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Drawing on data from more than 24,000 home visitors who created accounts with a national professional development platform, the Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals (IAFSP), between 2021 and 2025. It presents a first-of-its-kind descriptive picture of the home visiting workforce across all 50 states and U.S. territories. It covers workforce demographics, educational attainment, and years of experience — offering foundational insights for program leaders, state and network leaders, researchers, and policymakers working to understand and strengthen the workforce.
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This data insight brief draws on survey data from more than 500 supervisors working across 49 states and 2 U.S. territories, it presents the most comprehensive national picture of the home visiting supervisor workforce to date. It covers program context, demographic characteristics, educational backgrounds, training in reflective supervision, and years of experience — providing foundational information for program leaders, state and network leaders, model developers, and researchers who want to better understand and support this critical aspect of the 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 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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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.
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This research-to-practice brief provides a foundational overview of case management in home visiting, including a field-informed definition, six core components, and the system-level factors that influence how programs connect families to services. As the first in a series, it supports state, territory, tribal, and local programs in strengthening their efforts to ensure families access the services and resources they need.
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This research-to-practice brief is designed for local program leaders, supervisors, state and network leaders, and model developers who want to take meaningful action to protect and retain their staff. Drawing on a scan of existing literature and resources, as well as voices from the home visiting field, this brief presents concrete, actionable strategies across four domains — policies, practices, resources, and supports — that programs can implement to build a culture of safety.
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Home visitors do essential work — but too often, that work goes unrecognized. Our latest research-to-practice brief makes the case for meaningful staff recognition and offers practical, low-cost strategies program leaders can use to help home visitors feel valued and supported. It highlights how small, intentional efforts can improve morale, retention, and overall program impact.
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This research-to-practice brief is designed for local program leaders, supervisors, state and network leaders, and model developers looking to strengthen their workforce by investing in peer connection. Drawing on a scan of existing literature and voices from the home visiting field, this brief presents strategies across three areas — peer relationships in the workplace, peer support structures, and peer connections across the field — that programs can tailor to meet the needs of their staff.