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Help Me Grow and Home Visiting
Integration:
Opportunities for Collaboration
and Sustainability
HELP ME GROW NATIONAL FORUM
MAY 6, 2019
JACKIE NEWSON-HELP ME GROW WEST VIRGINIA
AMBER SCHRENKEL-THE CHILDREN’S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA
LORRAINE CRAGAN-SULLIVAN-HELP ME GROW SOUTH CAROLINA
REMINDER Review (will not be in final
PPT)
In this workshop, participants will learn about successful examples of integration of the Help Me Grow model into the home visiting system and develop strategies for their own state and affiliate.
South Carolina and West Virginia will share their state’s story of Help Me Grow and home visiting integration including the impetus for the partnership, the funding mechanisms and activities past and present to further the integration. They will share data as well how HMG and home visiting has partnered with data to strengthen technical assistance and decision-making for the home visiting workforce.
The session will be interactive with several methods. Participants will assess their own knowledge and current practices between HMG and home visiting and create strategies toward either initiating or strengthening these partnerships with an implementation tool that will be provided. They will participate in an interactive demonstration of training exercises used with home visitors through HMG trainers. Real time electronic participant surveys will be used.
At the end of the session, participants will have two examples of successful integration of HMG and home visitation; a self-assessment of where their state is in terms of this type of partnership; and one to two strategies to implement in their state.
Objectives
Attendees will understand how two states’ home visiting systems engage
with the Help Me Grow model.
Attendees will apply knowledge from session to develop an
implementation plan to engage home visiting stakeholders.
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West Virginia
HELP ME GROW AND HOME VISITATION – STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES AND
SUPPORTING FAMILIES
In the
beginning
Limited evidence-based home visiting services
High need for services for families
Disconnect between medical providers and early childhood
Children without services between early intervention and pre-school
Families needing to find out about resources and not sure how to access
Solution to a problemMIECHV Expectations (Benchmarks) Help Me Grow (Four Components)
Developmental screening Child Health Care Provider Outreach
Community resources/referrals Community Outreach
Linkages to a medical home Child Health Care Provider Outreach
Community collaborations Community Outreach
Data collection (Benchmarks) Data Collection
Easy way for families to access
services
Centralized Telephone Access Point
Parent-child interaction Child Healthcare Provider Outreach &
Data Collection & Community
Outreach
Provider referrals Centralized Telephone Access Point
HMG filling
in the gaps
where
MIECHV is
missing
Referrals from home visitation when no services available
Families aging out of home visiting
Full caseloads but want to ensure families receive some level of service
Community resources
Options for families
Program
Structure
10
Centralized Telephone Access Point
One quick, easy number for all
Familiar with programs, or at
least who to refer to within our office
Not so overwhelming for
state team
Link with home visiting programs
for resources
Shared vision of strengthening
communities and supporting families
Child Health
Care Provider
Outreach
(MIECHV/HMG)
Partner with pediatricians
Receive referrals from pediatricians
throughout the state
Provide referral follow-up to the
pediatrician
Encourages the shared agenda
Important knowledge for
pediatrician
12
Community Outreach (MIECHV/HMG)
Baby Showers
Head Start Round-Ups
Health Fairs
Hospital Events
Childcare Provider Fairs
WIC
Children’s Festivals
Data Collection
(MIECHV/HMG)
# of developmental screenings
# of social emotional screenings
# of referrals to HV
# of referrals to HMG
# of medical provider referrals
# of community resource referrals
# of community events
# of MOUs
Data Collection (MIECHV/HMG)
SHARED STAFF QUARTERLY REPORTS
DATA REPORTS COMMUNITY INPUT
SHARED LEADERSHIP
TEAM
The
Connection
Strengthens
Substance use prevention
Kinship care
Grand families
Early intervention
New home visitors (great opportunity to learn
more about developmental screening,
resources and early childhood)
Linkages with childcare (new pilot project)
The Sky is the limit
South CarolinaHELP ME GROW AND HOME VISITATION – SHARED DEVELOPMENTAL PROMOTION
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In the beginning…
2009-2011
Children’s Trust of South Carolina is awarded the MIECHV grant for South
Carolina in 2010
Children’s Trust’s executive director is a member of the Help Me Grow
South Carolina leadership planning team
Children’s Trust’s executive director attends the 3rd annual Help Me Grow
National Forum
Note: HMG SC became an affiliate in 2008; began actively serving
families in September 2012
June 2013
Children’s Trust contacts HMG SC Program Manager and invites HMG SC
to be part of their application to HRSA for MIECHV three-year expansion
funding
Based on the MIECHV Home Visiting needs assessment, Charleston,
Dorchester & Berkeley are identified as the expansion counties
Children’s Trust recognized the work going on in WV and DE which had
blended HMG into their MIECHV work
September 2013
Children’s Trust awarded $14.4 million over 3 years to expand # of sites,
# of home visitors, and # counties served
HMG was awarded funding over 3 years to expand its services to Berkeley,
Charleston, and Dorchester counties
Initial three year award to HMG SC was $865,716
Supported expansion of HMG SC from two counties to five counties; hiring
of additional staff in 2014 and 2015
October 2016 to September 2019
Children’s Trust continues to support HMG SC with an annual contract
Over the years, we developed a strong partnership and worked to
achieve system integration
presenters at the HV Summit and other HV trainings
lead partner in statewide MQIC2 project focused on developmental screening
member of the SC HV Consortium
HMG and home visiting integration on the broader state level
Training &
Technical
Assistance
•SC MQIC2 Project
•Focused on developmental screening
•Incorporated child development/LTSAE
•Reframed MIECHV question: “Do you have concerns about your child’s learning, behavior, or development?”
•HV Summit
•Webinars on developmental screening
•Webinar on WVP & HMG SC partnership opportunities
•Features HMG SC in “The Front Porch”
•HMG SC participates in HV Consortium
•Child
development/LTSAE
•Developmental
screening
•Linkage to services
•Partnership
opportunities
•Email/calls from HV
for assistance
•Supported by
AMCHP Dev
Monitoring within
Statewide Sys Grant
(2016-2019)-SC only
state focused on HV
Warm Handoff
Access to CORD
Online Screening
Strengthening Partnerships to Support Families
Data Collection
(MIECHV/HMG)
# of referrals to HV
# of “referrals” from HV to HMG
# of trainings provided to HV
# technical assistance requests from HV
# of HV inquiries for community resources
# of MOUs with HV Programs
# of developmental/social emotional screenings
# of community resource referrals
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”Questions for WV or SC?
Line Up & Team Up
Things to consider…
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Collaboration and coordination of
MIECHV and IDEA Part C Programs
US Dept. of Education & US DHHS
January 19, 2017
Recommendation 4:
Develop Centralized
Intake, Screening,
and Referral Systems
Recommendation 6:
Identify Opportunities
for Collaborative
Services
CONNECTIONS ACTIVITY
With your partner(s), please complete connection activities
Develop an action plan with at least two action steps to take back to your
affiliate to move toward integration between HV and HMG
Please be prepared to share innovative ideas for partnership between HV
and HMG systems
Group Sharing
Contact Us
West Virginia
Jackie Newson
304-356-4404
Jackie.J.Newson@wv.gov
South Carolina
Amber Schrenkel
803-744-4028
aschrenkel@scchildren.org
Lorraine Cragan-Sullivan
864-546-8345
Lcragansullivan@helpmegrowsc.org
THANK YOU!