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University Nevada Reno, EHS Home Visiting program: PARR Outreach Our First Year

Jamie Selby Maria Reyes-Vargas

UNR-EHS, Home Visitor Supervisor UNR-EHS, Home Visitor

Polling Question #1: : Who do we have in the Audience?

• Program Supervisors
• Home visitors
• Administrators
• Funders
• Teachers
• Social workers
• Counselors
• Other

Polling Question #2: : W Who has worked in:

• The justice system
• Substance abuse
• Homelessness
• Prenatal education
• Mental health
• Other

Video

In Inspiration for In Innovative Program Development

• 2015 Parent’s as Teachers conference
• MIECHV connection with local jail and possible funding opportunities

for innovative programs

• Discussion with Parr Community Outreach Director of how to

collaborate

Process of Seeking and Receiving Permission

• 1. Background checks
• 2. Tour of Jail
• 3. Orientation
• 4. Researched other programs to model after

DESIGN AND IM IMPLEMENTATION

• What a visit looks like
• Common scenarios
• Opportunities/lessons

8 23 4 8

CPS Substance Abuse Adoption Homeless

Women Seen per Month

1 2 3 4 5 6 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 2017 2018

Total

Total

PROCESS AND CHALLENGES

• Environment
• Meeting Performance Standards
• Continuity after release
• Trusting relationship
• Prison
• Rehabilitation
• Sudden release
• Poverty/homelessness

64 45 26 9

In Jail Seen Enrolled Seen after release

Challenges that Led to Evolution

• 1. Individual or Group?
• 2. How to make the topics relevant
• 3. Mandatory or Voluntary
• 4. Infirmary
• 5. Case Load
• 6. Paperwork
• 7. Adjusting to the Facility turnover and changes to programs

Home Visiting with Ju Justice System In Involved Parents: A Qualitative Study

• RQ1: How do home visitors in one EHS home-based

program, which includes pregnant women in jail, experience and describe their services?

• RQ2: What are the experiences of pregnant inmates and

released women involved with home visiting services?

• RQ3: What barriers are experienced while providing

services by the home visitors and accessing services by the pregnant inmates and released women?

• RQ4: What supports and strengths are experienced by the

pregnant inmates, released women, and home visitors?

• RQ5: What differences and similarities are there of

pregnant inmates and released women in regards to other parents (non-jail group) in one EHS home-based program?

Groups

Home Visitors Non-Jailed Parents Released Women from Jail X X Pregnant Women in Jail 0 represents one focus group; X represents individual interviews

Moving Forw rward

• Continuing to adjust policy, curriculum, caseloads to meet the

program’s needs

• How to better follow inmates after release
• On-going training and support
• National Research showing positive impact
• Collaboration opportunities (local to national resources)
• UNR HDFS and EHS continued research (Spring 2019)

Questions or Comments?

University Nevada, Reno Early Head Start

Jamie Selby, MSW, LSW Maria Reyes-Vargas, BA jselby@unr.edu mreyesvargas@unr.edu https://www.unr.edu/education/centers-student-resources/centers/cfrc/unr- early-head-start R9HSA Web – www.region9hsa.org Contact – headstartr9@region9hsa.org