From: Shuger, Jill (HRSA) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 8:52 AM
Subject: HRSA Home Visiting Program Webinar, Jul 13, 3:00 PM EDT
Importance: High

Please join us on July 13, 2012 at 3pm EDT for the first in a series of HRSA sponsored webinars to share information and educate stakeholders on the national home visiting, newborn bloodspot screening, and newborn hearing screening initiatives.  This first webinar on July 13th will discuss how the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's Home Visiting Program is organized and suggest ways that bloodspot screening and newborn hearing screening can collaborate to better serve children and families.
Register at http://infanthearing.org/hrsa-webinar
Space is limited, so register soon!  All webinars will be recorded and available for later viewing.
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Background and Purpose
Following this first webinar, HRSA will sponsor additional webinars that participants will have a better understanding of how home visiting, bloodspot screening, and newborn hearing screening  can work together to create better programs for children and families.

a)         Home Visiting will present to the bloodspot and hearing screening stakeholders about the structure of their program, what the different models look like and how there could be synergy and overlap.
b)         Bloodspot Screening will present to the hearing screening programs and home visiting programs on the broad outlines of what newborn screening involves - the 7 core elements of a NBS program, the different ways bloodspot screening identified patients would be the target population for home visiting programs and ways where hearing screening data could be incorporated.
c)          Newborn Hearing Screening will present to the home visiting and bloodspot screening programs, outline current resources, describe current successes and challenges, and explain how different programs have collaborated or developed independent programs from bloodspot screening.
Infants detected by bloodspot and hearing screening as having congenital disorders are by definition at high risk for having ongoing problems and would be an ideal population to have enrolled in the state home visiting programs.  There are gaps in the knowledge base of all programs when it comes to understanding how these programs can and should be collaborating with other maternal and child health stakeholders.
The purpose of this initiative is to provide a systems overview of the different programs and open up dialogues and collaborations between these public health programs that have much potential for synergy.  The goal is for all stakeholders to have an improved understanding of these different maternal and child health programs and to investigate further collaborative possibilities.
In the Spring of 2013, HRSA will facilitate a similar webinar series, but from state perspectives.  Each group will present from their perspective (bloodspot, hearing and home visiting) on their current status, new and evolving collaborations, lessons learned, challenges and what they would like to see going forward.