Iowa Department of Public Health, 2015

Results of MIECHV Reduction in Funding

Iowa Participant and Jobs Impact

The Health Resources and Services Administration announced a reduction of $6.6 million in

Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) funding that Iowa will receive

effective March 1, 2015. The funding reduction has a significant impact on the jobs of Iowans

and on vulnerable families and children.

MIECHV funding was utilized in Iowa to expand evidence-based programming in Iowa to

vulnerable parents with very young children (prenatal to kindergarten entry.) Eighteen Iowa

counties were deemed to meet the risk standards to receive MIECHV funding for expansion of

home visiting programs. A total of 5,070 people have been served by the program since its

inception in 2011. Up to 2,854 Iowans will be losing their home visiting services abruptly

because of HRSAs funding decision.

A total of 247 jobs are fully or partially funded from the federal MIECHV grant. The majority of

the jobs are home visiting positions in the targeted at risk communities.

Iowa has received these federal funds since 2010. Iowa demonstrated the effective use of

these funds by appropriate fiscal stewardship, maintaining full participant capacity and showing

improvement in all six benchmark areas. It does not appear that performance was considered

when making this funding decision.

Supporting Data - -

The following charts provide data that supports the MIECHV reduction impact statement. The

information contained in the charts was obtained from records at the Iowa Department of Public Health.

Families Served Impact Data

TOTAL

Total families served since

inception

1,541

Total individuals served since

inception

5,070

FY15 families served (October 1, 1,069

Iowa Department of Public Health, 2015

2014 to February 20, 2015)

FY15 individuals served (October

1, 2014 to February 20, 2015)

3,591

Current families served (February

20, 2015)

860

Current individuals served

(February 20, 2015)

2,854

Jobs Impacted Data

Home Visiting Contractors

Iowa County Contractor Subcontractor Jobs Impacted

Woodbury Siouxland Human Investment Partnership

Lutheran Services in Iowa Siouxland Health Department Crittenton Center Community Action of Siouxland

29

Cerro Gordo Lutheran Services in Iowa None 7

Black Hawk Operation Threshold Tri-County Child and Family Lutheran Services in Iowa

23

Marshall Mid Iowa Community Action

None 13

Buena Vista Upper Des Moines Opportunity

None 12

Hamilton and Webster Hamilton County Public Health

None 4

Clinton, Muscatine, Scott

Lutheran Services in Iowa Genesis Health Systems Clinton County Public Health

50

Jefferson Lutheran Services in Iowa None 4

Lee and Des Moines Lee County Public Health Des Moines County Public Health

16

Appanoose and Wapello

Southern Iowa Economic Development Association

None 7

Montgomery, Page and Pottawattamie

Promise Partners Southwest Iowa Families West Central Community Action Visiting Nurse Services of Omaha

14

Iowa Department of Public Health, 2015

Jobs Impacted 179

Infrastructure Building Contractors

Project Organization Staff

TEACH Scholarships Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children

3

Annual Conference Prevent Child Abuse Iowa 3

Learning Management System Dyton Learning 3

Data Analysis University of Iowa 5

Evaluation Iowa State University 22

Workforce Study University of Iowa 2

Competency Assessment Quality Assist 2

Statewide Coordinated Intake Visiting Nurse Services of Greater Iowa

5

Parentivity Quality Assist 8

Learning Modules Quality Assist 6

Supervisor Supports University of Iowa 2

Kids for Cribs Maternal Child Agencies in four counties

0

Text 4 Baby Statewide Coordination 0

Jobs Impacted 61

IDPH State Administration

Program Director 1

Program Manager 1

Quality Assurance Coordinator 1

Professional Development Coordinator 1

Service Coordinator 1

Technology Coordinator 1

Special Project Coordinator 1

Administrative Assistant 1

Jobs Impacted 8