by Adam Shapiro | Sep 1, 2017 | News |
Home-visiting programs nationwide have long garnered bipartisan support, but their federal funding expires at the end of September, and advocates are concerned. Legislation has been introduced to renew the funding in the House but not the Senate. President Donald...
by Adam Shapiro | Aug 26, 2017 | News |
Funding for the program is set to expire at the end of September unless Congress acts to reauthorize it. With the deadline looming, advocates and providers are urging federal lawmakers to reauthorize it for five more years at double the current funding level. Two...
by Adam Shapiro | Aug 26, 2017 | News |
Along with investments from states and private foundations, MIECHV supports voluntary, evidence-based programs, which means they’ve undergone scientific studies to demonstrate that they improve health and education of...
by Adam Shapiro | Aug 14, 2017 | News |
MIECHV is set to expire at the end of September. Without reauthorization, states will cease to receive the crucial federal funds that maximize the positive impacts of programs already in place. Reauthorizing MIECHV would send an important message that our lawmakers...
by Adam Shapiro | Aug 1, 2017 | News, Uncategorized |
Sometimes it takes help for new parents to find them amid the very real fears, stresses and outright exhaustion of becoming a mom or dad. That is where the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV) comes in. The program, which will...
by Adam Shapiro | Aug 1, 2017 | News |
James Heckman’s conclusions are reinforced by a new study on the effectiveness of a home visiting program called the Nurse-Family Partnership, or NFP. It supports low-income first-time mothers in 43 states. Nurses visit new mothers during pregnancy through the...
