Finally, MIHOPE and MIHOPE - Strong Start will examine the intersection of impacts and implementation to shed light on a key question: How
do home visiting programs using these evidence - based models achieve their results?
The annual Home Visiting Yearbook asks critical questions, including: Where
do home visiting programs operate?
Not exact matches
In every church, a sustained
program of personal
visiting — especially by laypeople — is an important need of the aged, Clergy, of course, can not be expected to
do all things, Serving communion to the elderly in their
homes once a month is reasonable to expect from a minister: a weekly contact is not.
Two studies that collected data on this aspect of implementation found that one - tenth to one - quarter of families declined invitations to participate in the
home visiting program.14, 15 In another study, 20 percent of families that agreed to participate
did not begin the
program by receiving an initial
visit.11 Second, families may not receive the full number of planned
visits.
Home visiting programs can be an avenue to engage fathers in children's lives early on, but
doing so requires both changes in
program culture, as well as great sensitivity to family situations.
Recent research provides strong evidence for inclusion of fathers in
home visiting programs, and many of these
programs do reach out to and engage fathers.
The differences between children who attended Educare and children who
did not attend were larger than differences seen in previous studies of similar
programs, such as Early Head Start or
home visiting programs.
We are asking our schools to
do teacher - based
home visiting programs with parents as a way of establishing a strong relationship between teachers and parents.
The most recent research on the
program showed that, after being
visited frequently by a nurse during their child's first two years of life, the mothers were less likely to abuse or neglect their children, have another child, and abuse drugs or alcohol than mothers who
did not receive
home visits.
All teachers at Magnolia Public Schools (MPS) go the extra mile for their students; even
visiting the
homes of our students through our
Home Visit Program to
do whatever is possible to ensure our students perform at their best.
Policies: This
program has written policies This
program works with purebred goldens This
program requires an application fee They adopt out of the service territory if another reputable organization
does a
home evaluation and approves Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
Policies: This
program has written policies This
program works with purebred goldens This
program requires an application fee of $ 10 They
do not adopt out of the service territory Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep it Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
Policies: This
program has written policies This
program works with purebred goldens This
program does not require an application fee They adopt out of the service territory under special circumstances only: only special needs goldens are considered for out of area adoption Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
Policies: This
program does not have written policies This
program works with purebred goldens They adopt out of the service territory Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
Policy information: This
program has written policies This
program rescues purebred goldens and golden mixes This
program requires no application fee They
do not adopt out of the service territory Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep it Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs are altered before adoption unless medically unsafe.
Policies: This
program has written policies This
program works with purebred Goldens and Golden mixes This
program does not require an application fee They
does adopt out of the service territory Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval unless confirmed by relative or friend.
Policies: This
program has written policies This
program works with purebred Goldens, as well as selected Golden mixes Our
program does NOT require an application fee, but it DOES require an adoption fee They adopt out of the service territory if home visit conditions can be
does NOT require an application fee, but it
DOES require an adoption fee They adopt out of the service territory if home visit conditions can be
DOES require an adoption fee They adopt out of the service territory if
home visit conditions can be met.
This
program requires an application fee of $ 10 They generally
do not adopt out of the service territory Requires a dog be returned if the adopter can not keep it Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit: Preferrably, yes Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs up to date on veterinary recommended care, including regionally appropriate vaccines, before adoption.
Policies: This
program does not have written policies This
program works with purebred goldens This
program does not require an application fee They adopt out of the service territory Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption Not all dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
Policies: This
program has written policies This
program works with goldens and golden mixes This
program does not require an application fee They adopt out of the service territory under special circumstances only Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
Policies: This
program has written policies This
program works with purebred goldens This
program does not require an application fee They
DO NOT adopt out of the service area Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
The time you spend
doing landlord checks and
home -
visits would be much better performing adoptions and taking animals into your
program.
