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211.689 Agencies receiving state funds for home visitation services.
(1)
As used in this section and KRS 211.690:
(a) "Home visitation" means a service delivery strategy with voluntary
participation by eligible families that is carried out in the homes of at-risk
parents during the prenatal period and until the child's third birthday that
provides face-to-face visits by nurses, social workers, and other early
childhood professionals or trained and supervised paraprofessionals to
improve maternal, infant, and child health and well-being, including:
1.
Reducing preterm births;
2.
Promoting positive parenting practices;
3.
Improving school readiness;
4.
Enhancing the social, emotional, and cognitive development of
children;
5.
Reducing child abuse and neglect;
6.
Improving the health of the family; and
7.
Empowering families to be self-sufficient;
(b) "Home visitation program" means the voluntary statewide home visiting
program established by KRS 211.690 or a program implementing a
research-based model or a promising model that includes voluntary home
visitation as a primary service delivery strategy that may supplement but
shall not duplicate any existing program that provides assistance to
parents of young children and that does not include:
1.
Programs with few or infrequent home visits;
2.
Home visits based on professional judgment or medical referrals
that are infrequent and supplemental to a treatment plan;
3.
Programs in which home visiting is supplemental to other services,
such as child protective services;
4.
In-home services delivered through provisions of an individualized
family service plan or individualized education program under the
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B or C; or
5.
Programs with goals related to direct intervention of domestic
violence or substance abuse;
(c) "Research-based model" means a home visitation model based on a
clear, consistent program model that:
1.
Is research-based, grounded in relevant empirically based
knowledge, linked to program determined outcomes, has
comprehensive home visitation standards that ensure high-quality
service delivery and continuous quality improvement, and has
demonstrated significant, sustained positive outcomes;
2.
Employs highly trained and competent professionals or
paraprofessionals who are provided close supervision and continual
professional development and training relevant to the specific model
being delivered;
3.
Demonstrates strong linkages to other community-based services;
(2)
and
4.
Is operated within an organization to ensure program fidelity and
meets the outlined objectives and criteria for the model design; and
(d) "Promising model" means a home visitation model that has ongoing
research, is modeled after programs with proven standards and
outcomes, and has demonstrated its effectiveness or is actively
incorporating model evaluation protocols designed to measure its
efficacy.
Beginning fiscal year 2014, an agency receiving state funds for the purpose of
the delivery of home visitation services shall:
(a) Meet the definition of home visitation program in this section;
(b) Demonstrate to the Department for Public Health that it is part of a
coordinated system of care for promoting health and well-being for at-risk
parents during the prenatal period and until the child's third birthday; and
(c) Report data to the statewide home visiting data system managed by the
Department for Public Health in a uniform format prescribed by the
department assuring common data elements, relevant home visiting data,
and information to monitor program effectiveness, including program
outcomes, numbers of families served, and other relevant data as
determined by the department.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 16, effective June 25, 2013.
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