The third annual MIECHV federal data report was submitted in October and reviewed by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) administrators and MIECHV technical assistance providers. As a result of the great efforts of everyone this year, federal reviewers fully accepted the Kansas MIECHV annual report without requiring any additional data work or revisions.  The overall feedback was that Kansas provided an "excellent submission" to the federal data reporting system.  In other words, awesome work this year! 

MIECHV Technical Assistance Survey Results

 Over the summer and fall months, KU-CPPR conducted a survey of Kansas MIECHV partners to gather feedback on the technical assistance materials they provide such as quarterly data reports, tickler reports, and data quality site visits.  In general, Kansas MIECHV partners find technical assistance materials interpretable and sufficient to inform and improve continuous quality improvement efforts.  However, some changes will be made to quarterly data reports as a result of the feedback.  There will be three primary changes: 1) all bar and column charts will now have a uniform and consistent format, 2) a year-to-date (YTD) bar will be used to display current year figures as opposed to a separate colored chart for each quarter, and 3) more footnotes will be provided with charts explaining the populations observed for various constructs and figures.  These changes were implemented in the end-of-year data report.  Please let Jared and Tom know if you have questions regarding these changes or the reports by emailing jaredlee@ku.edu and t.ball@ku.edu.

 Motivational Interviewing (MI) helps prepare home visitors to effectively engage families through collaborative, person-centered guidance, which helps to elicit and strengthen personal motivation for change.  The tips below are intended to remind home visitors what was learned during MI training and help them be intentional about putting these lessons into practice.

•  In using MI, you attempt to elicit motivation from the parent instead of trying to "install" it in them.
• It is the parent's reasons for change that are most important and will trigger change. Not ours.
• It's important to remember that parents have the autonomy to make decisions. We can't make them do anything. We can create an environment that increases motivation and options.

Kansas MIECHV funds currently employ...

• 29 full-time home visitors - 11 in Southeast Kansas and 18 in Wyandotte County
• 8 full-time outreach and intake staff - 4 in Southeast Kansas and 4 in Wyandotte County
• 2 full-time Moving Beyond Depression program therapists in Wyandotte County
• Portions of other administrative and support staff for the local implementing agencies.