- | Guide, Other, Planning Tool
A collection of adaptable process maps and decision trees that support consistent decision-making before, during, and after home visits. These examples can be customized to align with individual program policies, local protocols, and community contexts, helping teams respond thoughtfully to a variety of situations while promoting consistency across staff.
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- | Guide, Other, Planning Tool
The Home Visitor Safety Suite is designed to support home visiting programs in strengthening safety practices before, during, and after home visits. The suite contains a Home Visitor Safety Self-Assessment, Organizational Home Visitor Safety Checklist, and Decision Trees.
- | Brief, Guide, Other, Planning Tool
The Home Visiting Workforce Well-being Suite includes discussion guides and videos that advance the National Strategy for the Home Visiting Workforce’s vision for a sustainable, skilled, and supported workforce by providing practical tools that can be integrated into reflective supervision, staff meetings, leadership discussions, quality improvement activities, and professional development.
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Health-related workforces face dramatic employee wellness, retention, and morale challenges. Simultaneously, as initiatives expand nationally to create reimbursement pathways for Community Health Worker/Promotores (“CHW/P”) and home visiting services, professionals’ voices must be centered so that decision-making remains focused on what the workforce needs to thrive. Authors introduce a regional systems change collaboration in California focusing: A) workforce support that reduces isolation, burnout, and stress by fostering belonging and community through professional development and leadership advancement opportunities; B) service integration that reduces friction between programs and providers for seamless referrals and service delivery experiences; C) emerging practices for creating culturally-relevant resources; and D) advocacy for increasing system sustainability.
- | Report
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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This brief uses data from the nationally representative Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) to describe and compare key characteristics of Early Head Start services, staff, and participating families in 2018 and 2022, highlighting changes in program delivery, workforce attributes, and family experiences over time.
- | Planning Tool
The Staff Recruitment and Retention Playbook is a practical guide to help home visiting programs strengthen hiring, onboarding, and long-term staff support. It offers clear strategies and measurement tools to improve staff satisfaction, wellness, and retention.
- | Report
The report summarizes insights from 99 Arkansas home visitors on why they stay in or leave the field, highlighting deep commitment to families and supportive colleagues as key retention drivers. Low pay, heavy administrative burden, and emotional stress are the primary factors pushing staff out. Participants recommend better compensation, streamlined data systems, and greater inclusion in decision-making to strengthen the workforce.
- | Other, Planning Tool
This accompanying Excel worksheet is designed to help supervisors and program leaders quantify the true cost of staff turnover within their home visiting programs. By guiding users through calculations related to recruitment, training, lost productivity, and missed visits, the tool translates workforce challenges into clear financial data that can strengthen the case for investing in staff well-being and retention.
- | Report
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.