HRSA requires Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program grantees to report on their program’s performance. The information and resources below aim to assist grantees in:
- Preparing and submitting required performance reports,
- Measuring their program’s performance,
- Providing continuous quality improvement, and
- Evaluating their program.
Six Benchmark Domains
Grantees must collect and report data on program implementation and performance for eligible families participating in the six benchmark areas:
- Improvements in maternal, newborn, and child health;
- Prevention of child injuries, child abuse, neglect, or maltreatment and reductions of emergency room visits;
- Improvements in school readiness and child academic achievement;
- Reductions in crime or domestic violence;
- Improvements in family economic self-sufficiency; and
- Improvements in the coordination and referrals for other community resources and supports.
Performance Measures
In October 2016, HHS revised performance reporting requirements for Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting grantees.
The updates aim to simplify, standardize, and strengthen the performance measurement system. To meet these goals, HHS engaged in a year-long process that included Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting grantees, federal partners, home visiting model developers, and other stakeholders to revise the performance measurement system.
Summary of MIECHV Program Performance Measures (PDF - 233 KB)
Use the resources below to understand and report on your program’s performance.
FY 2018 Reporting Resources
- Form 1 - Demographic Performance Measures (PDF - 379 KB) (Includes demographic, service utilization, and select clinical indicators)
- Form 2 - Benchmark Performance Measures (PDF - 391 KB) (Includes performance indicators and systems outcome measures)
- Form 1 Demographic, Service Utilization, and Select Clinical Indicators Toolkit (PDF - 646 KB)
- Form 2 Performance Indicators and Systems Outcomes Toolkit (PDF - 1.2 MB)
- FY 2018 Performance Measure Guidance Updates (PDF - 466 KB)
- Demographic, Service Utilization, and Select Clinical Indicators and Performance Indicators and Systems Outcomes: FAQs (PDF - 768 KB)
FY 2019 Reporting Resources
- Form 1 - Demographic, Service Utilization, and Select Clinical Indicators Toolkit – Effective beginning FY 2019 (PDF - 724 KB)
- Form 2 - Performance Indicators and Systems Outcomes Toolkit - Effective beginning FY 2019 (PDF - 1060 KB)
- FAQs: Demographic, Service Utilization, and Select Clinical Indicators and Performance Indicators and Systems Outcomes - Effective beginning FY 2019 (PDF - 533 KB)
- Revised Form 1 - Demographic Performance Measures - Effective beginning FY 2019 (PDF - 344 KB) (Includes demographic, service utilization, and select clinical indicators)
- Revised Form 2 - Benchmark Performance Measures - Effective beginning FY 2019 (PDF - 490 KB) (Includes performance indicators and systems outcome measures)
- FY 2019 Performance Measurement Reporting Updates (PDF - 167 KB)
Webinars
- Discretionary Grants Information System (DGIS) Report Submission for MIECHV Awardees
(December 3, 2018)
- Performance Measurement Updates for MIECHV Awardees (August 11, 2018)
- FY 2017 Annual Performance Data Overview Webinar (March 6, 2018)
- Performance Measurement System TA Webinar #1 (March 23, 2016)
- Performance Measurement System TA Webinar #2 (April 5, 2016)
Other Resources
- MIECHV Quarterly and Annual Reports Help Video
- Guidance on Identifying Missing Data (PDF - 320 KB)
- Home Visiting Model Developer Performance Measurement Crosswalk (PDF - 1.6 MB)
- Grantee Performance Measurement Data Collection and Analysis Plan Template (PDF - 188 KB)
Quarterly Performance Reporting
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting grantees must submit quarterly performance reports which serve to assist HRSA in monitoring grants and providing oversight.
The forms include a select number of service utilization and staffing measures, which have the potential to change frequently. We require additional benchmark performance data from grantees that have not demonstrated improvement in four of the six benchmark areas and are currently on an Improvement Plan.
- Form 4 – Quarterly Data Collection (PDF - 243 KB)- This form was revised for data collection beginning in FY 2019 Quarter 3 (April - June 2019). Note that the due date for this form has been revised to 30 days after the end of the data collection period, but is being temporarily extended to 45 days until further notice.
- Form 4 - Quarterly Performance Reporting Frequently Asked Questions
Home Visiting Evaluation
The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Evaluation (MIHOPE) contract conducts the legislatively-mandated evaluation of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program. This evaluation involves multiple tasks and activities that together provide federal and state policymakers, service providers, and other interested parties with valuable information about the effectiveness of these federally-funded programs in improving outcomes for children and families.
