Idaho Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Idaho’s MIECHV Home Visiting Programs

= MIECHV Home Visiting Program

= MIECHV Service Area

The Idaho MIECHV program contracts with four local organizations in Kootenai, Shoshone, Jerome, and Twin Falls counties to serve eligible women, infants, young children, and their families through evidence based home visiting programs (shown on the map to the left).

Local MIECHV programs began serving families during the summer of 2012.

Kootenai and Shoshone

Twin Falls and Jerome

Assessing Intimate Partner Violence in Idaho

• Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic

Violence &

Futures Without Violence– Statewide Initiative Against

Sexual Violence: 2009 to 2014 strategic plan

– Idaho MIECHV Healthy Moms Happy Babies training

Idaho Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Critical Partnerships

State Level Partnerships Local Level Partnerships• Kootenai and Shoshone

– Shoshone Crisis Center– North Idaho Violence

Prevention Center– Shoshone County Women’s

Resource Center

• Twin Falls and Jerome– Crisis Center of the Magic

Valley– District Health Department

Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence in Idaho• Statewide: 36 Rural/Frontier Counties, 8 Urban counties• Idaho MIECHV Service Area:

– Urban: Kootenai & Twin Falls counties– Rural/Frontier: Jerome & Shoshone Counties

• Issues:– Only 8 Domestic Violence Courts across the state – Rural/Frontier communities in Idaho tend to be patriarchal– High levels of isolation– Tolerance of sexual violence– Dilemma of States Rights vs. Federal Law

• Positive Changes through the Idaho Coalition’s advocacy for:

– Consistent statutes, rules and policies– Increasing prevention awareness– Statewide efforts that promote individual respect and cultural competency

Idaho Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Map courtesy of Idaho State University: http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/id_maps.htm, November 2013

Idaho Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Idaho Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Idaho Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Addressing Intimate Partner Violence

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Benchmark 4.3

RA indicates IPV

Safety Plan developed within 1 month of RA Tool

completion

Safety Plan Safety Plan Complete?

Document and determine new course of action

Provide support for safety plan, revise if

needed.

No

Yes

CHALLENGES AHEAD

• 22% of caregivers participating in home visits are men– Safety concerns: choosing an offsite location or asking “could you

walk me to my car?”– Building on the strengths of both male and female caregivers, in

addition to assessing risk.

• 70% of women who had a late completion of an RA are still enrolled– Rapport building: For some women, talking about IPV within 3

months can feel like too much too soon.

• 83% of the women who did not complete an RA are no longer enrolled– Retention: how can we better retain families with high needs?

Idaho Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program