What We Do
Our Network Helps Families Thrive. We Make Sure of That.
We help those who help families. For years, we’ve been providing the tools and training to partner organizations and hospitals so they can help pregnant people and families grow healthy and strong. Our proudest achievement: building and running what is now the largest home visiting system in the nation. And we keep striving to make it bigger and better every day.
How exactly do we do it? We provide the oversight and coordination, training and technical support, and the data and communications infrastructure to home visiting teams so they can focus on maximizing their impact and serving the community.
How we help
Our Services
Here’s how we’re helping the largest home visiting network in the country deliver high-quality services.
Network Oversight and Support
We keep our network on track, conducting audits and providing technical assistance to ensure the teams meet the requirements of funders and national program models. We also produce and maintain protocols and host regular meetings for each role, so duties and expectations are clear to all.
The oversight support we provide includes:
- Regular peer meetings to support inter-agency collaboration
- Protocols for all roles at home visiting organizations
- Partnering with home visiting funders and organizations to move home visiting forward
- Presentations of current data on the home visiting field to address challenges and highlight successes of the system
Training and Technical Assistance
Supporting parents and families starts with a well-trained workforce. Before home visitors see families, we make sure they have in-depth training on a wide range of topics. We coordinate and facilitate this training throughout the year – and then follow up by offering continuing education, peer-to-peer learning, and collaboration.
The training and technical assistance support we provide includes:
- Planning, coordinating, and facilitating trainings on 100+ topics for over 700+ network staff
- Surveys to assess programmatic and technical assistance needs
- Program audits, case consultations, and reports
- Access to a vast network of experts who provide trainings on best practices and trends in the field, and topics relevant to maternal and child health
- On-demand, half-day, and full-day trainings
- Regular peer-to-peer learning and collaboration
- Periodic assessment and evaluation of staff training needs to ensure relevant trainings are provided in a timely manner
- Reporting to funders on staff’s completion of training
Data and Evaluation
We provide the infrastructure to fulfill requirements for data collection and confidentiality. With rigorous analysis and reporting, we also bring data to life so it can guide our relentless pursuit of continuous quality improvement.
The data management support we provide includes:
- Countywide database operations (development, training, and technical support)
- Standardization of data collection and reporting across the home visiting network
- Trainings and consultations on the use, monitoring, and interpretation of data
- Data analysis and sharing to promote continuous quality improvement
- Data visualization reports for multiple stakeholders (home visiting models, funders, and agencies)
Communications and Outreach
We guide and support outreach teams, helping them raise awareness about their programs and recruit clients. From custom marketing materials to blogs, social media, and tools for online referrals, we provide organizations what they need to enroll families. We also share the latest information and relevant resources.
The communications and outreach support we provide includes:
- Custom outreach materials (flyers, brochures, posters, postcards, PowerPoints)
- Development of online recruitment tools, along with blogs and social media posts
- Facilitation of meetings on recruitment strategies
- Distribution of resources and relevant online training and events
- Collaboration with county partners to promote countywide outreach efforts and referrals for home visiting programs
Policy and Advocacy
Our advocacy efforts shine a light on how home visiting investments pay off for families and communities. We also keep our network apprised of local, state, and federal policy changes and how they may affect their work. By overseeing the Los Angeles County Perinatal and Early Childhood Home Visitation Consortium, an alliance of 60+ members who promote and improve home visiting programs, we’re uniquely positioned to lead and partner with home visiting programs in L.A. County.
The policy and advocacy work we do includes:
- The management of the L.A. County Perinatal and Early Childhood Home Visitation Consortium (HomeVisitingLA.org), an alliance of 60+ members who promote and improve home visiting programs by: sharing training and educational resources, researching best practices, supporting enhanced referral systems between programs, collecting data on home visiting outcomes, and advocating for systems and policies that recognize the value of home visiting
- Presentations that illustrate the value of home visiting and advocate for systems, policies, and funding that promote the expansion of it
- Updates on policy changes related to home visiting
- Management of the online Home Visiting eDirectory, which includes all programs in L.A. County
