HB 2157 Summary

• Enacts the "Family Support Accountability Act" establishing standards for state-funded home-visiting programs for families with young children, codified in Oklahoma Statutes Title 10, Section 601.80 and 601.81

• Requires home-visiting programs to provide face-to-face visits by specially trained parent educators, follow empirically-based best practices with fidelity, and collect data on program performance at state, county, provider, and participant levels

• Mandates home-visiting programs achieve at least two of six specified outcomes including improving prenatal/maternal/child health, reducing child welfare system entry, improving parenting skills, increasing parental self-sufficiency, improving school readiness, and enhancing child development

• Requires state agencies to collaborate with the Early Childhood Advisory Council to develop an outcomes measurement plan by January 1, 2016, with updates every five years, and submit annual outcomes reports starting December 1, 2017, detailing achieved outcomes, cost per family served, number of families served, and program recommendations

• Effective date: November 1, 2015