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This report summarizes survey findings from a national survey of all MIECHV-funded LIAs and key themes from the case studies of 26 of those LIAs that explored why home visitors enter the home visiting field, why they stay in or leave the field, their backgrounds and job qualifications, their work environment and opportunity for growth and advancement, and staff training experiences and needs. The study findings highlight the factors that support home visitors in their roles and ways in which home visiting staff feel challenged. Together, the survey and case study findings provide insights into the experiences of this diverse and understudied workforce and point to strategies that could further strengthen them. (author summary)
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Objective: To explore home visitor expanded competencies aligned with family life education (FLE) competencies to inform the knowledge, skills, and attitudes addressed in preservice home visitor training. Background: Home visitor preparation in higher education should be informed by widely accepted competencies.
Method: We aligned FLE competencies with the Collaborative for Understanding the Pedagogy of Infant/Toddler Development (CUPID) competencies into a framework of knowledge, skills, and attitudes to promote practices in the field while preparing to earn the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) credential. This framework was developed through an iterative process with stakeholders. Results: The full alignment includes 10 competencies.
Implications: This comprehensive alignment may inform the scholarship of teaching and learning in home visiting coursework and FLE content area coursework. This alignment may also promote developing new courses on home visiting, enhancing existing courses to address home visiting competencies, or modifying existing pedagogy. In the future, National Council on Family Relations CFLE-approved programs may want to incorporate the content of this alignment into their courses to promote the ability of preservice home visitors to apply for the CFLE credential. (author abstract)
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This brief provides a snapshot of results from the Home Visiting Career Trajectories study that gathered information on staff qualifications, training, job experiences, and career pathways through online surveys with program managers and home visitors, as well as key informant interviews with program managers and supervisors and focus groups with home visitors in eight states. (author summary)
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This overview details the National Strategy’s purpose, goals, and outcomes. It provides an at-a-glance look at three key pillars and 15 actions that will propel progress in achieving a sustainable, skilled, and supported home visiting workforce.
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Research shows that home visitors transform families’ lives nationwide. The National Strategy provides a clear, long-term plan—including three key pillars and 15 actions—to position this vital workforce for even greater success, reach, and impact.
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This letter symbolizes a commitment to a growing national movement to strengthen the home visiting workforce and commit to advancing this shared vision:
A respected, supported, and sustainable workforce that enables families to thrive.
We recognize that achieving this vision requires coordinated action across three areas:
- Creating pathways into home visiting careers so more people can enter, grow, and lead in the field
- Strengthening the workforce through fair compensation, high-quality learning, and opportunities for advancement
- Supporting workforce well-being so home visitors can sustain their work and continue to serve families effectively
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Early Head Start home-based programs provide services to eligible families with children from birth to age 3 and to pregnant women and their families. Home visitors deliver services primarily in families’ homes. Early Head Start programs recruit and train home visitors to provide high-quality services tailored to the unique needs of infants, toddlers, and pregnant women. This brief presents information about how home-based Early Head Start programs hire qualified and competent home-visiting staff and support these staff in their ongoing professional development. (author summary)
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In this share kit, you will find:
- “About the National Strategy”—a brief overview
- A 95-word blurb for your e-newsletter and/or list serv
- Sample messages for social media and key hashtags
- Social shareables—visuals to download and use with your posts
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Decades of research show the tremendous return on investment and positive outcomes of evidence-based home visiting. In FY25, Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)-funded programs achieved great successes, including providing over 1 million home visits, the highest annual total in MIECHV’s history, and serving 20% more rural counties. Yet the demand for home visitors continues to grow. In response, HRSA’s National Strategy for the Home Visiting Workforce is expanding and strengthening the workforce to scale up services nationwide.