2015 Healthy Start Convention

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1 2015 Healthy Start Convention Hani Atrash Director Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services Maternal and Child Health Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration November 16, 2015

2 MCHB Leadership Michael Lu Director Laura Kavanagh Deputy Director Lee Wilson Senior Advisor 2

3 Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services Office of the Director Infant Mortality COIIN Team Healthy Start East Branch Healthy Start West Branch

4 Division of Health Start and Perinatal Services Office of the Director Hani Atrash Director CAPT. David de la Cruz Deputy Director Michele Kim-Kee Loh Staff Assistant Sharon Adamo HS PO for PA Shirletia Meredith Staff Assistant

5 Division of Health Start and Perinatal Services Infant Mortality COIIN Team Vanessa Lee COIIN Lead Maria Benke COIIN and HS PO for AL and MS

6 Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services Healthy Start East Branch Beverly Wright Branch Chief Robert Windom OH and MI Makeva Rhoden CO, MN, NV, OR, SD, WI, and IN Kimberly Sherman LA and AR Madelyn Reyes Acting Branch Chief AZ, CA, NM, and TX Acting Branch Chief Johannie Escarne FL and GA

7 Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services Healthy Start West Branch Benita Baker Branch Chief John McGovern NC, SC, TN, VA, WV, and KY Christopher Lim NJ, MD, and DC Angela Hayes-Tolliver CT, MA, and NY Juliann DeStefano IL

8 EPIC Center Team Leads Susan Friedrich Project Director Yvonne Hamby Healthy Start CoIIN Coordinator Katie DeAngelis Evaluation Coordinator Jan Shepherd Maternal Health Technical Advisor Kimberly Bradley Community Engagement Technical Advisor Lea LaFave Quality Improvement Technical Advisor Deborah Dean Materials Development Coordinator Aisha Moore Online Technologies Coordinator Karyn Madore Branding and Communications Coordinator Naomi Clemmons Technical Assistance Coordinator Naima Cozier Training Coordinator Megan Hiltner Training Coordinator

9 9 Program Goals Improving women s health Promoting quality services Strengthening family resilience Achieving collective impact, and Increasing accountability through quality improvement, performance monitoring, and evaluation.

10 10 Program Approaches Identifying or establishing uniform, standardized, evidence based interventions Ensuring a competent workforce at all levels of the program Establishing a robust information system, and Supporting ongoing evaluation and quality improvement at both the local and national levels.

11 11 We have Made Significant Progress! We have faced many challenges Our success overshadows the challenges

12 12 First: Communications Epic Center website Monthly calls Quarterly webinars Regional meetings

13 13 Second: Support for Implementation Webinars #, , Epic website Evidence base library Collective Impact peer learning Network Factsheets, infographics, etc Special initiatives Peer to peer mentoring Formal collaborative relationships Conventions, etc

14 14 Third: National Evaluation Plan for national evaluation completed Prepared with input from a network of national experts

15 Fourth: Healthy Start Monitoring and Information System Contract was awarded Expect to initiate data collection in January 2016 Monthly data has been very helpful 3Ps

16 Fifth: Regional Meetings Sharing information, fostering collaboration, building capacity Over 90% of participants very or somewhat satisfied Moving forward: plan to expand participation

17 Sixth: Healthy Start CoIIN Supports the Division in implementing the program: provides feedback, strengthens collaboration, streamlines processes Meet monthly to discuss, collaborate and share information Currently, main focus is on improving case management services Moving forward: will focus on standardizing other elements of case management process such as care coordination, service delivery and evaluation

18 Plans for 2016 Continue to support program implementation Celebrate 25 years of Healthy Start Open regional and national meetings to the larger community Implement the information system Initiate evaluation activities

19 19 Contact Information Hani Atrash Director, DHSPS Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Phone: Web: mchb.hrsa.gov Twitter: twitter.com/hrsagov Facebook: facebook.com/hhs.hrsa