Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting

New Tribal MIECHV Notice of Funding Opportunity

The Tribal, Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) is thrilled to announce that the FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) application package has been published on Grants.gov! The opportunity number is HHS-2024-ACF-ECD-TH-0135 . Administered by the Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), this grant will support 5-year cooperative agreements between ACF and federally recognized Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations interested in developing, implementing, sustaining, or expanding an evidence-based home visiting program serving expectant families and families with young children aged birth to kindergarten entry.

Deadline to Apply: April 18, 2024

Awards will support the implementation of high-quality, culturally grounded, evidence-based home visiting services to American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) families and children; implementation of performance measurement and continuous quality improvement systems; development of early childhood systems; and participation in research and evaluation activities to build evidence around home visiting, particularly in tribal communities.

The Tribal MIECHV Program is looking forward to continuing to partner with and support more tribal communities as they provide essential services for young AIAN children, families, and expectant parents in their communities. Please forward this announcement to others in your network who may be interested.

Feel free to reach out to our team at TribalHV@acf.hhs.gov with any questions.

Pre-Application TA

ACF conducted a pre-application webinar on March 7, 2024. The goal of the webinar was to review the NOFO in detail.

The webinar is available for viewing along with the transcript (TXT) and slides. (PDF)

Tribal Home Visiting is growing! Biden-Harris Administration Announces $24.5 Million in Awards in Major Expansion of the Tribal Home Visiting Program!

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $24,500,000 in new awards to 34 tribes and tribal organizations to implement culturally grounded, evidence-based home visiting programs throughout the nation. These grants are part of the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, which supports and promotes the health and well-being of American Indian and Alaska Native expectant families and families with young children.

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Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development Katie Hamm Interviews Grant Recipients

With the expansion of the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program and the recent funding of $24.5 million in new grant awards, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development Katie Hamm sat down with two grant recipients, Season Goodpasture from Acorns to Oak Trees (CA) and Dana Grant from The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (MT), to talk about what it is like to be part of Tribal MIECHV and how these new awards will impact their communities.

Many thanks go out to Season and Dana for taking the time to share!

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About Tribal Home Visiting

The Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program provides grants to tribal organizations to implement home visiting programs in American Indian/Alaska Native communities.

Grantees

Tribal Home Visiting Program grantees serve tribal communities that range from rural reservations to urban areas to remote Alaska villages.

Grantee Guidance

These policies, regulations, and guidance documents provide a consistent implementation standard for Tribal Home Visiting program grant recipients.

Issue Briefs and Reports

The Tribal Home Visiting issue briefs and reports focus on implementation, data, and evaluation, and data topics.

Videos

The Tribal Home Visiting videos describe how programs have developed strong infrastructure and supportive relationships to help achieve positive outcomes for families.

Success Stories

The success stories celebrate the innovations, achievements, and outcomes of high-quality, culturally driven Tribal Home Visiting services.

Infographics

The Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting In Action Program Infographics provide highlights of program implementation data and population characteristics.

Other Resources

Other resources provide information about implementing high-quality home visiting programs and developing integrated early childhood systems serving American Indian/Alaska Native families.

Initiatives

Tribal Home Visiting supports initiatives that are topics of interest for the field. Collaboration is at the core and to date, includes collaboration on Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and rigorous evaluation.

2023 Indigenous Home Visiting Meeting

This digital success story highlights feedback from the 2023 Indigenous Home Visiting Meeting, the first meeting of its kind that brought together Tribal Home Visiting programs and other early childhood professionals working in Indigenous communities. The video highlights how participants enjoyed engaging with their peers, took inspiration from featured speakers, celebrated culture, and felt motivated about their work.

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Navigating Seasons of Change: Supporting the Mental Health and Well-Being of Families

This issue brief describes factors that impact the emotional well-being of families served by the Tribal Home Visiting program and highlights innovative approaches grant recipients use to provide hope in times of challenge.

Read the Issue Brief here. (PDF)

Growing in Beauty Sees Program and Families Prosper Through Continuous Quality Improvement

This Tribal Home Visiting success story describes how the Navajo Nation, Growing in Beauty Home Visiting team implemented a continuous quality improvement system with intentionality. This system intentionally embraces a combination of partners, cultural and mainstream teachings, and practices.

Read the full story here.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $24.5 Million in Awards in Major Expansion of the Tribal Home Visiting Program

Today, we announced $24.5M in new awards to 34 tribes and tribal organizations to implement culturally grounded, evidence-based home visiting programs throughout the nation. These grants are part of the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, which supports and promotes the health and well-being of American Indian and Alaska Native expectant families and families with young children.

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Building Continuous Quality Improvement Capacity Using a Collaborative Learning Approach

This brief describes how Tribal Home Visiting grantees, in partnership with the Administration for Children and Families and Technical Assistance providers, engaged in Continuous Quality Improvement Collaboratives (focused on Early Learning & Literacy and Family Engagement) to build CQI capacity and facilitated collaborative learning.

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Innovations in Tribal Early Childhood Programs: Findings from a Webinar Series

The Office of Early Childhood Development is pleased to announce the publication of the following report: Innovations in Tribal Early Childhood Programs: Findings from a Webinar Series with Practitioners, Researchers, and Policy Makers. The brief highlights findings from the Tribal Early Childhood Webinar Series.

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