The Continuous Quality Improvement Collaboratives (CQIC) offered Tribal Home Visiting (THV) Grantees opportunities to share and learn from each other as they implemented CQI strategies and conducted individual rapid cycle Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) projects as part of a larger collaborative with other grantees, focused on specific topics — Family Engagement and Early Language & Literacy. The CQICs harnessed the strengths and expertise of THV programs and brought together THV grantees in collaborative improvement projects to foster change and improvement, build CQI capacity, and engage in collaborative learning.
For more information or questions, please contact Farha Marfani, Tribal Home Visiting (farha.marfani@acf.hhs.gov)
Overview of the THV CQICs
- This short video provides background information and an overview of the CQICs, including their purpose and intent. View the Video
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The CQIC Fact Sheet provides the background of the collaboratives, outlines the guiding values and goals, and describes the structure. Read the Fact Sheet (PDF)
Building CQI Capacity Using a Collaborative Learning Approach (PDF)
This brief describes how THV grantees engaged in the CQICs to build CQI capacity and facilitate collaborative learning.
Read the Issue Brief (PDF)
Promoting Early Language & Literacy
The CQIC Early Language and Literacy Fact Sheet provides the background of the collaborative, outlines the guiding values and goals, and describes the structure.
View the Fact Sheet (PDF)
Promoting Family Engagement
The CQIC Family Engagement Fact Sheet provides the background of the collaborative, outlines the guiding values and goals, and describes the structure.
View the Fact Sheet (PDF)
Example THV Program CQIC Projects
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (PDF)
The journey of four CQI cycles.
CQI Collaboratives Process Study
On behalf of the Administration for Children and Families, the Tribal Home Visiting Evaluation Institute (TEI) is implementing a small-scale process study of the THV CQI Collaboratives. As this was the first time a CQI Collaborative approach has been used in a tribal early childhood setting, the study will document how the approach was implemented and will reflect on its feasibility and appropriateness for tribal communities. The process study uses mixed methods and includes primary data collection through surveys and semi-structured interviews and secondary use of tools and data reports participating grantees submitted as part of the THV CQIC implementation. The primary audience for the study findings includes ACF, THV grantees, TA providers, individuals/groups interested in evaluating quality improvement initiatives, and other federal agencies providing grants to tribal communities. The Process Study Final Report is expected to be published Winter 2023.