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November 8, 2022
Announcements
Family Home Visiting is Hiring!
MDH is recruiting for two passionate and performance driven professionals to support local public health agencies implementing the Maternal Early Childhood Sustained home visiting program. If you are committed to improving the lives of pregnant women, infants, children and their families, taking an active lead in reducing health disparities, and driving innovation and synergy in systems that impact maternal, child and family health, then come join our MDH team. These positions exist to provide training, technical assistance, and practice oversight for the MN Maternal, Early Childhood Sustained Home visiting (MECSH) program. In coordination with section leadership and other staff on the MDH MECSH team, these positions will oversee the implementation of MECSH in the state of Minnesota. The positions will work with local public health agencies to assure that public health nurse home visitors implementing MECSH have the required training, knowledge, and ongoing practice support to implement MECSH with fidelity. The positions will support local public health agencies implementing MECSH to assure the state process and outcome measures are being met, that continuous quality improvement plans are in place, and that local infrastructure and workplans meet MECSH, state, and best practice guidelines. The positions will serve as the department's expert on MECSH and supporting best practices and making recommendations for enhancements. These positions will work closely with the model developer to assure that the MN MECSH program is meeting the goals to enhance the capacity of local communities to promote the healthy development, self-sufficiency and safety of families with infants and young children and improve pregnancy outcomes and secure attachment through home visiting.
This posting will be used to fill 2 vacancies. It is anticipated that one will be located out of the metro and one in the MDH Duluth office. Both positions will have the option to telework but have their home base at local MDH offices.
To view the full job posting and apply for this job, visit https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/ and search Job ID 60513.
Save the Date! Infant Safe Sleep Awareness Week in Minnesota
Please mark your calendar and help us get the word out! Governor Tim Walz is declaring November 13-19, Infant Safe Sleep Week in Minnesota. A proclamation is forthcoming and will be made available on the Infant Safe Sleep web page. Also, MDH will be posting educational messages related to infant sleep safety on MDH social media platforms throughout the week of November 13-19. Please share the proclamation and social media postings with organizations and people in your network to increase awareness.
Questions? Contact the Maternal and Child Health Section at Health.MCH@state.mn.us or 651-201-3650.
Seats available – IHVE REDCap Forms Training 12/1/2022
Seats are available in the next IHVE REDCap forms training, which will be held
- Thursday, December 1st, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Training will be held virtually via Zoom.
This training is only for FHV grantees who use the IHVE REDCap forms to submit data to the MDH IHVE system. Intended participants are home visitors or other program staff who need to enter data into the REDCap forms, and who have not yet been trained or who would like a refresher training.
Home visiting program staff that use other systems to send data to IHVE (such as PH-Doc, Nightingale Notes, or Client Track) should not register for this training.
To register, please complete the survey at this link:
IHVE REDCap Training Registration
Please contact the FHV Evaluation Unit (Health.FHVData@state.mn.us) if you have questions.
Update to MECSH Reporting Guidance for Parent Child Interaction Assessments
The MESCH Reporting Guidance on the FHV Evaluation Resources Page on our website has been updated to include details about how to report the HOME-IT short form parent child interaction assessment in IHVE.
Helpful Reminder
All file attachments sent to health.fhvgrants@state.mn.us should be named clearly and correctly. This helps ensure that records are filed correctly for monitoring/retention and reduces errors/delays in invoice reimbursements. Page 17 of the MDH Family Home Visiting Financial Guidance includes a naming convention for invoices that can be applied to all file types: (Agency - FHV - Time - Topic)
Examples:
Agency Name FHV Q3 2022 TANF Invoice
Agency Name FHV Q3 2022 EBHV Work Plan Update
Agency Name FHV 10.5.22 MIECHV Budget Modification
Webinar: Justice-Involved Women and their Children in Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs: Insights from Frontline Staff
Parent incarceration impacts 17% percent of youth in Minnesota. Two thirds of the children with a parent in a Minnesota prison or jail are under the age of 4.
For those interested in this intersection of criminal justice and family home visiting, a webinar on November 9 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. (co-hosted with UMN) will feature an HFA supervisor and family support worker who will share their experiences working with justice-involved women. Please register through UMN's MCH Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health.
Save the Date! 20th Minnesota Fathers and Families Network Annual Summit
Save the date for the 20th Minnesota Fathers and Families Network Annual Summit: Future Forward with Fathers and Families on Monday February 6 and Tuesday February 7, 2023 at the Wellstone Center in St Paul, MN.
Training: Addressing Unconscious Bias and Racism and its Impact on Maternal and Child Health Inequities through Family Home Visiting Training Series
The Minnesota Coalition for Family Home Visiting are providing a final in-person training in November that will focus on Ways of Working: Change in Management Strategies for Supervisors & Program Directors. There is a limited number of spaces available for program supervisors, managers, and administrators for this final training. Please register via the Minnesota Coalition for Family Home Visiting if you would like to join. This in-person training is offered on the following dates:
November 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Dakota Lodge in Thompson Park, West St. Paul
November 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Duluth Public Library, Duluth
November 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the New Ulm Civic Center, New Ulm
November 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Lakes Service Country Cooperative, Fergus Falls
Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinar: The Importance of Lactation Counseling through an Equity Lens
Register for the November 15, 2022 Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinar “The Importance of Lactation Counseling through an Equity Lens” presented by Lindsey McGahey, IFSD, IBC, BE. Registration opened at 7:00 a.m. to watch whenever and wherever until November 13, 2023.
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