Save Home Visiting Programs!

The deadline for Congress to renew the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV) was September 30. MIECHV matches at-risk moms and dads and their kids with trained community members to support child literacy and teach parenting skills. Unfortunately, Congress hasn’t acted yet. While programs continue to run, it is getting more and more difficult to keep up as funding runs out.

Home visiting is an effective way to empower parents, like Jalyssa, be the best parents they can be. Jalyssa had a tough childhood. So when she became a mom, she wanted to do better for her kids – but wasn’t sure how. Because she participated in a home visiting program, the lives of her daughters – including Jayla (pictured here) – have been transformed.

If Congress doesn’t renew this home visiting program, 145,000 kids like Jayla could miss out on the chance to succeed. Urge Congress to renew MIECHV today!

Subject: Reauthorize MIECHV without harmful provisions

Your Letter:

I am writing today to urge you to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program without harmful provisions that will reduce participation, like a state funding match or pitting Social Security recipients against MIECHV families to pay for the program.
This program should continue in its current, flexible and effective format and should be expanded to meet the needs of more families in our state. Especially at a time when communities in the Gulf Coast and Florida start to rebuild after the recent hurricanes, more, not less, funding is needed to help families with young children as they grapple with the fallout from the hurricanes.  
Evidence-informed, voluntary home visiting strengthens families and communities. Home visiting programs increase school readiness for kids while improving the economic security for participating families. Home visiting programs are especially beneficial in rural areas where early childhood and parenting resources are scarce. 
Put simply, home visiting works! That’s why I urge you to reauthorize and expand MIECHV so more children living in poverty can succeed.

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