Policies: This
program has written policies This
program works with Goldens and Golden mixes This
program does not require an application fee They
do not adopt out of the service territory except rare occasions if no other rescue can help Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep it Takes ownership of a dog upon intake
Home visit based on need Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
This
program does not require an application fee They adopt out of the service territory Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
Policies: This
program has written policies This
program works with purebred goldens This
program does not require an application fee They adopt out of the service territory if applicant approved by other rescue and we have a dog compatible for them Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
Program requires Application Fee ($ 20) Program does adopt out area but only to the surrounding states FL, GA, MS, TN, LA Program requires the return of the dog to the program if the adopter can not keep Program takes ownership of the dog upon Intake Program requires Home Visit before adoption approval Program follows up with adopter after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs are spayed / neutered before placement (unless medically contraindicated) Dogs receive all regionally - appropriate vaccines and tests before a
Program requires Application Fee ($ 20)
Program does adopt out area but only to the surrounding states FL, GA, MS, TN, LA Program requires the return of the dog to the program if the adopter can not keep Program takes ownership of the dog upon Intake Program requires Home Visit before adoption approval Program follows up with adopter after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs are spayed / neutered before placement (unless medically contraindicated) Dogs receive all regionally - appropriate vaccines and tests before a
Program does adopt out area but only to the surrounding states FL, GA, MS, TN, LA
Program requires the return of the dog to the program if the adopter can not keep Program takes ownership of the dog upon Intake Program requires Home Visit before adoption approval Program follows up with adopter after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs are spayed / neutered before placement (unless medically contraindicated) Dogs receive all regionally - appropriate vaccines and tests before a
Program requires the return of the dog to the
program if the adopter can not keep Program takes ownership of the dog upon Intake Program requires Home Visit before adoption approval Program follows up with adopter after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs are spayed / neutered before placement (unless medically contraindicated) Dogs receive all regionally - appropriate vaccines and tests before a
program if the adopter can not keep
Program takes ownership of the dog upon Intake Program requires Home Visit before adoption approval Program follows up with adopter after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs are spayed / neutered before placement (unless medically contraindicated) Dogs receive all regionally - appropriate vaccines and tests before a
Program takes ownership of the dog upon Intake
Program requires Home Visit before adoption approval Program follows up with adopter after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs are spayed / neutered before placement (unless medically contraindicated) Dogs receive all regionally - appropriate vaccines and tests before a
Program requires
Home Visit before adoption approval
Program follows up with adopter after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs are spayed / neutered before placement (unless medically contraindicated) Dogs receive all regionally - appropriate vaccines and tests before a
Program follows up with adopter after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs are spayed / neutered before placement (unless medically contraindicated) Dogs receive all regionally - appropriate vaccines and tests before adoption
Policy information: This
program has written policies This
program rescues Goldens and Golden mixes This
program requires an application fee of $ 20 for
home checks They
do not adopt out of the service territory Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep it Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have regionally appropriate tests before adoption.
Policy information: This
program has written policies This
program rescues purebred goldens This
program does not require an application fee They
do not adopt out of the service territory (northern California only) Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep it Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
This
program does not require an application fee They adopt out of the service territory Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep it Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a
home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.
In
doing so, it allocated $ 1.5 billion from fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2014 to states, territories, and tribes to fund
home visiting programs.
Here is what
home visiting programs in Illinois need to
do:
Unlike the other two, the
home visiting program did not receive any stopgap funding the past four months.
Given the high level of federal and state investment in evidence - based
home visiting programs, identifying the extent to which
home visiting programs provide value for families and children, even if the families
do not complete the
program, is important for demonstrating
home visiting as a sound investment.
[1] Schmit, S., Schott, L., Pavetti, L., and Matthews, H. (2015) Effective, Evidence - Based
Home Visiting Programs in Every State at Risk if Congress
Does Not Extend Funding.
Unlike the proposed House reauthorization bill — Increasing Opportunity through Evidence - Based
Home Visiting Act (H.R. 2824)-- the Senate version
does not include a state match requirement — viewed as harmful to the
program by most advocacy groups.
However, existing federal and state performance measures
do not measure all of the ways participation in
home visiting programs is related to positive outcomes for children and families.
Although paraprofessionals can have a range of formal preparation for their roles, we chose to examine paraprofessional visitors who share many of the social characteristics of the families they serve, as many believe that shared social characteristics increase visitors» ability to empathize with their clients who, in turn, are more likely to trust those who are similar to them.20, 21 This segment of the paraprofessional population is important to test as the use of community health workers with limited educational backgrounds is a common service delivery strategy in many
home visiting programs, 22,23 and it is estimated that 60 % of
home visiting programs for children
do not require visitors to have bachelors» degrees.24
Most notably,
home -
visited families participating in Early Head Start reported experiencing significantly less stress in their parenting roles than
did control families.95 The same pattern occurred in Queensland: mothers who received
home -
visiting services reported less stress in the parenting role than
did mothers in the control group.96 Healthy Families
programs in Alaska, San Diego, and Hawaii also examined parenting stress in their evaluations.
