Terms Used In Michigan Laws 400.798

  • Departments: means the department of community health, the department of human services, and the department of education. See Michigan Laws 400.791
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Home visitation: means a voluntary service delivery strategy that is carried out in relevant settings, primarily in the homes of families with children ages 0 to 5 years and pregnant women. See Michigan Laws 400.791
  • Home visiting system: means the infrastructure and programs that support and provide home visitation. See Michigan Laws 400.791
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  Not later than December 1, 2013 and December 1 of each fiscal year after that, the departments shall provide a collaborative report on home visitation to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department of community health, state school aid, and the department of human services, to the state budget director, and to the house and senate fiscal agencies. The report provided under this section shall include, but not be limited to, the goals and achieved outcomes of the home visiting system with data on cost per family served, number of families served, and demographic data on families served; the number of evidence-based programs that shall include the total as well as a percentage of overall funding for home visiting; and the number of promising programs that shall include the total as well as a percentage of overall funding for home visiting. The report shall include model descriptions and model-specific outcomes.