Home Visiting Research

Evidence shows that when families volunteer to receive home-based support in partnership with trained professionals, their children are born healthier and are less likely to suffer from abuse or neglect.

Public investment in quality programs not only fosters stronger families, it yields fiscal returns for states of up to $5.70 per dollar.

Thanks to generous support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County, Pew is managing a comprehensive, policy-relevant research agenda, including a 50-state report of home visiting policies, programs and funding.

Reports

The Case for Home Visiting: Strong Families Start With a Solid Foundation
May 2010 - Voluntary home visiting programs match parents with trained professionals to provide information and assistance during pregnancy and throughout their child's first three years. This support not only helps families thrive, but saves states money on costly social problems. Full Brief. (Adobe PDF)

Research Symposium: Measuring Home Visiting Performance

On Thursday, January 7, the Pew Home Visiting Campaign hosted a symposium featuring several early childhood research experts who explored the future generation of home visiting evaluation.  More than 120 people attended the symposium, which highlighted the critical role of performance monitoring in assuring these programs deliver high-quality services that result in meaningful outcomes for children and families.

View video highlights of the symposium below:

Pew Center on the States project director John Schlitt provides an overview of the Pew Home Visiting Campaign, including its policy efforts on the state and federal level and corresponding research agenda. Watch the video. (WMV, 25 MB)

Pew Home Visiting Campaign symposium guest speaker David Rubin of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, stresses the importance of state infrastructure for supporting implementation and quality assurance–and the challenge of measuring effects when taking model programs to scale. Watch the video. (WMV, 37 MB)

 

Via webinar, Pew Home Visiting Campaign symposium guest speakers Frank W. Putnam, M.D., and Robert T. Ammerman, Ph.D., share highlights of their state-of-the-art quality improvement efforts for Every Child Succeeds, a regional home visiting program in Ohio and Kentucky. Watch the video. (WMV, 15 MB)