Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. §711), as amended by the Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law (Pub.L.) 114-10) created the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) and authorized the Secretary of HHS (in Section 511(h)(2)(A)) to award grants to Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations to conduct an early childhood home visiting program, through 3 percent of the total MIECHV program appropriation (authorized in Section 511(j)) for grants to tribal entities. The implementation of the program is a collaborative endeavor between Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). HRSA administers the State MIECHV program while ACF administers the Tribal MIECHV program. The goal of the Tribal MIECHV program is to support the development of happy, healthy, and successful American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and families through a coordinated home visiting system. Tribal MIECHV grants, to the greatest extent practicable, are to be consistent with the requirements of the MIECHV grants to states and jurisdictions (authorized in Section 511(c)), and include conducting a needs assessment and establishing quantifiable, measurable benchmarks.
The proposed Tribal MIECHV Form 2 (Appendix 1) will be used by Tribal MIECHV grantees to annually report their benchmark performance measures. As stipulated in the MIECHV legislation, the Tribal MIECHV grantees, like their State counterparts, must meet the required reporting of benchmark areas. The Tribal MIECHV Form 2 will be used by Tribal MIECHV grantees to begin collecting performance data in October 2017 (pending OMB approval) and then reporting performance data in October 2018 on an annual basis thereafter. The Tribal MIECHV Form 2 is new to the MIECHV Program information system and is somewhat similar to the currently-approved Tribal MIECHV Form 3 (OMB #0915-0357 Expiration: 07/31/17). The creation of Tribal MIECHV Form 2 is due to the added level of specificity and revised performance reporting requirements for grantees to report benchmarks data.
US Code:
44 USC 711
Name of Law: Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511
PL:
Pub.L. 114 - 10 511(h)(2)(A)
Name of Law: Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2015
The Tribal MIECHV Form 2 is new to the MIECHV Program information system. The creation of Tribal MIECHV Form 2 is due to the added level of specificity and revised performance reporting requirements for grantees to report benchmarks data.
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Form 2 Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Performance Reporting Form
Appendix 4 - Tribal MIECHV Performance Measures Numerators and Denominators.docx
THV Form 2 SUPSTAT.OMB.doc
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Performance Reporting Form