About the Institute

The Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals ("The Institute) offers family support professionals the opportunity to learn new skills and grow their careers. Through engaging, online modules and a personalized Career Compass, professionals take charge of their growth and advancement.

The Institute is being developed through a Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Innovation Award by building upon previous work of project partners to enhance professional development across the field.

Iowa Department of Public Health and Virginia Department of Health are co-leads on this 2-year MIECHV Innovation Award.

Early Impact Virginia is supporting the work by providing Virginia’s existing e-learning modules and supporting the software design through their role in alpha and beta testing.

James Madison University’s Health Education Design Group is designing learning modules that adhere to best practices in adult learning and include interactive elements such as games and 360-degree video.

The University of Kansas’s Center for Public Partnerships & Research is designing software that allows professionals to identify pathways to achieve desired skills or competencies.

p>The ASTHVI Expert Panel was created through funding from the Heising Simons Foundation with the goal of acting as steering committee of subject-matter experts in the field of home visiting and family support for the Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals. The Expert Panel provides recommendations and guidance for the development team for the Institute.

The Expert Panel consists of the following members:

• Laurel Aparicio - Early Impact Virginia
• Carol Brady - Florida MIECHV and the Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions, Inc.
• Dr. Mary Beth Bruder - University of Connecticut A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service
• Kristine Campagna - Family Home Visiting Rhode Island Department of Health
• Kerry Caverly - Parents As Teachers
• Benjamin Hazelton - Oregon Health Authority
• Katie Hess - United Indians of All Tribes Foundation
• Roddey Jones - National SafeCare Training and Research Center Georgia State University
• Molly O'Fallon - Nurse-Family Partnership
• Kathy Pillow-Price - Arkansas Home Visiting Network and Arkansas Children's Hospital
• Dr. Josh Sparrow - Brazelton Touchpoints Center Boston Children's Hospital
• Kate Whitaker - Healthy Families America
• Donna Wood - Unaffiliated

