It is budget time! When working on your affiliate budget, be sure to consider how the coming change to the Essential Requirement will affect your budget. The change lowers the maximum number of visits to 40 per month for new parent educators and 50 per month for other parent educators. This change might result in lower caseloads beginning in July compared to the current loads. Be sure to let your funder know about this change and how it will affect your affiliate.
Essential Requirement #13 will be changed to:
Full-time first year parent educators complete no more than 40 visits per month during their first year and full-time parent educators in their second year and beyond complete no more than 50 visits per month. The number of visits completed monthly is decreased proportionately when a parent educator is part-time. In addition, a number of factors need to be considered when establishing the maximum number of visits completed monthly, including staff responsibilities, travel time for visits, and data-collection responsibilities.
The change will go into effect July 1, 2025, for the 2025-2026 program year.