Home Visiting Stakeholders Meeting
Michelle P. Hill mhill@pa.gov
717.772.4850
Departments of Education and Public Welfare | www.education.state.pa.us | www.dpw.state.pa.us
12/11/2012
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(HRSA Reporting Deadline: 2/4/2013)
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• Initial data submissions due 8/31/2012 from grantees
• Many data quality issues
• Grantee call held on 10/16/2012: additional training/clarifications on benchmarks
Next Steps:
• Follow up with sites re: data quality issues
• Full analysis of baseline data
(7/1/2011-6/30/2012)
• Aggregate data by sites, model, & state
• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
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• Being developed by
• Initial stages of design
• Phase One: demographic, service utilization, and benchmark data collection
• Similar layout to Excel document
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Next steps:
• Include MIECHV grantees in future design sessions
Future:
• Phase Two: Case Management System
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M other and I nfant Ho me Visiting
P rogram E valuation (MIHOPE)
• Kick-Off Training held in September
• 5 PA Sites currently participating:
– Berks Community Action Program (NFP & PAT)
– Community Prevention Partnership of Berks
County (NFP & PAT)
– Perry County Family Center (PAT)
– PinnacleHealth (NFP)
– SUM Child Development (EHS)
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M other and I nfant Ho me Visiting
P rogram E valuation (MIHOPE)
• Random assignment of families has begun
• Other states approved by OPRE and HRSA to participate in MIHOPE: California, Georgia,
Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, & Wisconsin
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• Requirement of MIECHV grant
• Assess the expansion of home visitation programs and their effectiveness after implementation
• Conducted by PolicyLab: Center to Bridge Research,
Practice and Policy at The Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia (CHOP)
– Previously collaborated with OCDEL to conduct an evaluation of the
Nurse-Family Partnership program across Pennsylvania
– Mission: to improve child health and well-being by informing program and policy change through interdisciplinary research.
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• Goals:
– Understand the effect of the PA MIECHV expansion of NFP, EHS,
PAT, & HFA on maternal and child community health outcomes
– Analyze program effects for priority families (dual-language and children with disabilities)
– Investigate geographic disparities of program utilization
– Explore the influence of site context and professional development activities on program performance
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Quantitative Data
• Enrollment and demographic data on pre-MIECHV families
• Enrollment and demographic data on MIECHV families
Qualitative Data
• In-person interviews
• Observations
– Link program enrollment data with vital statistics (birth and death certificates), Medicaid data, & Welfare eligibility files
– Identify program participants
– Assess outcomes of home visitation programs before and after
MIECHV
Next steps:
Call with PolicyLab and grantees
Call with Stakeholders?
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