Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments

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ACA Maternal & Infant & Early Childhood

Home VisitingLinda Kenney

1 September 2010

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First Submission• Application submitted July 9• Data Sources/Plan for Needs

Assessment• Partners• Lead State Agency• Received $900K

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Project Org Chart

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Second Submission• Sept 2 - changed to Sept 20• ID High-Risk Communities &

Need/Capacity–Quantitative – Data specified by

Congress–Qualitative – Interviews/Focus

Groups

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Third Submission• Submit sometime in the Fall• State Plan/Updated State Plan• Must be approved by Feds before

restricted funds are released for services

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Expected Outcomes– Improvement in maternal and child health– Prevention of childhood injuries, child

abuse/maltreatment– Reduction of ER visits– Improved school readiness/achievement– Reduction in crime or domestic violence– Improvement in family economic self-

sufficiency, & coordination/referrals to community resources and supports

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Home Visiting Definition• Evidence-based program• Implemented based on NA• HV is the primary service delivery strategy• Excludes programs with infrequent or

supplemental HV• Offered on voluntary basis to PG women or

children birth to age 5

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Needs Assessment Progress

• ID high-risk communities•Quantitative data – Kansas Health Institute

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Needs Assessment Progress

•Qualitative data – KU Center for Research

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Expert Advisors

• Use state/local expertise on HV• Include families as experts• Key informant interviews and

focus groups• Knowledge, commitment,

respect

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Needs Assessment More Work Ahead

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Needs Assessment More Work Ahead

• Incorporate other Kansas state needs assessments• Incorporate substance use

counseling and treatment • Define community

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Keep in Mind• Needs are value judgments that suggest that

problems exist for specific populations or communities

• Needs, as reflections of our values, are subject to disagreement and debate

• For needs to be useful in policy and program planning there has to be agreement about our direction and purpose

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Keep in Mind

• May include what we are already doing in KS and/or what we are not doing

• May exclude what we are already doing in KS and/or what we are not doing

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Keep in Mind

• Our processes may require any number of qualitative and quantitative steps to get to a final need assessment

• Our processes may require several iterations to get down to an “approvable State Plan”

• At that point funds will be released to us for HV services

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A Good Needs Assessment

• Inform our decision-making • Engage our partners and constituents• Help foster accountability• Support and confirm our systems

development mandate

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Linda Kenney, Bureau of Family HealthKansas Dept of Health and Environment1000 SW Jackson St, Suite 220Topeka, KS 66612-1274785-296-1310; fax 785-296-6553 lkenney@kdheks.gov

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