MIECHV Local Implementing Agency (LIA) Opportunity

The Mississippi Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program currently provides evidence-based home visiting services in 16 counties. MSDH is transitioning from a primarily state-operated direct service model to a Local Implementing Agency (LIA) model in which qualified organizations will employ and supervise home visiting staff, manage local service delivery, develop referral partnerships, collect and report required data, participate in continuous quality improvement, and maintain compliance with federal, state, and evidence-based model requirements. This transition is intended to strengthen local ownership, improve community partnerships, increase program stability, and expand access to services for eligible pregnant women and families with young children. MSDH will retain responsibility for statewide program administration, oversight, monitoring, training coordination, data and continuous quality improvement, and federal reporting. Selected LIAs must either be an established Parents as Teachers (PAT) affiliate or demonstrate the organizational capacity to complete the affiliation process and implement the model with fidelity within the timeframe established by MSDH.