The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program’s technical assistance system supports awardees’ efforts to improve family outcomes and strengthen capacity of state and local early childhood systems leaders and practitioners by connecting awardees to technical expertise, sharing best practices, engaging experts and stakeholders, utilizing Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) methodologies, and disseminating and translating research findings.
Technical assistance providers offer universal and targeted supports through a diverse set of products to meet states’ and territories’ needs.
Site visit technical assistance
DSFederal conducts on-site compliance reviews for MIECHV awardees to:
- Document awardee progress;
- Assess awardees' statutory, administrative, program and fiscal compliance with the grant award;
- Identify awardee challenges and technical assistance needs as applicable;
- Identify awardee best practices to share and highlight; and
- Develop site visit reports and recommendations base upon site reviews.
Technical assistance resources for MIECHV awardees and stakeholders
- FY 2022 MIECHV Innovation Award - General Data/Technology Innovations, HRSA-22-089 (Track One)
- FY 2022 American Rescue Plan Act MIECHV Innovation Award - COVID-19-Related Data/Technology Innovations, HRSA-22-102 (Track Two)
- MIECHV Innovation Awards Combined NOFO Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- MIECHV FY 2022 Innovation Awards NOFO Technical Assistance Webinar
- MIECHV Program Reauthorization
- FY 2023 MIECHV NCC Update TA Webinar - May 2023
- FY 2023 MIECHV Non-Competing Continuation Update (NCC Update) FAQs
- MIECHV Base Grant Awards FY 2023 Non-Competing Continuation Update (NCC Update) (PDF - 272 KB)
- FY 2022 MIECHV Non-Competing Continuation Update (NCC Update) FAQs
- FY 2022 MIECHV Formula Awards TA Webinar - March 2022
- MIECHV Formula Awards FY 2022 Non-Competing Continuation Update (NCC Update) (PDF - 434 KB)
- FY 2021 MIECHV Formula Funding NOFO FAQs - April 2021 (PDF - 206 KB)
- FY 2021 MIECHV Formula Funding NOFO TA Webinar - March 2021
- MIECHV Program Supplemental Information Request (SIR) for the Submission of the Statewide Needs Assessment Update (PDF - 416 KB) – January 2019
- MIECHV Program Supplemental Information Request (SIR) for the Submission of the Territory Needs Assessment Update (PDF - 192 KB) – February 2019
- FY 2022 American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Round 2 Award Instructions (PDF - 204 KB)
- American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2) (ARP)
- FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act Awards
- FY 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Award Instructions (PDF - 98 KB)
- American Rescue Plan (ARP) FAQs
- American Rescue Plan Round 2 Awards Technical Assistance Webinar - Part 1 | Part 2
- Community Readiness: A Toolkit to Support Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Awardees in Assessing Community Capacity – February 2020
- MIECHV Program Supplemental Information Request (SIR) for the Submission of the Statewide Needs Assessment Update (PDF - 416 KB) – January 2019
- MIECHV Program Supplemental Information Request (SIR) for the Submission of the Territory Needs Assessment Update (PDF - 192 KB) – February 2019
- A Guide to Conducting the MIECHV Statewide Needs Assessment Update (PDF - 2 MB) – March 2019
- A Crosswalk of the MIECHV Program and the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program Needs Assessments (PDF - 2 MB) – June 2019
- Needs Assessment: Strategies for Identifying At Risk Counties – July 2019
This webinar for HRSA MIECHV Awardees focuses primarily on modifications to the “simplified method” and walks through an example using the Needs Assessment Data Summary workbook. The webinar also discusses appropriate data sources and briefly review considerations for choosing an “independent method.” - Applying a Health Equity Lens to the MIECHV Needs Assessment Update - June 2019 Transcript (PDF - 196 KB)
This webinar offers strategies to embed culturally responsive and equity-focused approaches to steps in MIECHV awardees' needs assessment work plan.
