Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 87 - Healthy Families Iowa (HFI) › Rule 641-87.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purpose of these rules, the following terms shall have
				the meaning indicated in this rule:
"Accreditation"
means national recognition of
				compliance with Healthy Families America standards through a peer review
				process.
"Applicant"
means a governmental or nonprofit
				agency that is fully accredited by Healthy Families America (HFA) or in the
				process of HFA accreditation, and applies to the department during a
				competitive year In any year in which expansion funds are available for the
				HOPES-HFI program, the department shall award new grants, subject to annual
				renewal, to selected applicants in a competitive process.
"At-risk community"
means a county or group of
				counties that are identified as at risk in the most recently available needs
				assessment conducted by the department.
"Competitive grant"
means the competitive
				grant application process to determine the grant awards for a project
				period.
"Contractor"
means a governmental or nonprofit
				agency that holds a contract with the department to provide HOPES-HFI
				services.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"Family support program"
means group-based
				parent education or home visiting programs that are designed to strengthen
				protective factors, including parenting skills, increasing parental knowledge
				of child development, and increasing family functioning and problem-solving
				skills. A family support program may be used as an early intervention strategy
				to improve birth outcomes, parental knowledge, family economic success, the
				home learning environment, family and child involvement with others, and
				coordination with other community resources. A family support program may have
				a specific focus on preventing child maltreatment or ensuring children are
				safe, healthy, and ready to succeed in school.
"Healthy Families America"
or
"HFA"
means an evidence-based national program model designed
				to help at-risk families. HFA is a family support program that provides
				services to families and children during the prenatal period through three
				years of age through home visitation.
"Healthy families Iowa"
or
"HFF"
means the state family support program that provides
				services to families and children during the prenatal period through three
				years of age through home visitation utilizing the Healthy Families America
				model.
"Home visitation"
means a face-to-face visit
				with a family in their home, or other alternate location, to facilitate meeting
				the family's goals. Home visitation is a strategy to deliver family support or
				parent education services. Temporary use of an alternate location may happen
				when meeting in the family home presents safety concerns for the worker or the
				family or on rare occasions to facilitate meeting the program's outcomes such
				as medical appointments or school staffing. Home visitation typically lasts one
				hour and is provided in person. The use of telephonic or other media to
				communicate with the family does not substitute for home visitation.
"HOPES-HFF"
means the healthy opportunities
				for parents to experience success-healthy families Iowa program. The HOPES-HFI
				program is intended to promote optimal child health and development; improve
				family coping skills and functioning; promote positive parenting skills and
				parent-child interaction; and prevent child abuse and neglect and infant
				mortality and morbidity.
"Nonprofit"
means an entity that meets the
				requirement for tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3)
				or 501(c)(4).
"Participant"
means a family voluntarily
				enrolled in and receiving services from the program.
"Project period"
means the period of time the
				department intends to support the project without requiring competition for
				funds.