In part, these results are likely to reflect the fact that Early Start, as well as other
home -
visiting programs with similar features, provide advice and mentorship but
do not provide direct therapeutic support.
Although a causative link has not been demonstrated conclusively, countries with extensive
home -
visiting programs generally have lower infant mortality rates than
does the United States, despite per capita health spending in the United States that far exceeds expenditures in other industrialized countries.1
Although our review is not meant to be exhaustive, it
does represent the wide variation in types of
home -
visiting programs.
However, for both child abuse and parent stress, the average effect sizes were not different from zero, suggesting a lack of evidence for effects in these areas.108 Earlier meta - analytic reviews have also noted the lack of sizable effects in preventing child maltreatment — again citing the different intensity of surveillance of families in the treatment versus control groups as an explanation (though the authors
did report that
home visiting was associated with an approximately 25 percent reduction in the rate of childhood injuries).109 Another review focusing on the quality of the
home environment also found evidence for a significant overall effect of
home -
visiting programs.110 More recently, Harriet MacMillan and colleagues published a review of interventions to prevent child maltreatment, and identified the Nurse - Family Partnership and Early Start
programs as the most effective with regard to preventing maltreatment and childhood injuries.
Additionally, the context in which
home visiting services are provided can (and
does) impact the outcomes achieved by the
programs.
This boom has recently been followed by a crash in the oil market, which has created issues related to retention in the
home visiting programs — some families have moved outside of the community, and some
programs report that moms are returning to work and
do not have time for
home visiting programs.
In all our work, however, we keep focus on the larger questions our partners are trying to answer, like — How
do you bring evidence - based
home visiting programs to scale?
However, existing performance measures
do not measure all of the ways participation in
home visiting programs is related to positive outcomes for children and families.Given the high level of investment at the federal and state level into evidence - based
home visiting programs, identifying the extent to which
home visiting programs provide value for families and children even if they
do not complete the
program is important for demonstrating
home visiting as a sound investment.
Within
programs there is evidence that those at higher risk make greater gains with
home visiting than
do those with less risk.
Some
programs that have
done evaluations of their effectiveness have found that the more often
home visits occur, the more successful the
program (Light, 1996; Summerhaze, 1996).
While Rosa
did not talk specifically in the Save the Children video about postpartum depression, research shows that stressful life events, including premature birth, are risk factors for maternal depression.24 Evaluation studies confirm that women who participated in
home visiting programs were less likely to demonstrate symptoms of depression and reported improved mental outlook when compared with control groups of women who did not participate in home visiting.25 For example, parents participating in the Child First model — one of the 20 evidence - based models eligible to receive funds from the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program — experienced lower levels of stress and depression at the end of the program compared with parents who did not participat
home visiting programs were less likely to demonstrate symptoms of depression and reported improved mental outlook when compared with control groups of women who did not participate in home visiting.25 For example, parents participating in the Child First model — one of the 20 evidence - based models eligible to receive funds from the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program — experienced lower levels of stress and depression at the end of the program compared with parents who did not partic
visiting programs were less likely to demonstrate symptoms of depression and reported improved mental outlook when compared with control groups of women who
did not participate in
home visiting.25 For example, parents participating in the Child First model — one of the 20 evidence - based models eligible to receive funds from the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program — experienced lower levels of stress and depression at the end of the program compared with parents who did not participat
home visiting.25 For example, parents participating in the Child First model — one of the 20 evidence - based models eligible to receive funds from the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program — experienced lower levels of stress and depression at the end of the program compared with parents who did not partic
visiting.25 For example, parents participating in the Child First model — one of the 20 evidence - based models eligible to receive funds from the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood
Home Visiting program — experienced lower levels of stress and depression at the end of the program compared with parents who did not participat
Home Visiting program — experienced lower levels of stress and depression at the end of the program compared with parents who did not partic
Visiting program — experienced lower levels of stress and depression at the end of the
program compared with parents who
did not participate.26
We recognize however that some low income women don't see an obstetrician during pregnancy or the postpartum and we must catch them in other ways, like
home visiting (which they may not enroll in), or through WIC's nutritional
programs, or community centers for example.