TITLE
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approved Budget to Accept and Appropriate the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Grant Awarded by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Health to the City of Hampton, Virginia (Youth, Education, and Family Services Department, also known as Healthy Families) to Continue the Parents As Teachers and Home Visiting Education and Support Program
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this resolution is to accept and appropriate federal grant funds to permit continuation of the Parents As Teachers, Home Visiting Education and Support Program can begin services during prenatal care and any child who is 5 years of age.
DISCUSSION:
In 2010 Congress established the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) to provide federal funds to states and tribal entities to support voluntary, evidence based, home visiting services to at-risk families. Voluntary home visiting programs have been shown to be an effective way to support families and children experiencing risk factors, such as stress, social isolation, language barriers, and poverty.
The purpose of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program is to support the delivery of coordinated and comprehensive high-quality voluntary early childhood home visiting services to eligible families. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) administers this program in partnership with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
Hampton Healthy Families was awarded the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting grant in the following years:
? March 13, 2013 - September 30, 2016 (Funded for 3 years)
The grant was first implemented with the Healthy Families of America model. Families served include families experiencing extreme high risk factors, including substance abuse, mental illness, and family violence. This funding was renew...
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