(a)(1) DOH shall award a competitive grant in an amount not to exceed $150,000 to a home visiting provider to support the development of a pilot program that provides evidence-based home visiting services exclusively to eligible first-time mothers in the District.
(2) The grant issued in accordance with the subsection shall be limited to a home visiting provider that receives at least $500,000 of its funding from private sources."
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "eligible first-time mother" means a pregnant woman preparing to give birth to her first child who has enrolled in the pilot program prior to their 28th week of pregnancy and:
(1) Has an individual income that is less than 60% of the area median income for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area according to the statistics of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or
(2) Is eligible for Medicaid.
(October 20, 2018, D.C. Law 22-179, § 105a; as added Sept. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 23-16, § 5122(a), 66 DCR 8621.)
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