Home Visiting Assessments of Implementation Quality
Home visiting programs share a common goal of supporting families with young children. However, little is known about what high-quality home visiting looks like and what aspects of implementation quality correlate with stronger family outcomes.
Drivers of quality may also vary across levels of the home visiting system—for example, families, home visitors, communities—and across home visiting models.
This project builds on our earlier work with Child Trends developing a conceptual model of potential “implementation quality threads.” We are designing and leading a study that tests components of the model to assess relationships between implementation quality, service delivery, and child and family outcomes. We will disseminate actionable findings to the home visiting field.
Through engagement with home visiting participants and underrepresented communities, unique perspectives will help inform which threads to test, support responsiveness to family needs, and enhance the study’s quality and rigor.
Staff
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Mariel Sparr, Ph.D., M.A.
Director
Mariel Sparr has more than 15 years of experience in applied research and evaluation in the areas of implementation quality, early childhood education...
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Tonya Bibbs, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Tonya Bibbs has more than 20 years of experience in applied social science research, program evaluation, and research design. She brings to JBA skills in ...
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Patrice Cachat, M.S.W.
Research Associate
Patrice Cachat has nearly 20 years of experience in child and family services with extensive knowledge in child welfare and protection and child and adolescent...
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Alexandra Joraanstad, M.S.
Senior Research Associate
Alexandra Joraanstad has more than 10 years of experience conducting social science research and evaluation. Her work has primarily focused on home...
- Katie Sacca Brennan, M.P.H. Research Associate
- Kerry Ryan, M.A. Senior Research Associate
Partner
Child Trends