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This resource provides findings from a needs asssessment of the Illinois Home Visiting Workforce
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This Home Visiting Workforce Development Action Plan (Action Plan) advances the goal of and develops strategies for “recruiting, training, supporting, and retaining a well-qualified and committed home visiting workforce” (Goal 2 in the Strategic Plan). The Action Plan takes the workforce development objectives and strategies from the Strategic Plan and adds the detailed action steps needed to turn thought into action, and the evaluation metrics to determine whether a strategy is working. The Action Plan builds upon the significant effort already underway by First 5 California (F5CA) to inform policy recommendations that support the state’s efforts to build a cohesive home visiting workforce infrastructure. (author summary)
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This final report details the results of a MIECHV Innovation Grant awardeed to Washington and partner states in Region X (Alaska, Idaho and Oregon) to implement an innovative set of home visiting workforce supports and conduct an evaluation that would help improve these approaches.
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The MIECHV and IDHS State Home Visiting Program Staff Survey is conducted each year by the Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) at the University of Illinois in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Early Childhood (IDHS-DEC). The goals of the survey are to obtain feedback and better understand the needs of the Illinois MIECHV and IDHS State Home Visiting funded workforce. (author summary)
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This report summarizes the data collected by the MIECHV program independent statewide evaluation. In the fall of 2015, the University of South Florida evaluation team conducted a series of on-site focus groups with 82 MIECHV staff members and collected their demographic information by questionnaire. The purpose of the focus groups was to discuss the strategies MIECHV programs use to meet the needs of its families, including organizational factors and community collaboration networks. This year the focus was on mental health. This report describes various aspects of the Florida MIECHV program from the perspectives of program administrators, supervisors, and home visitors. (author summary)