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.
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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.
$480,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Molly Buck 202 205-4724
mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov
No
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