Section 4-651.06 - Home visiting reports(a) By April 30, 2019, and every 5 years thereafter, DOH, in coordination with other District agencies as necessary, shall conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of home visiting in the District. This assessment shall include: (1) A neighborhood-level analysis of the number and location of families who would most benefit from home visiting;(2) A determination of the capacity of existing home visiting programs to meet the need for home visiting services; and(3) An assessment of the capacity of District agencies to support the implementation of additional home visiting services.(b)(1) By January 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, DOH, in coordination with other District agencies as necessary, the Home Visiting Council, and home visiting programs, shall publish a report regarding the funding, scope, placement rate, success rate, and other similar statistics of home visiting services in the District.(c) By December 31, 2019, DOH, in coordination with other District agencies as necessary, the Home Visiting Council, and home visiting programs, shall conduct and publish a study of home visitors. This study shall include an analysis of qualitative and quantitative data pertaining to home visitors, including the: (1) Number of home visitors;(2) Workload, retention rate, and attrition rate of home visitors;(3) Impact of home visitor attrition on families and home visiting programs;(4) Factors contributing to the retention and attrition of home visitors; and(5) Challenges to hiring and educating home visitors.Oct. 30, 2018, D.C. Law 22-179, § 106, 65 DCR 9569.Applicability
Applicability of D.C. Law 22-179: § 301 of D.C. Law 22-179 provided that the creation of some of the provisions of this section by § 106 of D.C. Law 22-179 is subject to the inclusion of the law's fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.