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Katishtya Eh-wahs Valued Always (KEVA) Tribal Home Visiting Program

Summary
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

The primary purpose of Project Katishtya Eh-wahs Valued Aways (KEVA) Tribal Home Visiting Program is to support the Pueblo of San Felipe in creating a healthy and happy community where children, parents, and families act to help their children become successful members of the pueblo.

"The primary purpose of Project Katishtya Eh-wahs Valued Aways (KEVA) Tribal Home Visiting Program is to support the Pueblo of San Felipe in creating a healthy and happy community where children, parents, and families take action to help their children become successful members of the pueblo."

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"The Project KEVA Tribal Home Visiting Program is supported by grants from the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program and Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI). These grants are administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF). Project KEVA works with other tribal early childhood programs, especially Head Start, and child care. The passport is a tangible, family-focused approach to collaboration. For families, the passport provides a guide to child development and resources. It includes contact information for the various programs. The passport also serves as a family's "central file" for keeping track of child health visits, immunizations, height, weight, and other health-related issues. The passport makes it easier for families to share complete and up-to-date information across the various agencies they work with. This, in turn, helps agencies better coordinate their services for each family."

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Contact
Jenae Sanchez Program Coordinator 505‐771‐9910 Jsanchez@sfpueblo.com 
Details

Staff reflections on the first five years of work by Project Katishtya Eh-wahs Valued Always (KEVA) Tribal Home Visiting Program, which “has provided parenting education and support to San Felipe Pueblo pregnant women and first-time parents. The KEVA approach is culturally based and specific to family needs," are included in “Connecting Families and Programs Through Child Passports” (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ecd/success-story/connecting-families-and-progr…).

Tribally adapted
  • Child
  • Family
  • Access to health and social services
  • Adequate housing
  • Community support when faced with challenges
  • Concrete support for parents
  • Employment
  • Involvement in positive activities
  • Positive social connection and support
  • Safe community focus
  • Community involvement/participation/contribution
  • Cultural teachings
  • Education
  • Ethnic pride/self-esteem
  • Healthy lifestyles/activities
  • Native language
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