Document Type

Research Brief

Publication Date

2021

Abstract

Healthy Families New York (HFNY) is a voluntary, evidence-based home visiting program supporting high-need families across New York State. HFNY’s goals are to foster parent-child bonding and relationships; promote optimal child and family health, development, and safety; enhance family self-sufficiency; and prevent child abuse and neglect (see: www.healthyfamiliesnewyork.org).

This report presents findings from a pilot project examining modifications to HFNY assessment and enrollment procedures in select sites. Under typical “two-step” HFNY processes, a specially trained worker contacts families to conduct a lengthy assessment to determine client eligibility and service needs. Eligible participants are then referred to a home visitor for enrollment and service delivery. However, some Healthy Families programs across the country have moved to a one-step, one-worker combined assessment/enrollment process where the same worker conducts the assessment and offers eligible participants the opportunity for immediate program enrollment. This process allows for continuity for families but also requires staff to master multiple skillsets. In January 2018, HFNY embarked on a three-year pilot of this streamlined enrollment process, implemented at three programs. In this Brief, we present analyses around shifts in scores on the assessment instrument in these programs before and after implementation of the Pilot.

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