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Parents as Teachers National Center
COVID-19 Response: Keeping Families Virtually Connected to Home Visiting
During this unprecedented, COVID-19 public health crisis, leaders in the national home visiting field have formed a rapid response collaborative to create and support the dissemination of free resources on virtual family interactions for home visitors. The resources include:
- FREE access to ALL models and home visiting professionals
- weekly webinars every Wednesday at 2:00 pm CST (today's webinar topic: Screening on Virtual Visits
- webinar and content archive at the HV-RRC Website
- resources on virtual interactions with families and best practices in telehealth activities.
Download the HV-RRC one-pager.
Please share this information with ALL home visiting professionals.
Home Visiting Coalition
Take Action Now, Ask Your Organization to Sign-On to This Letter
On behalf of the National Home Visiting Coalition (HVC), PAT invites all state and local organizations (PAT affiliates/implementing agencies/state office organizations) to sign a letter asking Congress to prioritize Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) funding and needed flexibilities for home visitors during the coronavirus crisis.
We anticipate that Congress will be working on additional emergency funding and legislation in the coming days and weeks, and we believe resources for home visiting should be included. Here is a link to sign on to the letter, and the details of the HVC ask.
We're 150 signatures short of 500 signatures. Let's help the Home Visiting Coalition send a strong letter! The deadline to sign on is Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Please note: This is an organizational sign-on letter. Please forward this email request to your executive director or CEO to add your implementing agency/organization to this letter. (Not for individuals to sign).
Center for American Progress
Home Visiting: A Lifeline During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Recommendations for Congress
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The photo above is Josephine "Nene" Nave, a PAT nurse home visitor, on a videoconference call with a family enrolled in PAT. Nurse Nave held teleconferencing visits for the first time in March 2020 as a response to the COIVD-19 pandemic. Parents as Teachers National Center has been pilot testing virtual home visiting for several years.
In this article, CAP discusses the need for legislation to address the pandemic, and urges Congress to take action to increase funding and flexibility for the MIECHV program, and to consider the recommendations developed by advocates, including the national Home Visiting Coalition. |
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2020 Professional Development Opportunities
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2020 Webinar Schedule
Click the links or image above to preregister now!
If you have questions about these webinars, please contact Lisa Foehner, Director of Advocacy and Strategic Messaging. |
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Resources for Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Please encourage the families in your community to visit PAT's COVID-19 parent webpage! The page shares ways caregivers can learn and play with their child while they are at home, self-care articles, and links to other basic resources. Parents can also download FREE select Parents as Teachers activities for children ages P-K.
If you are a home visitor or supervisor in a Parents as Teachers affiliate program, and you are looking for resources to provide virtual home visiting, please log into OLIVER to access model guidance, briefs and technical assistance.
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Child Abuse Prevention Month
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Join us in raising awareness about Child Abuse Prevention Month. The linked toolkit contains sample Tweets and Facebook posts, as well as clickable links to images that can be downloaded. The content of this toolkit was tailored to reflect the COVID-19 response.
- Supervisors: Share this article and linked toolkit with your social media team or the communications staff at your agency.
- Home Visitors: Use this toolkit to craft a message on your personal Facebook or Twitter page.
- State Offices: Ask your agency to post the content during April.
DOWNLOAD THE TOOLKIT |
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