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This document aims to address the frequently asked questions posed to the Office of Child Care Discretionary Grant Competition of the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Development and Implementation Grants – HHS-2016-ACF-OCC-TH-1161 and Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Implementation and Expansion Grants – HHS-2016-ACF-OCC-TH-1162
This brief—based on interviews with eight Tribal MIECHV grantees1 —will (1) discuss the importance of cultural enrichments of evidence-based home visiting models; (2) highlight three different approaches Tribal MIECHV grantees have pursued to shape programs to best reflect their communities; and (3) offer guidance for programs that are searching for a way to best fit home visiting within the cultural context of their communities. The brief discusses ways that grantees have approached cultural enrichment in the first 5 years of the Tribal MIECHV program.
The Red Cliff Reservation is located in northern Wisconsin. The birth to 17 population represents the largest population within the Red Cliff community at 25 percent, with the birth to 5 year old age category being the fastest growing segment of that population.
This document provides guidance for submitting the Needs Assessment (Section 1) and Phase 2 Implementation Plan (Sections 2-8), as well as several Appendices containing supplementary information and resources.
This document provides guidance for submission of the implementation plan for both Tribal MIECHV Development and Implementation grantees and Tribal MIECHV Implementation and Expansion grantees. The document also includes Appendices containing supplementary information and resources, including key definitions. This document also includes Tribal MIECHV Form 1: Demographic and Service Utilization Data, which grantees will submit annually.
Between 2012 and 2018, the Tribal Home Visiting Program provided 90,298 home visits and conducted an average of 346 visits per week. In 2018 the program served 3,751 parents and children and 63% of home visitors were AIAN.