Home Visiting Services for Refugee, Immigrant, Migrant, and Dual Language Learner Families
Thousands of refugees and asylum seekers* come to the United States each year to escape humanitarian crises in their home countries. Some face hurdles to…
Thousands of refugees and asylum seekers* come to the United States each year to escape humanitarian crises in their home countries. Some face hurdles to…
Pregnant and parenting adolescents* face the dual challenge of raising a child while navigating their own path to adulthood. Many encounter barriers related to childcare,…
Many home visitors adapt their services to reflect caregivers’ and children’s unique circumstances. By recognizing families’ different goals, strengths, needs, challenges, and access to resources,…
Home visiting experienced a significant challenge in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced programs to switch from in-person sessions to virtual visits with little notice.…
Years before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down many services in 2020, home visiting stakeholders began exploring the use of virtual visits as a safe, accessible…
Clinton Boyd, Jr., Ph.D., is a postdoctoral associate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, where he studies fatherhood. He…
For home visitors, identifying and supporting caregivers who face intimate partner violence (IPV)* is tough under “normal” circumstances. Factor in the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting…
Home visitors are uniquely positioned to identify and support families experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) and to improve IPV outcomes. The recent transition to virtual…
Home visiting has persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many programs turning to virtual meetings and other creative solutions to keep providing services. Challenges to…
Home visitors continue to deliver services to families through virtual visits, even as states consider reopening childcare, schools, and other early care settings. While virtual…