The Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning Research and Evaluation (OPRE), and
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have launched a
national evaluation called the Mother and Infant Home Visiting
Program Evaluation (MIHOPE). The evaluation was authorized by a
provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
(PPACA) (P.L. 111-148), signed by the President on March 23, 2010.
Using a mix of research methods, this evaluation will inform the
federal government about the effectiveness of the newly established
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home-Visiting (MIECHV) program
in its first few years of operation, and provide information to
help states develop and strengthen home visiting programs in the
future. By systematically estimating the effects of home visiting
programs across a wide range of outcomes and studying the variation
in how programs are implemented, MIHOPE will provide valuable
information on the effects of these programs on parents and
children. This includes investigating the effects of home visiting
on maternal and child well-being, how those effects vary for
different home visiting approaches, and how variations in program
design and implementation influence program fidelity and
impacts.
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