Through funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, the Illinois Department of Human Services is implementing the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHVP) in six communities across the State. Those communities are:
- Cicero Township
- Englewood, West-Englewood and Greater Grand Crossing
- City of Elgin
- City of Rockford
- Macon County
- Vermilion County
MIECHVP Strategy
MIECHVP is designed to use evidence-based home visitation as a strategy to:
- strengthen and improve the programs and activities carried out under Title V;
- improve coordination of services for at-risk communities; and
- identify and provide comprehensive services to improve outcomes for families who reside in at-risk communities.
MIECHVP Models
Agencies will be required to implement one of the following home visiting models:
- Early Head Start - Home Based
- Healthy Families America
- Parents as Teachers
- Nurse Family Partnership
Informational Trainings & Webinars
- Informational Webinars were held August 11 & 15, 2011 to discuss the application process for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHVP). A copy of the PowerPoint presentation is being provided along with a Questions and Answers document, see links below:
- Benchmark Training was held October 12, 2012 to increase the communities understanding of reporting and data collection requirements of the MIECHV program. For more information, please view the presentation provided below. If you experience difficulties viewing the document, please contact Bev Sanders via email or at 217-782-2737.
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