Statement of Jon Baron, President, Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy. House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources Hearing on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Institution	Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy
Titel	Statement of Jon Baron, President, Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy. House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources Hearing on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
Quelle	(2014), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Federal Legislation; Federal Programs; Home Visits; Program Effectiveness; Mothers; Infants; Child Abuse; Outcomes of Treatment; Early Intervention; Hearings + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Hausbesuch; Mother; Mutter; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	In his testimony, Jon Baron, president of Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, recommends reauthorization of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) Program. He outlines three reasons that support his recommendation: (1) MIECHV represents an important, bipartisan departure from the usual approach to social spending: it uses scientific evidence of effectiveness as a main factor in determining which activities to fund; (2) This evidence-based design is important because there is great variation in the effectiveness of different home visiting program activities ("models"). Rigorous studies have identified several models that produce major improvements in the lives of children and mothers--such as 20-50% reductions in child maltreatment--as well as a larger number of models that produce no meaningful effects; and (3) MIECHV's evidence-based design has succeeded, in part, in focusing funds on the subset of effective models; and, with a few modest revisions, it could do even better. In his testimony, Baron also recommends steps to further strengthen the program as the reauthorization process goes forward. A letter from Baron to Chairman Dave Reichert in which Baron responds to follow-up questions about the testimony is also included. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy. 900 19th Street NW Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: 202-380-3571; Fax: 202-380-3624; Web site: http://coalition4evidence.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01