Supporting and Strengthening the Home Visiting Workforce (SAS-HV)

The purpose of this project is to advance understanding of how to support and strengthen the early childhood home visiting workforce, including programs funded through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) and Tribal MIECHV programs. The project will address this overall purpose through a groundwork phase of developing conceptual models and reviewing current research, measures, and practice in two focus areas: 1) professional well-being and 2) reflective supervision. In the second phase, the project will adapt or develop, and test, a measure of reflective supervision. If elected, the project may evaluate the efficacy of strategies to support and strengthen the home visiting workforce; and/or conduct additional research on related topics.

The project was awarded to James Bell Associates with subcontracts to Johns Hopkins University, MDRC, and University of Colorado Denver.

This project is being led by the Administration for Children and Families in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Point(s) of contact: Shirley Adelstein and Nicole Denmark

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Concept Mapping to Engage Individuals with Lived Experience: An Example from Developing a Measure of Reflective Supervision in Home Visiting

March 27, 2024
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This brief describes the use of concept mapping to engage individuals with lived experience in developing a measure of reflective supervision for the early childhood home visiting context.

Reflective Supervision: A Planning Tool for Home Visiting Supervisors

September 22, 2022
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This brief introduces five categories of key elements associated with reflective supervision. It then presents a tool to help supervisors plan, conduct, and reflect on sessions with a focus on those elements.

Improving Home Visitor Professional Well-Being: A Resource for State and Tribal Home Visiting Programs, Model Representatives, and Local Programs

September 22, 2022
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This brief offers concrete ways for home visiting programs, models, and local agencies to measure and strengthen professional well-being.

Home Visitor Professional Well-Being: What It Is and Why It Matters

July 12, 2022
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This report summarizes what is known about early childhood home visitor professional well-being - including gaps, measures, and strategies - and introduces a conceptual model to guide future work.

Reflective Supervision: What We Know and What We Need to Know to Support and Strengthen the Home Visiting Workforce

July 12, 2022
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This report summarizes what is known about reflective supervision in early childhood home visiting - including gaps, measures, and strategies - and introduces a conceptual model to guide future work.