Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program: Base and Matching Grant Awards

The MIECHV Program supports pregnant women and parents with young children who live in communities that face greater risk and barriers to achieve positive maternal and child health outcomes. Building upon decades of gold-standard scientific research, the MIECHV Program provides voluntary, coordinated and comprehensive, high-quality early childhood home visiting services to eligible families. Home visits by a nurse, social worker, or other trained professional during pregnancy, and in the first years of life can improve the lives of children and families by: helping to prevent childhood and adult chronic disease and behavioral health conditions; supporting families to prevent child abuse and neglect; promoting child development and school readiness; and boosting families’ economic self-sufficiency. HRSA administers this Program in partnership with ACF. With increases in appropriations under the MIECHV Program for FY 2026 and FY 2027, HRSA strongly encourages awardees to expand home visiting services to new communities and/or additional families in currently served communities through this funding opportunity.

Eligible applicants include all 50 states and 6 territories and jurisdictions: the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Nonprofit organizations previously funded to provide services in a state or jurisdiction that did not apply for or was not approved to receive MIECHV Program funding and that received FY 2025 MIECHV Base and Matching Grant Awards are also eligible to apply in FY 2026 if the state, territory, or Eligibility – Who can apply

Field Name MIECHV Special Instructions and Data Source jurisdiction also does not apply or is not approved to receive award funding under this NCC Update.

Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Systems

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