Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Grants

Background
The Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will be soliciting applications for the Fiscal Year 2024 Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Grant Program. The program aims to support 5-year cooperative agreements between ACF and federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations to develop, implement, sustain, or expand an evidence-based home visiting program serving expectant families and families with young children aged birth to kindergarten entry. The goals of the program are to strengthen and improve programs and activities carried out under Title V of the Social Security Act, improve coordination of services for at-risk communities, and identify and provide comprehensive services to improve outcomes for eligible families who reside in at-risk communities.

Grant Details
The 5-year project period will support activities such as conducting a community needs and readiness assessment (CNRA), planning collaboratively to address identified needs, providing high-quality culturally grounded, evidence-based home visiting services, engaging in activities to support stronger early childhood systems and cross-program collaboration in tribal communities. It also includes supporting mental and behavioral health of children, families, and program staff, conducting performance measurement activities, engaging in continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities, participating in MIECHV-funded evaluation opportunities to promote learning and contribute to the MIECHV Learning Agenda. Year 1 will focus on conducting a CNRA, developing an implementation plan that describes how the recipient will carry out Year 2-5 activities, improving and enhancing organizational and community infrastructure and capacity to carry out activities during Years 2-5, and maintaining existing home visiting services if applicable.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants are federally recognized Indian tribes (or consortium of tribes), tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations as defined by section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. Applicants serving an emerging, unserved, or underserved population or remote geographic area are encouraged to apply.

Period of Performance
The project has a 63-month project period with one 15-month budget period followed by four 12-month budget periods. The anticipated project start date is 07/01/2024.

Grant Value
$3,000,000 is the estimated total funding with an expected number of awards being 6. The award ceiling is $1,000,000 per budget period with an average projected award amount of $500,000 per budget period.

Place of Performance
The grant is intended for at-risk tribal communities engaged in developing or expanding home visiting programs serving expectant families and families with young children aged birth to kindergarten entry.