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Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting

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2/9/2018

One Month of Spending, Years of Child Welfare Reform

The continuing resolution (CR) signed by President Donald Trump this morning funds the government until March 23. But it changed the landscape of federal child welfare funding for the foreseeable future.

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2/6/2018

Lifeline for Federal Home Visiting Program In Senate Spending Bill, Not in House Plan

The Senate’s continuing resolution (CR) includes a five-year level extension of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, which funds states to place professionals with new and expecting mothers.

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2/6/2018

Home Visiting: MIECHV Delay Already Hurting State, Local Programs

Congress is set for yet another showdown on federal spending to avert a government shutdown this week. The last go-round shored up funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Another popular – albeit less politically visible – federal program has received less attention in the budget rounds: the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, which pairs professionals with new and expecting young parents to help them with the transition into parenthood.

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12/18/2017

As Federal Home Visiting Remains In Limbo, Stress Sets In For Programs

It certainly feels like a long time ago that child welfare advocates were brimming with confidence that a bipartisan reauthorization for Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV) – the $400 million-per-year federal home visiting program that supports programs pairing professionals with young moms – would sail through Congress.

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9/19/2017

Senators Introduce Home Visiting Bill Without State Match Requirement

With less than two weeks before the federal program to support home visiting expires, the Senate has introduced a bill that sets up a showdown of sorts with the House over whether to make states match the money.

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9/18/2017

MIECHV Match: House GOP Gambles Home Visiting Expansion on State’s Ponying Up

House Republicans want to grow the reach of the federal home visiting program – Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) – by making states match the money dollar-for-dollar with a combination of state, county and private funds.

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    7/12/2017

    Hundreds of Orgs Sign On to Call for Expansion of Federal Home Visiting Program

    In June, House Republicans introduced a bill to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, a federal program established in 2010 to help pair new mothers with help from nurses and other trained professionals.

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    5/26/2017

    Home Visiting CEOs Hit Capitol Hill

    The leaders of six home-visiting programs met with Congressional staff yesterday to discuss ongoing efforts to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), hopefully with a boost in authorized appropriations.

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    3/26/2015

    Home Visitation Leader: Drastic Cuts in Service without MIECHV in 2016

    The House today approved a Medicare bill that included a two-year extension of Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV), a Department of Health and Human Services program that was created by the Affordable Care Act and began in 2010.