Virginia Home Visiting Consortium HVC

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VirginiaHome Visiting Consortium(HVC)

• Medicaid
• Case Managers Meeting
• October 16, 2008

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Outline

• Background
• Home Visiting Programs a Resource for DMAS
  Service Providers
• Request for Suggestions and Feedback

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Background

• Initial meeting December 2006
• Reporting to the Governors Working Group on
  Early Childhood Initiatives
• Partner in Virginias Plan for Smart Beginnings

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Core Concepts of Early Childhood Development

• Early experiences affect brain development
• Nurturing relationships are
• essential
• Childrens early development depends on the
  health and well-being of their parents
• Adapted From Neurons to Neighborhoods The
  Science of Early Childhood

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Integrating Recent Research Best Practices

• Prevention of Infant Mortality and Prematurity,
• High risk factors and effective interventions
• Obesity
• Tobacco Use
• Alcohol
• Stress

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Integrating Recent Research Best Practices

• Bright Futures standardized Anticipatory Guidance
  and Screening Tools
• Promotion of
• Breastfeeding
• Back to Sleep
• Nutrition, Physical Activity
• Early intervention

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Life Course Development (Halfon, Lui, Misra)
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Home Visiting

• A strategy for providing services
• Vision
• Ensuring that children grow up healthy and
  ready to learn by reaching all families where
  they live.

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Services

• Vary by programs area of focus
• Screening and assessment
• Treatment, counseling and support services
• Parent and health education
• Service planning
• Coaching and modeling

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Services cont.

• Goal setting
• Referral and assistance in obtaining services
• Provision of group or social experiences
• Development of problem solving skills
• Client advocacy
• Follow-up

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Consortium Members

• Ashley Barton- BabyCare
• Mary Mitchell, Kathleen Dickerson-Medicaid
  Managed Care
• Tammy Whitlock- DMAS
• Maria Brown, Johanna Schuchert- Healthy Families
• Ann Childress, Ritz Katzmann- DSS
• Lisa Specter-Dunaway- CHIP of Virginia
• Linda Foster-Healthy Start
• Denise Branscome- Head Start/EHS
• Phyllis Mondak, Dept of Education
• Mary Ann Discenza, Martha Kurgans-DMHMRSAS
• Catherine Bodkin- VDH, Chair

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Increasing Risks Low Medium
High
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Home Visiting ConsortiumTask Areas

• Infrastructure
• State consortium
• Local coalitions
• Training
• Screening
• Data and Evaluation
• Quality Improvement

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Consortium Activities

• Local community meetings promoting collaboration
• Provider Referral and Feedback Form
• Training for home visitors on mental health
• Training for supervisors
• Core Training elements for home visitors with
  web-based documentation
• Common Data collected

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Uniform Referral/Consent Form
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• Home Visiting in Virginia
• A road to
• Smart
• Beginnings
• for Virginia
• Families

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Home Visiting Interventions Increase

• Early and Adequate Prenatal Care
• Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration
• Post-partum Appointments Kept
• Well-Child Visits
• Medical Insurance
• Screenings for Multiple Risks
• Healthy Environments
• Referral Network
• Early Referrals to Part C

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Home Visiting Interventions Decrease

• Low Weight Births
• Infant Mortality
• Parental Risky Behaviors
• Rapid Repeat Pregnancy
• Child Abuse and Neglect

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Advantages of Home Visiting
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Advantages of Home Visiting
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Advantages of Home Visiting
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Questions

• How can we better work together to help families
  enrolled in Medicaid/FAMIS?
• What information on home visiting do you need for
  your work?
• Suggestions or Questions?

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• For more information or to give feedback,
  contact
• Catherine J. Bodkin, LCSW,MSHA
• Chair, Home Visiting Consortium
• Virginia Department of Health
• 804-864-7768
• Catherine.bodkin_at_vdh.virginia.gov