Projects

Understanding and Expanding the Reach of Home Visiting (HV-REACH)

2021–2025

Project Overview

Objective

To identify, develop, study, and disseminate evidence-informed resources and strategies that will help achieve more equitable access to and participation in early childhood home visiting services and better outcomes for children and families.

Project Motivation

Home visiting supports a range of positive maternal, infant, and early childhood outcomes for families receiving services, but many eligible families are not recruited or do not participate.

Partners in Progress

  • Brazelton Touchpoints Center
  • Social Grove

Prepared For

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation

What is the focus of this project?

Maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting, an evidence-based service delivery model, can support child and maternal health, child development and school readiness, and family economic self-sufficiency, and help reduce child abuse and neglect. According to the National Home Visiting Research Center, home visiting programs, including those funded through the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) and Tribal MIECHV programs, reached nearly 335,000 families in 2019. Although many families participate in home visiting services, many more could benefit. States, territories, Tribes, and local programs face a variety of challenges in identifying, recruiting, retaining, and engaging families in home visiting.

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Related Staff

Jessica Harding

Jessica Harding

Senior Researcher

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Rebecca Kleinman

Rebecca Kleinman

Researcher

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Jill Spielfogel

Jill Spielfogel

Researcher

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