- Ensuring that Home Visiting Evaluations Reflect the Voices of Lived Experience (MP3 - 17 MB)| Transcript (PDF - 244 KB) March 2023
- BAT-ter Up! Lessons Learned from Cohort 1's HV-BAT Data Submission | Transcript (PDF - 159 KB) - August 2022
- Collecting Data Remotely: Strategies for Navigating Times of Change (PDF - 429 KB)
- Applying a Health Equity Lens to Analyze Performance Data and Inform Continuous Quality Improvement Work (PDF - 651 KB) - March 2021
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Addressing Impacts of COVID-19 on Performance Measurement and CQI Transcript (PDF - 207 KB) – May 2020
- MIECHV Data, Evaluation, & Continuous Quality Improvement Webpage
- Sharing the Impact of Home Visiting through Storytelling and Data Visualization Transcript (PDF - 189 KB) – May 2017
This Home Visiting-ImpACT webinar explores use of compelling stories to construct a successful narrative, and contains an innovative four-step visualization process for effectively telling your story. - Beyond Reporting: Making the Most of Your MIECHV Data; Transcript (PDF - 464 KB) – February 2015
Considers the potential opportunities for sharing benchmark and research findings outside traditional stakeholder groups; reviews the steps other grantees have taken to share and create resources for disseminating their findings; assesses the impact of sharing benchmark and research findings; and reviews how sharing such data might benefit programs. - Case Studies in Supporting Quality Data Collection at Local Sites; Transcript (PDF - 603 KB) – July 2014
- Sustainability Worksheet: A resource to plan for sustaining the gains (PDF - 208 KB)
- Lessons from the Field: Using Performance Data to Inform CQI (PDF - 220 KB)
- An Equity-Informed Approach to Professional Certification (MP3 - 12 MB) | Transcript (PDF - 236 KB)
- MIECHV TARC June Newsletter - June 2022 (PDF - 1 MB)
- Passing the Baton: Succession Planning for MIECHV Awardees (PDF - 626 KB)
- Professional Development in Home Visiting: What to do Before, During, and After the Training (PDF - 386 KB)
- Equity in Home Visiting: Supporting Families Who are Experiencing Homelessness (PDF - 687 KB)
- MIECHV Orientation Guide (PDF - 1 MB)
- Best Practices for Onboarding New MIECHV Employees: A Toolkit (PDF - 1 MB)
- Strengthening the MIECHV Workforce (PDF - 3 MB) – June 2019
- Infusing Cultural and Linguistic Competence into the Recruitment and Retention of Home Visitors (PDF - 510 KB)
- Professional Growth and Well-being: Strategies for MIECHV Awardees in Support of their Local Implementing Agencies (HV-ImpACT Webinar) – September 2018
This Home Visiting ImpACT webinar discusses how wellness matters in every aspect of home visiting from leadership to direct service, explore strategies and resources to boost workforce wellness in home visiting programs. - Recruitment and Retention of Home Visiting Staff; Transcript (PDF - 501 KB) – March 2015
- Covers: staff selection and recruitment practices that decrease turnover and increase quality; steps grantees have taken to implement intentional onboarding processes; how a professional development system can allow for supervisor input and support staff retention.
- Promoting an Organizational Culture of Reflective Practice; Transcript (PDF - 232 KB) – November 2014
- Building Stronger Home Visiting Systems through Staff Retention; Transcript (PDF - 243 KB) – June 2013
- Strengthening Professional Development for MIECHV Programs; Transcript (PDF - 149 KB) – September 2012
- Health Equity in Home Visiting: Advances by MIECHV Awardees; Transcript (PDF - 164 KB) - August 2022
- Virtual Home Visits: Lessons from the Field - August 2022; Transcript (PDF - 167 KB)
- Preparing for Success: The Awardee Role in Identifying and Supporting Local Community Agencies to Provide MIECHV Services (PDF - 292 KB)
- Home Visiting in Times of Crisis: Tips for Effective Planning, Coordination & Response (PDF - 400 KB)
- Leadership Matters: Applying the Maternal and Child Health Leadership Competencies to Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs (PDF - 1 MB)
- Communications Strategies for Home Visiting Programs (A Resource for MIECHV Awardees) (PDF - 1 MB) – September 2018
- Communications Planning Template (for MIECHV Awardee Home Visiting Programs) (PDF - 78 KB) – September 2018
- Implementing Multiple Models; Transcript (PDF - 136 KB) - June 2012
- Setting the Stage: Active Implementation Frameworks to Integrate the Science and Practice of Implementation; Transcript (PDF - 384 KB)- March 2012
- Implementation and Scale Up of Home Visiting (Part 2); Transcript (PDF - 226 KB) - April 2011
- Best Practices for Onboarding New MIECHV Employees: A Toolkit (PDF - 1 MB)
- Fiscal Assessment Checklist for MIECHV Leadership (PDF - 1 MB) - March 2023
- Developing Subrecipient Corrective Action Plans (PDF - 136 KB) - April 2022
- Obtaining Prior Approval: When, Why, and How (PDF - 108 KB) - April 2022
- Spending Within the Period of Availability and Multi-Year Budgeting (PDF - 176 KB) - April 2022
- Understanding the Difference Between Subawards and Contracts (PDF - 108 KB) - April 2022
- What Do We Mean by Adequate Documentation? (PDF - 109 KB) - April 2022
- Managing Multiple Funding Sources to Support Home Visiting Programs (PDF - 384 KB)
- Subrecipient Monitoring Manual for Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Award Recipients (PDF - 395 KB)
- MIECHV Pay for Outcomes Budget Instructions for FY 2023 NCC Update (PDF - 179 KB)
- MIECHV Program Pay for Outcomes Supplemental Information Request (SIR) (PDF - 626 KB)
- MIECHV Pay for Outcomes Supplemental Information Request (SIR) Webinar
- Preparing a Pay for Outcomes Feasibility Study: Checklist and Bibliography (PDF - 227 KB)
- MIECHV Pay for Outcomes Workplan Timeline Template (XLSX - 26 KB) *
- MIECHV Pay for Outcomes SIR 60-Day FRN Webinar – July 2020
- This webinar for HRSA Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program awardees walks through the requirements of the draft MIECHV Program Pay for Outcomes (PFO) Supplemental Information Request (SIR) to support the submission of public comments on the draft SIR, which provides instructions to MIECHV awardees for how to meet the statutory requirements associated with implementing a PFO initiative.
