Great Plains Tribal Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (GP-TMIECHV) is a five-year grant that provides home visits to eligible families in the Rapid City/Pennington County area and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. This includes expectant mothers, parents, family members, and/or other caregivers of children ages 0 to 5 years old. This is a voluntary home visitation program designed to work and provide parents with health & life skills education, social support, and referrals to community resources & services, home safety, and positive parenting.
Tribal Home Visiting Goals:
- Support the development of happy, healthy, and successful American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and families through a coordinated home visiting strategy that addresses critical maternal and child health, development, early learning, family support, and child abuse and neglect prevention needs.
- Implement high-quality, culturally-relevant, evidence-based home visiting programs in AIAN communities.
- Expand the evidence base around home visiting interventions with Native populations.
- Support and strengthen cooperation and coordination and promote linkages among various early childhood programs, resulting in coordinated, comprehensive early childhood systems.
Staff
- Terri Rattler, Program Manager
- Sunshine Pond, Program Support Assistant
*Tribal MIECHV is supported by funds from the Administration for Children and Families (HHS-2023-ACF-OCC-TH-0076-01-00) and was awarded to the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board.
