Home Visiting Program

1. Increase physical and mental wellbeing of mothers, caregivers and children.
2. Support families in developing parenting and coping skills and knowledge of early childhood development.
3. Improve access to children’s preventative health care services and behavioral health screening and referrals.

This program is part of the Healthy Beginnings Focus Area.

Grants support the Healthy Beginnings focus area goals through the implementation or expansion of home visiting programs with trained professionals for pregnant women and parents of children up to age 5 enrolled in Medi-Cal.

Applicants must use one of the following models:

• The Nurse-Family Partnership.
• Parents as Teachers.
• Another home visiting model that incorporates evidence-based practices and focuses on health outcomes.

Strengthen your application

Applicants who demonstrate one or more of the following will strengthen their grant application:

• Commitment to linguistic and cultural competence in program implementation.
• Commitment to strategies that promote health equity.
• Leveraging other funding sources and initiatives.
• Evaluation of access to preventative health services and/or health outcomes.

Applicants must meet the minimum eligibility requirements for the Medi-Cal Capacity Grant Program (see Eligibility Guidelines).

Applicants must be one of the following:

• A 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
• A governmental entity.
• A local education agency.

Eligible applicants must serve a significant volume of Medi-Cal members in the Alliance service area.

An applicant is limited to one Home Visiting Program grant award, which may be used to implement model(s) at more than one site.

Amount

The Alliance will consider funding projects up to $250,000 per grant.

Term

Program timelines should be no more than 24 months.

Program timelines are defined as the date the project scope of work begins (after grant award date) to the date of project completion.

Funding will be considered for expansion of programs already in progress. However, activities completed or costs incurred prior to approval of the grant request by the Alliance will not be considered.

A program budget may contain costs for more than one site.

Eligible expenses

Examples of eligible expenses include:

• Personnel/consultant expenses for individuals with direct responsibilities for the home visiting program.
• Staff training and development.
• One-time purchase of equipment and/or technology dedicated to program implementation.
• Programmatic costs (materials, non-cash participant incentives, mileage, etc.).
• Data reporting and evaluation.
• Indirect costs up to 15% are eligible and may be included in program budget.