The target group includes many different ethnicities and immigrants. A primary objective this year is to develop a plan for project expansion and continuation after the end of federal funding of the project. There is also a priority to find ways to expand the age group being served to include at least all preschool children. A major focus of activity during this year will be entering all the children into the tracking system that is now operational. Another major activity will be the establishment of procedures to participate in third-party billing.
Initial plans are to link the billing system with the tracking system.
This project will develop, implement, and evaluate in-home services for pregnant or parenting substance abusers. The program will emphasize early identification and intervention, followed by intensive and prolonged visits. The Healthy Tomorrows grant enables the project to hire a part-time project manager and a case manager. The addition of these two staff members enables the project to add coordinated postpartum and infant care follow-up services and to serve an additional 80 women each year. The project manager develops and maintains a current directory of locally available maternal and child health services.