- | Report
Due to the substantial impact that home visiting has on families in the District, the DC Home Visiting Council, a body of home visiting programs and partners, works to strengthen and stabilize the industry to ensure that families can continue to receive high-quality services. One of the main challenges highlighted in their Voices from the Field Report was that while meeting with families and strengthening relationships, many home visitors expressed feeling burdened by repetitive administrative work and reporting requirements.
- | Report
This report presents findings from a narrative literature review of 47 publications, engagement with more than 700 professionals and administrators, and an environmental scan of 31 existing resources to identify pressing workforce challenges and opportunities for improvement.
- | Other
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
- | 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.
- | Infographic
This infographic is one of three resources designed to provide home visitors and supervisors with practical strategies and tools to help make the case for workforce well-being by engaging program and organization leaders and inspiring action. It highlights why workforce well-being matters, the ripple effect it creates for families and children, and practical steps leaders can take to support program staff.
- | Fact/Tip Sheet
This tip sheet provides home visitors and supervisors with practical strategies and tools to help champion workforce well-being by partnering with leadership and inspiring action. It is further supported by the Making the Case for Home Visiting Workforce Well-being infographic and the Calculating the Financial Benefit from Reducing Employee Turnover in Home Visiting worksheet, which you can read more about, and together these resources provide actionable steps for advocating for and implementing workforce well-being efforts.
- | Infographic
This infographic was built by the home visiting workforce, for the home visiting workforce — and for anyone who wants to understand the vital role these professionals play.
- | Brief
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 insights 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.