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State and DOH present home‑visiting enrollment progress and federal grant increase
Summary
Department of Health and DCYF presenters reviewed statewide home‑visiting performance measures, enrollment trends and a modest federal MIECHV increase, and highlighted enrollment gaps by model and by local implementation agency size.
The Home Visiting Advisory Committee received a data briefing on statewide home‑visiting measures and enrollment trends, and was told Washington had a modest increase in federal MIECHV funding for the coming year.
At the meeting, Ashley (Department of Health presenter) summarized state fiscal year 2024 outcomes: the program served roughly 3,300 families and 3,400 children, conducted about 51,000 home visits and reported 15,000 encounters. Ashley also said home‑visiting aligned measures improved year over year and that the program is comparing outcomes with the federal MIECHV threshold.
Enrollment, models and local patterns
Ashley told the committee that overall enrollment percentages were “holding pretty steady in those seventies” (state fiscal year comparisons) and noted a program goal of 85 percent enrolled slots. The presenters showed model‑level and local implementation agency (LIA)‑size breakdowns: smaller LIAs (7–30 slots) showed wider swings and steep dips when new programs were added, while medium (31–64 slots) and larger LIAs (65–240 slots) showed steadier trends. The presentation flagged that targeting improvements in larger LIAs could move overall state percentages more quickly because they represent more families.
Federal MIECHV increase and state match
Laura (DCYF program staff) told HVAC that in the current MIECHV application cycle the state had room to pursue a second federal match and had secured an increase “of about, dollars 750,000 more” in federal match funding for the coming year. DCYF said the increase is being used primarily to raise some LIA budgets (to about 72.5% of an analyzed rate set) and to increase allowable indirects from 1.5 to 2.7 percent; the agency said the increase does not close the larger funding gap identified in the state budget discussion.
Referrals and local uses
DOH’s slides showed referral sources and suggested LIAs can use referral‑source tracking to target outreach. Presenters said LIAs will have program‑level conversations with DCYF program specialists to review local referral patterns and enrollment opportunities.
Ending
DCYF and DOH said they will continue monthly and ad‑hoc reviews with LIAs, share slide materials and follow up on detailed questions (for example the influence of TANF slots in local capacity). Providers asked DCYF for clearer guidance on TANF, slot filling rules and how new expansions and ramp‑up periods affect the denominator used to compute percent‑filled metrics.
