Section 511(h)(2)(A) of Title V of the
Social Security Act, as added by Section 2951 of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148,
Affordable Care Act or ACA), authorizes the Secretary of HHS to
award grants to Indian Tribes (or a consortium of Indian Tribes),
Tribal Organizations, or Urban Indian Organizations to conduct an
early childhood home visiting program. The legislation sets aside 3
percent of the total ACA Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home
Visiting (MIECHV) Program appropriation (authorized in Section
511(j)) for grants to Tribal entities and requires that the Tribal
grants, to the greatest extent practicable, be consistent with the
requirements of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home
Visiting Program grants to States and territories (authorized in
Section 511(c)), and include (1) Conducting a needs assessment
similar to the assessment required for all States under the
legislation and (2) establishing quantifiable, measurable 3- and
5-year benchmarks consistent with the legislation. The
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care, in
collaboration with the Health Resources and Services
Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, has awarded
grants for the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home
Visiting Program (Tribal MIECHV). The Tribal MIECHV grant awards
support 5-year cooperative agreements to conduct community needs
assessments, plan for and implement (in accordance with an
Implementation Plan submitted at the end of Year 1) high-quality,
culturally-relevant, evidence-based and promising home visiting
programs in at-risk Tribal communities, and participate in research
and evaluation activities to build the knowledge base on home
visiting among Native populations.
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with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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