families in at-risk communities.
• Initial federal funding has been allocated via a funding formula. Colorado is eligible to receive $1,842,294 for a 27-month grant period, $673,000 of which must be directed to a home visiting program formerly funded by ACF.
• Additional funding will be available in subsequent years, however, it is not yet clear how those additional dollars will be awarded to states.
• A funding announcement (CFDA # 93.508) for Indian Tribes, consortia of Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations and Urban Indian Organizations was recently released.

New Federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. This law adds a new Section 511 to the Title V of the Social Security Act for Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs. Click below to view the statute.

} Affordable Care Act Maternal, Infant, & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Statute

For Colorado specific questions, please e-mail cdphe.psMCHreports@state.co.us. A response to your inquiry can be expected within 48-72 hours.

HRSA Webinar - Originally broadcast on June 17, 2010
This webinar provides an overview of the new Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program and a walk-through of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) released on June 10, 2010. It answers many of the questions about the Home Visiting Grant Program and the initial FOA.

Links

• Federal Health Care Reform Legislation Home Visiting Summary
• PEW Center on the States, Home Visiting Initiative

• HIPPY Budget Form and Narrative Form
• NFP Budget Form
• PAT Budget Form and Narrative Form

Fiscal Forms

• MIECHV Nurse-Family Partnership Cost Reimbursement form
• MIECHV HIPPY and PAT Cost Reimbursement form
• MIECHV Budget Revision Request form

MIECHV Year 1 (7/15/10 to 9/30/12) Funding

On July 15, 2010, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment was granted formula funding for the first phase of awards from the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation Funding. To view the application, click HERE

 After Early Childhood Councils in the communities of Adams and Pueblo counties convened for a comprehensive planning process, the following organizations were recommended and awarded funds to provide home visitation services through Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation funding:

Adams County

·         Adams County Head Start (implementing the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters program)

·          Growing Home, Inc. (implementing the Parents as Teachers program)

·         Tri-County Health Department (implementing the Nurse-Family Partnership program) 

Pueblo County

·         Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Pueblo (implementing the Parents as Teachers program)

·         Pueblo Community Health Center (implementing the Nurse-Family Partnership program)

 MIECHV Year 2 (9/30/2011 to 9/29/13) Funding

On September 14, 2011, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment was granted formula funding for the second phase of awards from the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation Funding. To view the application, click HERE.

 MIECHV Year 2 Competitive (10/01/11 to 9/30/15) Funding

On 6/30/11, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment submitted an application to the Health Resources and Services Administration for Year 2 competitive funding for the expansion of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation funding. Subsequently, the department was not awarded this funding, however plans to apply for these funds when the next expansion opportunity becomes available.