ERIC Number: ED660052
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 28
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Community-Based Home Visiting: Fidelity to Families, Commitment to Outcomes
Averi Pakulis; Nadia Gronkowski
First Focus on Children
Home visiting connects expectant parents, new caregivers, and their young children with a support person, called a home visitor. The home visitor meets regularly with the family, develops a relationship with them, and supports them to achieve their goals and meet their needs. To reach the thousands of additional families who could benefit from home visiting, we must increase support for culturally relevant and family-centered models. A new report -- "Community-Based Home Visiting: Fidelity to Families, Commitment to Outcomes" -- delves into the unique strengths and challenges of community-based home visiting models, whose design and measures of success intentionally center the perspectives of the families and communities they serve. These models are often developed by those with experience with the unique cultures, strengths, and solutions of he community they live in and aim to serve. This report summarizes themes from listening sessions with 30+ community-based home visiting models from across the country. It offers policy and funding recommendations that would improve support for these models and therefore families' access to home visiting that best meets their goals. [Additional support was provided by the National Home Visiting Coalition Steering Committee.]
Descriptors: Community Programs, Home Programs, Models, Language Usage, Cultural Awareness, Barriers, Financial Support, Sustainability, Family Programs, Program Design, Data Collection, Research, Parents, Caregivers, Young Children
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Bezos Family Foundation
Authoring Institution: First Focus on Children; Start Early
Identifiers - Location: Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Maryland; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Nevada; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee; Washington; West Virginia
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