Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (Drs Fifolt and Preskitt and Mss Johnson and Enlow); Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education, Montgomery (Ms Tullier); and Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Arbour).
Correspondence: Matthew Fifolt, PhD, Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 330M Ryals School of Public Health, 1665 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35294 ([email protected]).
The authors would like to acknowledge the UAB-SOPH Home Visiting Team, Alicia Thurmond, Beth Johns, Eric Lott, and Tyesha Amerson, for their significant contributions to the success of home visiting in the state of Alabama. We are specifically grateful for their leadership, guidance, and participation in HV CoIIN 2.0. This BTS collaborative would not have been successful without their involvement. The authors would also like to express appreciation to the home visiting programs and families that participated in HV CoIIN 2.0. Thank you for sharing your stories with us. Finally, the authors would like to thank the faculty and staff of EDC for sharing such valuable resources throughout HV CoIIN 2.0. We are grateful for the experience.
Home Visiting Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (HV CoIIN 2.0) is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a cooperative agreement with EDC (Cooperative Agreement Number UF4MC26525).
The Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education (DECE) is the state grantee and receives funding from the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Education (MIECHV) program for home visiting services. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a subgrantee and receives funding from the DECE for services, including data management and continuous quality improvement. Dr MaryCatherine Arbour was a faculty member for HV CoIIN 2.0 and worked directly with EDC.
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