dc home visiting summit tuesday nov. 27, 2012 the family place washington, dc 202-265-0149 haley...
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DC Home Visiting Summit
Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012
The Family Place
Washington, DC202-265-0149
www.thefamilyplacedc.org
Haley WigginsExecutive Director [email protected]
The mission of The Family Place is to empower low income families and to foster the optimal development of their young children through educational and support services.
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• Family Literacy• Family Wellness• Family Stability
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What is HIPPY? Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool
Youngsters
HIPPY is a parent involvement, school readiness program that helps parents prepare their three, four, and five year old children for success in school and beyond.
The parent is provided with a set of carefully developed curriculum, books and materials designed to strengthen their children's cognitive skills, early literacy skills, social/emotional and physical development.
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The HIPPY Model
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4 Key Features of the HIPPY Model
1.Developmentally appropriate curriculum2.Role play as the method of teaching3.Staffed by home visitors from the
community and supervised by a professional coordinator
4.Weekly home visits interspersed with group meetings as the delivery methods.
A model HIPPY site serves up to 180 children with one coordinator and 12-18 part-time home visitors.
The HIPPY program at The Family Place
School Year
Funding Source Families Served
2010-2011 OSSE Early Childhood Education 45
2011-2012 OSSE Early Childhood Education Department of Health
6060120
2012-2013 OSSE Early Childhood Education Department of Health
60120180
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DOH Enhancement of the HIPPY Program at The Family Place
Additional Components
Focus on Wards 5, 7 & 8 7 New Assessments DOH Data System
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DOH Assessments These assessments were chosen according to HRSA requirements for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.
1.Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale2.Early Childhood Home 3.Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI)4.Parenting Stress Index5.Ages and Stages Questionnaire6.Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social Emotional 7.Abusive Behavior Inventory
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DOH Data Base Designed to measure the HRSA Benchmarks Tailored specifically to HIPPY USA
requirements Active creation, implementation, and
troubleshooting IT team
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Successes and Challenges
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Successes Challenges
Recruitment and retention of at-risk families.
Recruiting families in specific wards rather than based on risk factors.
Administration of assessments.
Training and coordination required to administer, score, and input assessments.
Collaboration and support of DOH staff and IT team.
Our Most Important Successes!
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DC Home Visiting Summit
Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012
The Family Place
Washington, DC202-265-0149
www.thefamilyplacedc.org
Haley WigginsExecutive Director [email protected]