Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Grants

For programmatic or technical questions:
Jesse LaSarte
Jesse.LaSarte@acf.hhs.gov
202.923.1890

For grants management or budget questions:
David Lee
david.lee@acf.hhs.gov
202.401.5461

The Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Short title: Tribal MIECHV) provides funding to develop and implement evidence-based home visiting services in tribal communities.

Program goals:

• Support healthy, happy, successful American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and families through home visiting services
• Continue to build the evidence base for home visiting in tribal communities
• Support coordination among early childhood programs serving AI/AN families and development of early childhood systems

Home visiting programs are intended to promote outcomes such as:

• Improved maternal and prenatal health, infant health, and child health and development
• Reduced child abuse and neglect
• Improved parenting practices related to child development
• Improved school readiness
• Improved family socio-economic status
• Improved coordination of referrals to community resources and supports
• Reduced incidence of injuries, crime, and domestic violence

Eligible applicants include:

• Federally-recognized tribes (or consortia of tribes)
• Tribal organizations
• Urban Indian organizations

Award ceiling: $1,000,000 per year
Award floor: $250,000 per year
Project period: 63 months
Estimated number of awards: 6
Estimated total program funding: $3,000,000

Links to the full announcement and online application process are available through grants.gov. The application instructions will be found on the related documents tab.

Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to email a letter of intent to TribalHV@acf.hhs.gov by January 18, 2025.