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Virginia Mercury
Three things Northam wants to do to lower maternal mortality rates
Black women in Virginia are three times more likely to die after giving birth than white women, a disparity Gov. Ralph Northam has said he wants to eliminate by 2025. To do that, Northam has come up with a $22 million, two-year plan he introduced Monday in a room of toddlers, babies and their parents. Among his ideas is a $12.8 million plan to allow home visits to be reimbursed by Medicaid.
"We know home visiting programs help parents be more resilient, they help coordinate care and services and teach parents the skills they need," he said. Home visits can help parents with a range of things, including breastfeeding, helping parents further their own education or find work and managing children's behavior.
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H.R. 3 Passes in House
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Last Thursday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. The bill, which would lower the price of certain prescription drugs and put a cap on out-of-pocket spending for Medicare beneficiaries, also includes a landmark increase to the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.
The MIECHV provisions, championed in the bill by Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL) would double overall funding by 2022 and double the tribal set-aside, channeling important resources to the populations most in need.
The Senate has yet to act on increasing MIECHV, a critical next step in finalizing the initiative. |
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New Home Visiting Resource
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Exploring Home Visiting's Unmet Need: Comparing Who Could Benefit to Who Is Served
A new brief by the National Home Visiting Resource Center used data from the recently released 2019 Home Visiting Yearbook to explore the following questions:
- What percentage of potential beneficiaries and high-priority families are served by home visiting?
- How does the percentage of children served vary by child age?
- How does the percentage of unmet need vary by state?
The report concludes with several suggestions for states and home visiting models, including one recommendation that home visiting models and states could examine their own service data to identify-and tailor recruitment efforts for-families with particular high-risk characteristics who are less likely to be served. |
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2020 Advocacy Leadership Webinar Series
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Prereigster for next year's webinars:
JAN 22 What to Expect in Washington in 2020
Find out what Congress will be up to in 2020, and what's on the horizon for federal home visiting legislation with special guest, Kuna Tavalin of Stride Policy Solutions. Kuna is the federal lobbyist for Parents as Teachers National Center and serves on the steering committee and policy workgroup of the national Home Visiting Coalition.
FEB 19 NHVRC 2019 Home Visiting Yearbook
With the release of the 2019 Home Visiting Yearbook, the National Home Visiting Resource Center (NHVRC) has now published four rounds of home visiting data, including service information from 2015 to 2018. The efforts of NHVRC and many other initiatives rely on good data to tell the story of home visiting and how it works for families. Join us to learn about what's new in the yearbook from special guest Allison Meisch, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate at James Bell Associates, Inc., and Project Director for National Home Visiting Resource Center.
MAR 25 Child Abuse Prevention Month Planning
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Let's get ready by sharing resources and coordinating efforts.This webinar will showcase resources available through Parents as Teachers National Center to support awareness efforts for prevention month. We will review new graphics and messaging tools developed by PAT and learn how to access them. Discussion will also include coordination of efforts and sharing of local resources and ideas for activities hosted by PAT state offices.
MAY 20 Leveraging Twitter to Promote Your Home Visiting Program
Social media is a powerful tool that holds a growing influence on the information and news circulating daily. For local home visiting implementing agencies, social media platforms are an ideal place to foster support and expand networks. Program supervisors should bring their communication team to this webinar. Participants will get access to our refreshed toolkit, The Power of Twitter for PAT Affiliates.
JUNE 24 State Office & Affiliate Preparation for August Recess
Every August, Members of Congress leave Capitol Hill and head home to their district for an entire month. State legislatures also take a break during the summer. When legislatures break, it's an opportunity for PAT affiliate local implementing agency leaders to build relationships with their decision makers. This webinar will help state offices and affiliate LIA leaders coordinate efforts to maximize their impact with federal and state legislators during summer recess. During the webinar you will learn about congressional recess, three ways to interact with your state and federal legislators during break: in-district meetings, site visits and town hall events. This webinar will feature, special guest Claire McEnery, State Leader for Texas Parents as Teachers.
If you have questions about these webinars, please contact Lisa Foehner, Director of Advocacy. |
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