Strengthen the Workforce

A stable, skilled, and respected workforce needs fair compensation, strong core competencies, and real opportunities for professional development. This page brings together briefs, reports, toolkits, and videos on high-quality practice, compensation and workforce stability, leadership and supervisory capacity — including reflective supervision — and career growth approaches like ladders and credentials. Whether you’re planning your team’s next training or building a case for better compensation, these resources are designed to support the decisions that keep your workforce strong. Explore the resources below to find tools you can put to use right away. 

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National Strategy Sign On Commitment Letter

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Three Ways States Can Strengthen Home Visiting

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Technology in Home Visiting: Strengthening Service Delivery and Professional Development Using Virtual Tools

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HV CoIIN: Staff Recruitment and Retention Playbook

By Education Development Center, Inc.

The Staff Recruitment and Retention Playbook is designed to support home visiting programs in advancing the recruitment, retention, and support of the workforce—core priorities of the National Strategy for the Home Visiting Workforce. It provides a structured approach for testing and implementing practical changes that strengthen workforce stability and well-being, while remaining responsive to the realities programs face. (author summary)

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PD Plan Templates, User Guide and Resources

By Institute for Home Visiting Workforce Development and Jackie Walorski Center for Evidence-based Case Management

The Institute for Home Visiting Workforce Development has developed four Professional Development Plan (PD Plan) Templates to support home visitors and their supervisors in developing clear and feasible professional development plans:

In addition to the PD Plan Templates, there are also supporting resources including:

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Supporting Caregivers Affected by Substance Misuse

By Chute, D.E., Kowalski, A.J., Spinosa, C.Z., & West, A.

This brief describes strategies that home visiting programs can use to identify caregivers affected by misuse and to connect them with services.

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Improving Partnerships and Coordination Between Home Visiting and Child Welfare

By Chute, D.E., Kowalski, A.J., & West, A.

This brief describes strategies to enhance partnerships and coordination between home visiting and child welfare.

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Addressing Concerns About Child Development

By Kowalski, A.J., Chute, D.E., Zhang, A.Y., & West, A.

This brief describes strategies that home visiting programs can use to improve access and linkages to early intervention services for families of children with developmental concerns.

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Supporting Families Affected by Intimate Partner Violence

By Chute, D.E., Kowalski, A.J., & West, A.

This brief describes strategies home visiting programs can use to better identify IPV among families and link affected families with community services.

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Addressing Caregiver Mental Health

By Kowalski, A.J., Chute, D.E., Spinosa, C.Z., Sarkar, A., Heberlein, E., & West, A.

Supporting caregiver mental health is essential to strong home visiting systems. This new brief describes strategies that home visiting programs can use to identify caregivers with mental health concerns and connect them to services.

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Facilitating Community Advisory Groups to Strengthen Research

By Amerson, T., Spinosa, C., Heberlein, E., & West, A.

This brief highlights strategies for researchers, evaluators, and tribal, state, and territory home visiting programs planning to engage home visitors and families as research project advisors.

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National Strategy Social Share Kit

By Health Resources and Services Administration and Institute for Home Visiting Workforce Development and Jackie Walorski Center for Evidence-Based Case Management

Help Us Share and Advance the Strategy!

In this share kit, you will find:

  • “About the National Strategy”—a brief overview
  • A 95-word blurb for your e-newsletter and/or list serv
  • Sample messages for social media and key hashtags
  • Social shareables—visuals to download and use with your posts
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Creating Core Competency Frameworks for Successful Home Visitors

By Rebecca Peters and Heather Sandstrom

Home visitors come from various fields, but their daily work requires knowledge, skills, and attributes not linked to any particular discipline or degree. Core competency frameworks provide a shared language and set of expectations for the home visiting workforce by outlining the inherent “parts of the job.”