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This Home Visiting Workforce Development Action Plan (Action Plan) advances the goal of and develops strategies for “recruiting, training, supporting, and retaining a well-qualified and committed home visiting workforce” (Goal 2 in the Strategic Plan). The Action Plan takes the workforce development objectives and strategies from the Strategic Plan and adds the detailed action steps needed to turn thought into action, and the evaluation metrics to determine whether a strategy is working. The Action Plan builds upon the significant effort already underway by First 5 California (F5CA) to inform policy recommendations that support the state’s efforts to build a cohesive home visiting workforce infrastructure. (author summary)
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Authors spoke with home visiting leaders in three states to learn more about their efforts to strengthen the workforce, including efforts to increase home visitors’ compensation and provide additional supports for their professional and personal well-being. In this brief, we present an overview of these efforts—in the form of “snapshots” highlighting efforts from three states—and offer considerations for MIECHV awardees as they plan for the future of their home visiting programs. (author summary)
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This resource, developed by the Colorado Early Childhood Leadership Commission (ECLC)’s Home Visiting Investment Task Force, provides recommendations to expand access and increase quality of home visiting services across the state.
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This resource provides findings from a needs assessment of the Illinois Home Visiting Workforce.
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The MIECHV and IDHS State Home Visiting Program Staff Survey is conducted each year by the Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) at the University of Illinois in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Early Childhood (IDHS-DEC). The goals of the survey are to obtain feedback and better understand the needs of the Illinois MIECHV and IDHS State Home Visiting funded workforce. This report focuses on professional development findings.
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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.
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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 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 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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