306: Enhancing Assessments: Getting to Underlying Issues
University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work, Pennsylvania Child Welfare Training Program (2012)
Offers family center directors and their staff an online curriculum to conduct assessments for children and families. This curriculum presents an overview of the screening process and focuses on incorporating screening use into practice through the tools recognized in the Parents As Teachers model and the Pennsylvania Enhancing Assessments Toolkit. The goal of the curriculum is to improve practice quality and timely assessments to help link effective services to individuals and families in need.
Building a System of Support for Evidence-Based Home Visitation Programs in Illinois: Early Findings from the Strong Foundations Evaluation (PDF - 2,188 KB)
Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago (2011)
Offers some preliminary findings and recommendations on aspects of State-level structures and supports for evidence-based home visitation services, as well as program implementation and quality.
Implementing Best Start LA: Continued Commitment in the Midst of Persistent Challenges (PDF - 946 KB)
Benatar, Hill, & Adams (2012)
Urban Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, & First 5 LA
Reviews the implementation and outcomes of Best Start LA (BSLA), a multifaceted community investment designed to improve the health, well-being, and development of children, ages 5 and under, while supporting the needs of their parents, and strengthen the capacity of communities and broader systems to support families. This report presents case study findings of an evaluation of the BSLA pilot.
The Importance of Fatherhood in Home Visiting (PDF - 978 KB)
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (2012)
Reviews economic, developmental, social, and other benefits to families when fathers are involved in their children's lives. The issue brief also shares strategies of successful home visiting programs.
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting in New York: Funding Options and Opportunities (PDF - 515 KB)
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (2012)
Explores how New York and other States finance maternal, infant, and early childhood home-visiting programs and infrastructure, the ways funding is combined or used to leverage additional money, and what new State and Federal financing options might emerge. Using this review of home-visiting funding, stakeholders can further explore strategies to coordinate and maximize financial support to improve and expand home-visiting services.
The Nurturing Families Network Policy and Practice Manual (PDF - 985 KB)
State of Connecticut Children's Trust Fund (2013)
Offers a policy and practice manual designed to assist Connecticut Nurturing Families Network family service providers in program implementation by explaining the Nurturing Families Network and offers intensive home-visiting services that focus on four general areas: nurturing parents, healthy families, parent life outcomes, and school readiness.
Policy Brief: Home Visiting in Delaware (PDF - 617 KB)
Gallagher, Sherman, & Woodall (2013)
Discusses the use of home-visiting programs in Delaware to support pregnant women and families with young children. This brief reports the cost effectiveness of home-visiting programs; reviews the history of home-visiting programs in Delaware; the impact of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program; and key goals that Delaware aims to achieve through home-visiting programs.
The Vision for Early Childhood Home Visiting Services in Arizona: A Plan of Action 2010-2015 (PDF - 1,372 KB)
Arizona Early Childhood Home Visiting Task Force (2010)
Provides recommendations and an implementation plan that calls for continued involvement and collaboration among funders and providers of service; methods to assure high-quality, effective home visiting services; and priorities for targeting new funding opportunities.