HRSA Awards $361 Million to Support Families through the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

September 27 – The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced today approximately $361 million in funding to 56 states, territories, and nonprofit organizations through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV Program). These funds support communities to provide voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services to women during pregnancy, and to parents with young children up to kindergarten entry.

"Evidence-based home visiting programs help parents improve their family's health and provide better opportunities for their children," said HRSA Administrator George Sigounas, MS, Ph.D. "These awards allow states to support local agencies in providing tailored home visiting services, meeting the specific needs of families in their own communities."

Over the past six years, the MIECHV Program has provided over 4.2 million home visits. In FY 2017, the MIECHV Program served more than 156,000 parents and children in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five territories, and provided over 942,000 home visits. The Program reaches those most in need, serving almost 42 percent of U.S. counties with high rates of poor birth outcomes or poverty. Almost three-fourths of families participating in the program had household incomes at or below 100 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.

Read the HRSA press release, and watch the video to learn more about the Home Visiting Program.