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

Challenge

The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program has achieved great successes in improving health outcomes and supporting families’ well-being. Yet there is an urgent need to expand, strengthen, and support the MIECHV workforce to meet the increasing and unmet demand for services nationwide.

To respond to this challenge, EDC and our partners co-lead the Institute for Home Visiting Workforce Development (the Institute) and Jackie Walorski Center for Evidence-Based Case Management (the Center). Our partnership is developing systems to improve the quality of MIECHV services, support home visitor professional development and well-being, and reduce costs and disruption related to frequent staff turnover and retraining. A key part of our work is to advance the National Strategy for the Home Visiting Workforce.

Key Activities

The project team is carrying out the following activities:

• Advancing the 15 key actions of the National Strategy for the Home Visiting Workforce, working closely with partners (sign on to join this national movement or read the full National Strategy)
• Analyzing MIECHV workforce trends and advancing knowledge of workforce practices
• Identifying effective strategies to support home visitors and supervisors
• Providing technical assistance to promote programs’ use of these strategies
• Developing a professional development program to meet the varied needs of the home visiting workforce
• Identifying, evaluating, and disseminating best practices and strategies for case management in home visiting

Our Impact

• The Institute will build the capacity of home visiting programs to expand, support, and retain a highly qualified workforce.
• The Center will advance the use of effective strengths-based home visiting case management practices in home visiting.