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DC Home Visiting Summit Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012

The Family Place Washington, DC 202-265-0149 www.thefamilyplacedc.org. DC Home Visiting Summit Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012. Haley Wiggins Executive Director hwiggins@thefamilyplacedc.org. The Family Place. The Family Place.

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DC Home Visiting Summit Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012

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  1. The Family Place Washington, DC 202-265-0149 www.thefamilyplacedc.org • DC Home Visiting Summit • Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012 HaleyWiggins Executive Director hwiggins@thefamilyplacedc.org

  2. The Family Place The Family Place 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. • Family Literacy • Family Wellness • Family Stability

  3. The Family Place 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.

  4. The Family Place The HIPPY Model 4 Key Features of the HIPPY Model • Developmentally appropriate curriculum • Role play as the method of teaching • Staffed by home visitors from the • community and supervised by a • professional coordinator • 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.

  5. The Family Place The HIPPY program at The Family Place

  6. The Family Place DOH Enhancement of the HIPPY Program at The Family Place Additional Components • Focus on Wards 5, 7 & 8 • 7 New Assessments • DOH Data System

  7. The Family Place DOH Assessments These assessments were chosen according to HRSA requirements for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. • Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale • Early Childhood Home • Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI) • Parenting Stress Index • Ages and Stages Questionnaire • Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social Emotional • Abusive Behavior Inventory

  8. The Family Place DOH Data Base • Designed to measure the HRSA Benchmarks • Tailored specifically to HIPPY USA requirements • Active creation, implementation, and troubleshooting IT team

  9. The Family Place Successes and Challenges

  10. The Family Place Our Most Important Successes!

  11. The Family Place Washington, DC 202-265-0149 www.thefamilyplacedc.org • DC Home Visiting Summit • Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012 HaleyWiggins Executive Director hwiggins@thefamilyplacedc.org

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