- Using Performance-Based Contracting to Strengthen Performance - May 2020 (PDF - 210 KB)
- Funding Home Visiting with a Pay for Outcomes Approach – June 2019
- Home Visiting Financing and Sustainability; Transcript (PDF - 491 KB) – June 2015
A discussion of various funding streams that support home visiting quality and financing strategies that can be implemented in states to support sustainability. - Fiscal Leveraging; Transcript (PDF - 157 KB) – July 2012
* Note: People using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please email Josephine Ansah or call 312-353-2879.
- Strengthening Partnerships Between HV Programs and Infant-Toddler Courts Webinar - June 2022
- Partnering with Medicaid to Advance ECCS and Improve Lifelong Well-being
- Adaptive Leadership in Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Collaboration TA Webinar
- Home Visiting's Two-Generation Approach (PDF - 9 MB) – May 2019
- HRSA's Home Visiting Program: Supporting Families Impacted by Opioid Use and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome - A Resource for MIECHV Awardees (PDF - 450 KB)
- Centralized Intake: The Next Steps along the Journey; Transcript (PDF - 190 KB) – April 2013
- Implementing Statewide Home Visiting Systems, Part I: Leadership Approaches; Transcript (PDF - 214 KB) – May 2012
- Implementing Statewide Home Visiting Systems, Part II: Supporting Home Visitor Competence; Transcript (PDF - 221 KB) - May 2012
- Evaluating Systems Integration: Essential Components; Transcript (PDF - 486 KB) – May 2014
- Early Childhood Integration Series: Working Together to Provide Stability for Families: Home Visiting and Homeless Service Systems; Transcript (PDF - 276 KB) – March 2014
- Early Childhood Integration Series: Better Results for Children and Families through Systems Integration; Transcript (PDF - 196 KB) – January 2014
- Integrating Home Visiting Systems Within Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems; Transcript (PDF - 162 KB) – August 2012
- Early Language and Literacy: Moving the Benchmarks Ahead – January 2018 Transcript (PDF - 156 KB)
This Home Visiting-ImpACT webinar focuses on efforts to help MIECHV awardees move the benchmarks ahead and support the performance measures related to early language and literacy.
- MIECHV TARC September Newsletter - September 2022 (PDF - 496 KB)
- Supporting LGBTQ+ Families in Home Visiting (Quicklearn)
- Supporting Parents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Quicklearn)
- Adapting Our Approach to Accommodate People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Quicklearn)
- Making MIECHV More Father-Friendly - April 2022; transcript (PDF - 177 KB)
- Engaging Military Families in Home Visiting (PDF - 863 KB)
- Parental Acceptance of Gender Expression in Young Children (PDF - 825 KB)
- Elevating Parent Voices in Home Visiting: Preparing for Authentic Parent Partnerships (PDF - 543 KB)
- Parent-Child Interaction and Home Visiting (PDF - 590 KB)
- Focus on Improving Systems to Better Work with High-Risk Populations (HV-ImpACT Webinar); Transcript (PDF - 176 KB) February 2020
- Father Engagement: Why it Matters for Addressing Performance Measures and How States and Territories Can Support LIAs (HV-ImpACT Webinar); Transcript (PDF - 164 KB) – October 2019
- Building Caseload Capacity through System-Building Activities; Transcript (PDF - 145 KB) – August 2019
In this webinar, HRSA MIECHV awardees share successes and strategies for maximizing caseload capacity in MIECHV programs. The webinar includes insight from Alabama, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. Awardees shared successful practices around building community relationships, using enrollment improvement plans, applying tiered supports, collaborating on a referral system, and incorporating CQI into the length of retention of MIECHV families. - Family Engagement in Home Visiting (HV-ImpACT Webinar); Transcript (PDF - 182 KB) – April 2017
This webinar highlights innovative approaches and resources to promote enrollment and retention piloted by the Home Visiting Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (HV-CoIIN). It also provides an overview of MIECHV evaluations on parent engagement and highlights strategies currently being assessed by awardees. - Case Studies in Supporting Enrollment Efforts at Local Sites; Transcript (PDF - 486 KB) – August 2014
- Is There an App for That? Strengthening Family Engagement with Technology; Transcript (PDF - 180 KB) – November 2013
- Family Engagement and Retention: Part II; Transcript (PDF - 564 KB) – September 2013
- Family Engagement and Retention: Part I; Transcript (PDF - 199 KB) – July 2013
- Meeting the Needs of American Indian and Alaska Native Families Living in Urban Areas; Transcript (PDF - 251 KB) – August 2014
- Collaborating With Primary Care: Lessons From the Home Visiting CoIIN 2.0's Well-Child Visit Quality Improvement Collaborative (PDF - 713 KB)
- National Home Visiting Resource Center Brief on Strengthening Service Coordination Between Home Visitors and Pediatric Primary Care Providers
- Addresses benefits of coordination, common obstacles, obstacle problem-solving, and implications for practice and future research.
