The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Statewide Needs Assessment Update

HRSA is seeking to collected needs assessment updates from MIECHV Program awardees. Section 511 of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, requires states to review and update their statewide needs assessment and identify communities with concentrations of risk no later than October 1, 2020 as a condition of receiving their Title V Block Grant allotment. A Needs Assessment update will consist of a Needs Assessment Update Narrative, a Needs Assessment Data Summary, and documentation specifying that the state has granted authority to any nonprofit receiving MIECHV funds to operate a MIECHV program in a state, as applicable. In addition to satisfying statutory requirements, the needs assessment update will allow HRSA to verify that MIECHV funds are used to provides home visiting services to families in at-risk counties.

The latest form for The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Statewide Needs Assessment Update expires 2021-11-30 and can be found here.