Maternal, infant and early childhood homevisiting grant program - the purpose of the oklahoma state department of health's (OSDH) project will be to contribute to oklahoma's comprehensive early…

Maternal, infant and early childhood homevisiting grant program - the purpose of the oklahoma state department of health's (OSDH) project will be to contribute to oklahoma's comprehensive early childhood system by supporting the delivery of coordinated and high-quality voluntary early childhood home visiting services to eligible families utilizing evidence-based home visiting programs (EBHVPS) in at-risk counties identified in the updated needs assessment. Innovative features of the oklahoma system include: 1) specially-trained "community connectors" that promote home visiting to potential on a more local level, the connectors have been facilitating routine meetings, participating on a variety of boards, committees, task forces, etc. Through their many dealings with professionals, the public and potential ebhv clients, they learn of gaps in services, particularly for special populations, or new services within the communities. They are able to serve as "change agents" and bring together stakeholders to problem solve. 2) the "parentpro" triage system, website and marketing campaign; and 3) referrals to the OSDH child guidance service which provides circle of parents, incredible years, discipline-specific interventions and developmental screenings. Problems to address include: 1) improving coordination of efforts; 2) increasing referral bases; 3) improving rates of initial engagement and later retention of families; and 4) improving the quality of services. Goal 1: improve coordination and collaboration among EBHVPS and other supportive services for families; objective: utilize "community connectors" to sustain and/or develop local home visiting coalitions to share information, resources and best practices as well as improve connections between EBHVPS and other community resources - particularly child guidance service. Goal 2: increase outreach, client engagement and retention; objectives: refine the "parentpro" central intake and messaging campaigns and assist "community connectors" with presentation and recruitment efforts. Goal 3: improve quality of evidence based home visitation ebhv services; objectives: implement new activities within EBHVPS and continue local "continuous quality improvement" projects. In addition, the university of oklahoma, center on child abuse and neglect (OUCCAN) will provide independent evaluation in order to better understand and improve consumer outreach, engagement and retention as well as the quality of the home visiting services. Methodology: the three following ebhv models will be utilized in the at risk counties of comanche, muskogee, oklahoma, and tulsa county: nurse-family partnership, parents as teachers, and safecare. Current caseload as of 06/15/2021 FFY21 FFY 22 FFY 23 family capacity 626 812 812 812 varying levels of coordination have sustained oklahoma's ebhv system and enhanced linkages and referrals: 1) the oklahoma partnership for school readiness (the state's early childhood advisory council) is taking on the role of lead advisory council for the miechv program to assure high level understanding and commitment to the system; 2) the miechv evaluation and management teams, consisting of content experts, continue to meet ongoing to make improvements; 3) the state and local "home visitation leadership advisory coalitions" meet monthly to assure coordination and avoid duplication of efforts; and 4) the parent partnership board has expanded to include parents in both tulsa and oklahoma counties and a fatherhood group.