This data insights brief presents new findings from a survey of 243 home visitors across 34 states and the District of Columbia, conducted in 2025. It surfaces home visitor perspectives on the most important ways they support families, the biggest challenges they face daily — including paperwork burden, complex family needs, and secondary trauma — and the structural support, community services, and professional development they say would make a difference. The findings are designed to inform supervisors, program leaders, model representatives, system leaders, and researchers working to strengthen and support the workforce.
Home visitors do complex, dynamic work that can be difficult to fully capture — even for those in the field. What do home visitors themselves see as most central to their role? What challenges make their work harder? And what do they say they need to do their jobs well?
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