Presentation Title

Kent County

Continuum Kelsey Rondeau, August 7

Local Leadership Group Background

Kent County Continuum

• Home Visitor Provider Network

• Founded in 2010 • Sub-team of Health Kent

2020’s Infant Health Implementation Teams

2015 Organizational Chart

Kent County Continuum

Home Visiting Hub

Infant Health Implementation Team (IHIT)

Great Start Collaborative

Local Leadership

Group (LLG)/ Home Visitor

Provider Network (HVPN)

Outreach & Engagement Work Group

(ad-hoc)

Algorithm & HV

Continuum Work Group

(ad-hoc)

LLG CQI Work Group

(ad-hoc)

HVPN Steering

Committee(ad-hoc)

Process

Kent County Continuum

Workgroup Representation: • Early Head Start • Federal Healthy Start • Healthy Families America • Hub • Infant Mental Health • LLG • Maternal Infant Health Program • Nurse Family Partnership • Parent Representative • Parents as Teachers

“If a successful continuum of home

visiting models existed in our

community, what would it look like?”

Challenges

Kent County Continuum

• Overextending HV Providers

• Size of Network

• Lack of Quality Referrals

• Risk in Collaboration

• “Model Wars”, Curriculum Requirements

Successes

• Coordinated, collaborative network of HV providers

• Curriculum Development

• Outreach & Engagement Work Group

• Algorithm Work

• Program Transition Dialogue

Kent County Continuum

Kent County Continuum

Kelsey Rondeau, August 7