Home Visiting of Mecklenburg County LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS: Opportunities for Growth, Expansion & Building Infrastructure
For the purpose of this study, early childhood home visiting is a program that expectant parents and caregivers of young children voluntarily participate in to improve the health and well-being of their families. This broad definition is necessary because the various home-visiting models differ from each other in their level of intensity, target population, and mode of delivery.
For the purpose of this study, early childhood home visiting is a program that expectant parents and caregivers of young children voluntarily participate in to improve the health and well-being of their families. This broad definition is necessary because the various home-visiting models differ from each other in their level of intensity, target population, and mode of delivery.
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31. What are your program’s primary target<br />
outcomes? Check the top three (3).<br />
__ Preventing child abuse and/or foster care Infant/<br />
Toddler Mental<br />
__ Health<br />
__ Health & Nutrition<br />
__ Maternal Health School<br />
__ Readiness<br />
__ Healthy Family Functioning Family<br />
__ Economic Self-sufficiency<br />
__ Referrals to or coordination with other services<br />
__ Other<br />
32. Does your program utilize a <strong>for</strong>mal<br />
enrollment process <strong>for</strong> participants?<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
33. If yes, what <strong>for</strong>mat is used: Select all that<br />
apply<br />
__ face-to-face encounter<br />
__ telephone<br />
__ online<br />
__ other<br />
38. Does your program utilize a case<br />
management system?<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
39. If yes, please name<br />
40. Is this system a requirement from your<br />
national organization?<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
41. If you do not use a case management<br />
system, how do your home visitors track case<br />
plans?<br />
42. How does your program report evaluation<br />
data?<br />
43. Please describe any outcome reporting<br />
that is currently required by your funders or<br />
other groups.<br />
Module B: Program Model Service Delivery<br />
The next set <strong>of</strong> questions are about staffing<br />
requirements and qualifications<br />
49. What is the typical starting salary range<br />
<strong>for</strong> your home visitors?<br />
50. What are the education requirements <strong>for</strong><br />
full-time home visitors employed at your local<br />
organization?<br />
51. Do you have a minimum level <strong>of</strong><br />
experience <strong>for</strong> full-time home visitors<br />
employed at your local organization?<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
52. Are individual home visitors required to be<br />
certified or accredited to work in your home<br />
visiting program?<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
56. Does your national organization <strong>of</strong>fer<br />
any additional training or pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
development <strong>for</strong> home visitors?<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
57. Do home visitors in your program<br />
complete developmental screenings?<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
58. What type <strong>of</strong> training is available locally?<br />
__ History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Visiting</strong> & Program Model<br />
Strengths Based Practice in <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Visiting</strong> Adult<br />
Mental Health/Perinatal Depression<br />
Understanding Family Systems<br />
__ Child Brain Development<br />
__ Cultural Competency & Implicit Bias Working w/<br />
Special Populations<br />
__ Maximizing Referrals & Community Resources<br />
Motivational Interviewing Developmental<br />
Screening<br />
__ Recognizing/Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect<br />
Infant/Child Mental Health & Attachment<br />
34. What is the time frame from the referral<br />
being received to initial contact?<br />
35. What is the typical client’s level <strong>of</strong> interest<br />
in home visiting services?<br />
Low High<br />
36. Does your program currently have a<br />
waitlist?<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
37. About how many families are on the<br />
current waitlist, if applicable?<br />
44. What outcomes do you report and how<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten?<br />
45. Did the COVID pandemic impact the<br />
delivery <strong>of</strong> service? Intake or waitlist<br />
processes?<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
46. If yes, how?<br />
47. If yes, are the changes made in service<br />
delivery permanent?<br />
48. If yes, are the changes approved by the<br />
national model?<br />
53. Please describe who accredits or certifies<br />
individual home visitors:<br />
54. Please describe the supervision<br />
requirements <strong>for</strong> home visitors in your<br />
program. (i.e., Hours per month <strong>for</strong><br />
individual, Hours per month <strong>for</strong> group, Direct<br />
observations <strong>of</strong> home visitors by supervisors,<br />
other)<br />
55. Does your local organization <strong>of</strong>fer any<br />
additional training beyond what may be<br />
provided by the program model?<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
Module B: Program Model Service Delivery<br />
This next set <strong>of</strong> questions are about referrals<br />
and service partners<br />
59. Does your program participate in a<br />
centralized intake system? (e.g. NCCARE 360)<br />
__ Yes<br />
__ No<br />
60. If Yes, what is the <strong>for</strong>mat?<br />
61. If Yes, about what percent <strong>of</strong> all<br />
participants are identified through the<br />
centralized intake process in an average<br />
month?<br />
23 24
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