Stakeholder-Driven Research to
Strengthen Coordination as a
Core Element of Home Visiting to
Improve Family Functioning and Health
Scope
• Goal - advance EC systems of care by strengthening HV's role
coordinating health and human services
• Objectives - establish framework and measures; assess
state and local coordination; promote use of products
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Duration - 18 months
Funder - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Partners - National Advisory Committee, Delphi Panel
Products - Toolkit and assessments of status quo
Funder- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Fit Within Portfolio
• Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center
– Focus on early childhood systems of care
– Engage stakeholders to develop framework
– Build on coordination as applied to children with special health
care needs
– Inform policy and practice at state and national levels
• Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative
– Referral and coordination as 1 of 6 benchmark areas of Federal
HV program
– Coordination as key element of HV and 1 of 10 research
priorities
– Current levels of coordination fall short (HARC Survey, AAP
Periodic Survey)
How Now?
• The funding dance
– Ongoing conversations with funder and their
grantees/partners (other national meetings, in person visit,
train rides home)
– Inclusion of funder at national research meeting
sponsored by HARC
• Take stock of funder investments
– Scan landscape of current initiatives
– Align with ongoing investments
The Happiness Factor
• Fit within broader scope of activities
• Link to other initiatives of funder–learn
and broaden horizons
• Adapt and apply new research method
• Work with colleagues across sectors
• Create opportunities for students