- National Resource Center for Patient/Family-Centered Medical Home Pediatric Care Coordination Curriculum (PDF)
Provides information on elements of pediatric care coordination and a framework for integrating efforts across time, settings, and disciplines.
- Understanding the Substance Use Landscape (PDF - 626 KB)
- Finding an IECMH Consultant to Support Your Home Visiting Program (PDF - 381 KB)
- Embedding Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation in Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs (PDF - 1 MB)
- Supporting Home Visiting Programs Through IECMHC (HV-ImpACT Webinar); Transcript (PDF - 197 KB) – December 2019
- HRSA's Home Visiting Program: Supporting Families Impacted by Opioid Use and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome - A Resource for MIECHV Awardees (PDF - 450 KB) – October 2018
- Moving the Bar for Maternal Depression: Systems Strategies that Work (HV-ImpACT Webinar); Transcript (PDF - 172 KB) – June 2017
This Home Visiting-ImpACT webinar explores a system of care for detecting and alleviating maternal depression symptoms by connecting mothers to evidence-based services. - Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation in Home Visiting (HV-ImpACT Webinar); Transcript (PDF - 103 KB) - February 2017
- The Emerging Crisis of Opioid Addiction - Implications for Home Visiting (HV-ImpACT); Transcript (PDF - 109 KB) - September 2016
This Home Visiting-ImpACT webinar features a virtual presentation and dialogue about strategies that the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program can use to support mothers with opioid use disorder and infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). - Addressing Parental Depression through Home Visiting; Transcript (PDF - 109 KB)- February 2013
- Reflections on Dr. Allan Schore's Plenary: "All our Sons: The Neurobiology and Neuroendrinology of Boys at Risk; Transcript (PDF - 115 KB) – December 2017
This Home Visiting-ImpACT webinar features Dr. David Willis presenting a follow up to the session delivered by Dr. Allan Schore at the MIECHV All Grantee meeting in September of 2017 on brain development and gender differences. - Developmental Surveillance, Screening, and Linkages to Services (HV-ImpACT Webinar); Transcript (PDF - 99 KB) - October 2016
This Home Visiting-ImpACT webinar features a virtual presentation and dialogue about developmental surveillance and screening. It also explores strategies that the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program can use to successfully engage parents in developmental promotion, early detection, and referrals to early intervention services.
- Creating a Trauma-Informed Home Visiting Program (PDF - 217 KB)
- Identifying Strategies for Addressing Domestic Violence in your Communities; Transcript (PDF - 594 KB) – April 2015
Two state-level approaches to domestic violence in MIECHV communities: 1) leveraging partnerships to improve domestic violence outcomes; 2) how professional development on domestic violence can have an impact across early childhood systems. - Intimate Partner Violence, Part 1: Critical Community Partnerships Transcript (PDF - 207 KB) – April 2014
- Intimate Partner Violence, Part 2: Empowering the Home Visitor Transcript (PDF - 202 KB) – April 2014
- Promising Strategies for Improving Breastfeeding Rates (HV-ImpACT Webinar); Transcript (PDF - 198 KB) – August 2017
- Improving Postpartum Care: MIECHV Opportunities (HV-ImpACT); Transcript (PDF - 181 KB) – July 2018
This Home Visiting ImpACT webinar discusses the importance of increased attention to postpartum wellness and the unique needs of women after giving birth and describes strategies for home visiting programs to better support women and families during the postpartum period. - Impacting Infant Mortality through Home Visiting; Transcript (PDF - 427 KB) - October 2012
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