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
Woodbury

Contractor
Siouxland Human
Investment Partnership

Cerro Gordo
Black Hawk

Lutheran Services in Iowa

Operation Threshold

Marshall

Mid Iowa Community

Action
Upper Des Moines
Opportunity
Hamilton County Public
Health
Lutheran Services in Iowa

Buena Vista
Hamilton and Webster
Clinton, Muscatine,
Scott
Jefferson
Lee and Des Moines

Lutheran Services in Iowa

Lee County Public Health

Appanoose and
Wapello
Montgomery, Page
and Pottawattamie

Southern Iowa Economic

Development Association
Promise Partners

Iowa Department of Public Health, 2015

Subcontractor
Lutheran Services in Iowa
Siouxland Health
Department
Crittenton Center
Community Action of
Siouxland
None
Tri-County Child and
Family
Lutheran Services in Iowa
None

Jobs Impacted
29

None

12

None

Genesis Health Systems

Clinton County Public
Health
None
Des Moines County
Public Health
None

50

Southwest Iowa Families

West Central Community
Action
Visiting Nurse Services of
Omaha

14

7
23

13

4
16
7

Jobs Impacted

179

Infrastructure Building Contractors

Project
TEACH Scholarships
Annual Conference
Learning Management System
Data Analysis
Evaluation
Workforce Study
Competency Assessment
Statewide Coordinated Intake
Parentivity
Learning Modules
Supervisor Supports
Kids for Cribs
Text 4 Baby

Organization
Iowa Association for the
Education of Young Children
Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
Dyton Learning
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Iowa
Quality Assist
Visiting Nurse Services of
Greater Iowa
Quality Assist
Quality Assist
University of Iowa
Maternal Child Agencies in four
counties
Statewide Coordination

Jobs Impacted

3
3
5
22
2
2
5
8
6
2
0
0

61

IDPH State Administration

Program Director
Program Manager
Quality Assurance Coordinator
Professional Development Coordinator
Service Coordinator
Technology Coordinator
Special Project Coordinator
Administrative Assistant

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Jobs Impacted

Iowa Department of Public Health, 2015

Staff
3