
Over the last decade, several organizational efforts and networks were formed to support the growing home visiting field. The National Home Visiting Network is a CONNECTOR and catalyst for collaboration among these efforts.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
The National Home Visiting Network is led by an Advisory Committee with representatives from research, policy, and practice, and includes home visiting consumers. Each member brings additional connections and partnerships.
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Representatives of National Networks
Mimi Aledo-Sandoval, Alliance for Early Success
Jeanna Capito, National Alliance of Home Visiting Models
Diana Careaga, First 5 LA
Jamie Colvard, Zero to Three
Jill Filene, National Home Visiting Resource Center
Kimberly Friedman, National Alliance of Home Visiting Models and Family Connects
Jaclyn Gray, Riverside San Bernardino County Indian Health
Janet Nickell Horras, Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals
Catriona Macdonald, Association for State & Tribal Home Visiting Initiatives
and the National Home Visiting Coalition
Allison Meisch, National Home Visiting Resource Center
Allison Parish, Education Development Center
Meghan Schmelzer, Zero to Three
Christine Silva, Massachusetts Home Visiting Initiative
and Association for State & Tribal Home Visiting Initiatives
Kathleen Strader, National Alliance of Home Visiting Models and Healthy Families America
Allison West, Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative
David Willis, Nurture Connection/Early Relational Health/Georgetown University
Kelly Woodlock, Start Early/National Home Visiting Summit
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Parent Leaders
COHORT 1
Regine Cherry, Michigan
Nicole Loveless, New Mexico
Jennifer Vincent, Massachusetts
COHORT 2
Cullbi Orock, Maryland
Melina Hernandez, California
COHORT 3
Annette Castro, California
Natasha Snider, Arkansas
Kinea Wright, Michigan
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Federal Advisors
The National Home Visiting Network communicates and collaborates
with those working on home visiting initiatives at the Health Resources &
Services Administation and with the Administration for Children & Families.
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Independent Thought Partners
Bryn Fortune
Karen Howard
Deb Daro (Emeritus)
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Network Facilitators
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Network Founder
Miriam Westheimer
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OTHER HOME VISITING RESOURCES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL:
Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE)
National Conference of State Legislatures (home visiting state policy database)
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​The National Home Visiting Network is 100% supported by philanthropic funding.

The center of this image reflects the connections between the networks represented on the Advisory Committee. The outer nodes reflect the additional partners and organizations that are connected through various members of the Advisory Committee.
(Network Mapping, 2019)