The 2024 National Home Visiting Summit brought together over 1,300 systems leaders, researchers, practitioners, policy advocates, key partners and decision makers in a collaborative pursuit to advance the home visiting field and systems of care to increase service quality and improve child and family outcomes. Attendees joined in-person in Washington, D.C. and virtually from across the globe participated in workshops, communities of practice and plenary sessions that discussed issues facing the home visiting field today.
Plenary Sessions from the 2024 National Home Visiting Summit
Watch the recorded plenary sessions from the 2024 National Home Visiting Summit held in Washington, D.C.
Intersectional Professionals: Integrating Lived Experience in the Workplace
This plenary explores the practicalities and promise of bringing lived experience into human services work. Participants are introduced to the Center for Behavioral Design & Social Justice; explore the concept of Intersectional Professionals (people with lived experience of the work they do); get an overview of research evidence examining the effects of lived experience on policy and program design; and learn a set of evidence-informed best practices for leveraging lived expertise in the workplace.
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Parent-focused, Culturally Responsive Programming for Refugee and Displaced Populations
This plenary session focuses on international research conducted by Dr. Hirokazu Yoshikawa within the Middle East, Bangladesh, and Latin America and will outline learnings from developing, implementing, evaluating, and scaling culturally responsive early childhood programs with refugee, displaced and host community families. Each research project partnered with NGOs based in these regions, aimed to center the voices of the community, and created connections between families, community members, and early childhood professionals. Attendees will leave with information applicable to early childhood systems in the United States, including improved outcomes in program retention, father involvement, child social-emotional development and learning, parental mental health and well-being, and parenting/co-parenting skills.
Advancing Maternal Health Equity in the Era of Climate Change
Join Dr. Tyra Gross (PhD, MPH), Associate Professor of Public Health at Xavier University of Louisiana, for an exploration of the physical health, mental health, and cultural shifts that pregnant people will increasingly experience in years ahead as climate change progresses. Participants will be invited to envision their role – as home visitors and systems builders – in ensuring that home visiting services and systems reflect the lived experiences of those directly experiencing climate change as well as the latest research about its effects. Learn how home visitors and other birthworkers are already innovating and working to support clients and communities in building climate resiliency. Leveraging her experiences as a maternal and child health equity researcher, a partner to maternal health providers and advocates, and a mom, Dr. Gross urges the home visiting field to “answer the call” to climate action and adaptation. Dr. Gross will be joined in her presentation by RH Impact Senior Program Associate Zainab Jah.
