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Community Home Visiting Hub Models

Susan Clark – Coordinator, Calhoun County Great Start Collaborative Amanda Williamson - Director, Berrien County Great Start Collaborative Pamela Rivard – Coordinator, St. Clair County Local Leadership Group

Calhoun County Home Visiting Hub

Funding History:

• MIECHV Hub planning grant, small portion of 1st year Hub

grant, LLG funds - & individual home visiting program grant funds (supporting shared goals!)

Hub Priorities:

• Engage 211 as the center of referrals – allowing existing

referral processes to also continue

• Simplify the referral process – decision tree, closing the loop
• Collaboration to promote program coordination, alignment

and informed referrals – joint brochure and training

The Brochure

Coordination and Alignment

• Community use of the Hub brochure (updated

as needed)

• Common community referral form
• Plan for transitions from program to program
• Warm hand-offs
• Closing the loop
• Aligned practices across home visiting programs
• Developmental screeners
• Protective Factors

Informed Referrals

Ongoing Training for:

• 211 staff
• Managers & direct service providers within the

home visiting programs in the hub

• For pediatrician/doctor’s office front line staff
• For school nurses
• Next: Faith based organizations, additional

medical providers, new home visiting program staff, business community

Berrien County Home Visiting Hub

Funding History:

• MIECHV funding

Hub Priorities:

• Home Visiting Hub Coordinator
• Intake process
• Joint referral form and marketing

Coordination and Alignment

• Hub brochure
• Common community referral form
• Plan for transitions from program to program
• Home Visiting Supervisors monthly meetings

By the Numbers

October 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014

• 96% of home visiting slots filled
• 293 referrals from the Hub

January 1, 2015 – March 31, 2015

• 81% of home visiting slots filled
• 283 referrals from the Hub

April 1, 2015 – June 30, 2015

• 100% of home visiting slots filled
• 248 referrals from the Hub

Marketing

• St. Clair County

Home Visiting Hub

Funding History:

• Local Leadership Group funding

Hub Priorities:

• Computer generated software program
• 24 hour/365 day call center

Coordination and Alignment

• Software decision tree
• Common software program
• Common intake call center
• Emails to participating agency staff
• Staff training

Marketing