Maternal, infant and early childhood homevisiting grant program - address: 1330 lady street, 310 columbia, SC 29201 authorizing official: eric bellamy, chief partner engagement officer contact number:…

The Children's Trust Fund of South Carolina received a $10.4 million Project Grant award dated September 30, 2025, under the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program (CFDA 93.870), funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The award supports South Carolina's MIECHV program through September 29, 2027, delivering evidence-based home visiting services to at-risk families across 15 local implementing agencies. Primary services include voluntary home visits conducted by trained nurses, social workers, and early childhood specialists serving pregnant women and families with children up to kindergarten entry. The program targets child maltreatment prevention, maternal and infant health improvement, school readiness promotion, and support for hard-to-reach families while addressing coordination of health, child development, early learning, child abuse and neglect prevention, and family support services.

The award supports three primary goals: expanding service capacity to achieve 85 percent family enrollment across contracted sites through September 2027; enhancing workforce competencies through eight mandatory trainings and supplemental professional development opportunities; and advancing sustainable home visiting through stakeholder engagement and legislative advocacy. The South Carolina Home Visiting Consortium will convene 20 early childhood stakeholders to strengthen statewide early childhood systems, and evaluation results will be translated into data reports for state legislators during the 2026 and 2027 legislative sessions to support evidence-based sustainability recommendations for continued home visiting expansion within South Carolina.

Maternal, infant and early childhood homevisiting grant program - address: 1330 lady street, 310 columbia, SC 29201 authorizing official: eric bellamy, chief partner engagement officer contact number: 803/733-5430 (o); 803/744-4020 (f) email address