• ACCORD Corporation - New York
• Ambrosia Food For Thought - Virginia
• Anchor to Serenity - Texas
• Arc of Central Alabama HOPE - Alabama
• Aspire Developmental Services - Massachusetts
• Association of State and Tribal Home Visiting Initiatives (ASTHVI)
• AVANCE Houston - Texas
• Bell County Health Department - Kentucky
• Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society - Alberta, Canada
• BRIDGES of Palm Beach County - Florida
• Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network - New York
• CAPS Elkhart - Indiana
• Carson Valley Children's Aid - Pennsylvania
• Catholic Charities of Chicago - IL
• Catholic Charities of Rochester - New York
• Center for Community & Family Development - Eastern Shore Virginia
• Central Jersey Family Health Consortium - New Jersey
• Central Unified School District - California
• Chicago Commons - Illinois
• Chicanos Por La Causa - Arizona
• Child Abuse Prevention Services - Iowa
• Child & Parent Services (CAPS) Elkhart - Indiana
• Child Care Action Council - Washington
• Child Care Resources - California
• Child Development Watch - Delaware
• Children's Bureau - California
• Children's Home and Aid - Illinois
• Children's Trust of SC (SC Home Visiting Consortium)
• Circle of Care - Alabama
• Clayton County Health District - Georgia
• Community Action Resource & Development - Oklahoma
• Community of Hope - District of Columbia
• Community Services for Children - Pennsylvania
• Community Teamwork - Massachusetts
• Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center - Illinois
• Cornerstone Family Interventions - West Virginia
• Cowlitz Indian Tribe Child Care and Development Program - Washington
• Crittenton Center - Iowa
• Early Impact Virginia
• Early Steps - Florida
• East Toledo Family Center - Ohio
• Easterseals Midwest - Missouri
• The Education Institute for Early Intervention - Pennsylvania
• El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center - California
• Endless Opportunities - North Carolina
• Enterprising Latinas, Inc. - Florida
• Erie Family Center - Pennsylvania
• Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center (EMBARC) - Iowa
• EveryStep Care & Support Services - Iowa
• Exchange Club CAP Center - Alabama
• Families as Allies - Hawaii
• Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Henrico County Public Schools - Virginia
• Family and Intercultural Resource Center - Colorado
• Family Connection - South Carolina
• Family Cornerstones - Tennessee
• Family First - Minnesota
• Family Focus - Illinois
• FAMILY Inc. - Iowa
• Family Resource Center of Northeast Georgia
• Family Services of Northeastern Wisconsin - Wisconsin
• Family SkillBuilders - Wisconsin
• First Step Family Support Center - Washington
• First Steps - South Carolina
• First Steps of Laurens County – South Carolina
• Florence 1 School District - South Carolina
• Florida Department of Health - Florida
• Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa - Minnesota
• Franklin County Children’s Task Force - Maine
• Franklin County Home Health Agency - Vermont
• Friends of Children of Mississippi, Inc. - Mississippi
• Fulton County Family Partnership - Pennsylvania
• Gateway District Health Department - Kentucky
• Good Samaritan Community Services - Texas
• Great Circle Behavioral Health Services - Missouri
• Great Lakes Bay Health Centers - Michigan
• Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board - South Dakota
• Great Start MIHP - Michigan
• Guthrie County Health Services - Iowa
• Hands of Mercy Everywhere - Florida
• Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) - Kentucky
• Helping Hands Therapy Services - Virginia
• Henry County Health Department - Ohio
• Heritage Southwest Intermediate School District - Michigan
• Holcomb USD 363 - Kansas
• Hope For All Community Services - Maine
• Horizon Behavioral Health - Virginia
• Iowa Department of Public Health
• Iraqi Community Center of Washington - Washington
• James Madison University - Virginia
• Jefferson County Educational Service Center - Ohio
• Judy Center Early Learning Hubs - Maryland
• Just 4 Them - Ohio
• Kalamazoo RESA (Regional Educational Service Agency) - Michigan
• Kansas Parents as Teachers Association (KPATA) - Kansas
• Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) - Kansas
• KDHE - Bureau of Family Health - Kansas
• Keiki O Ka 'Aina - Hawaii
• Kenaitze Early Childhood Center, Early Head Start - Alaska
• Kenaitze Indian Tribe - Alaska
• Keystone Learning Services - Kansas
• Kids Above All - Illinois
• Kids On The Move - Utah
• Kings County Department of Public Health - California
• La Alianza Hispana - Massachusetts
• Lancaster County First Steps – South Carolina
• Latched Support - Texas
• Latino Community Center - Pennsylvania
• Lifeworks Northwest - Oregon
• Linn County Family Transformation Services - Iowa
• LMAS District Health Department - Michigan
• Loup Basin Public Health Department
• Loving Steps Foundation - Virginia
• Lower Hudson Valley Perinatal Network - New York
• Lutheran Services Iowa
• Magic Mile Rehab P.A. - Florida
• Maternal Infant Services Network - New York
• Maternity Care Coalition - Pennsylvania
• MET, Inc. - Texas
• Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc.
• Mid-Main Community Health Centre - British Columbia, Canada
• Mid-Michigan Community Action - Michigan
• Modoc County Health Services - California
• Monroe County HOPES Program - Iowa
• National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement
• National Centers for Learning Excellence
• National Head Start Association - Puerto Rico
• Newberry Family Literacy Program - South Carolina
• Newport News Family Support Partnerships - Virginia
• New Hope Services, Inc - Indiana
• New Madrid County Family Resource Center - Missouri
• Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services – Ohio
• Nurse Family Partnership - Salt Lake County
• Nurse Family Partnership - Western Tidewater
• The Nurturing Families Network - Connecticut
• Ohana Services, Inc. - Virginia
• Ohio Department of Health
• Oklahoma City Public Schools - Oklahoma
• Onslow County Partnership for Children - North Carolina
• Operation Threshold - Iowa
• Options for Learning - California
• Outreach-Center for Community Resources - Pennsylvania
• Parenting Network, Inc. - California
• Parents as Teachers
• ParentSMART - South Carolina
• Partnership for Children of Wayne County - North Carolina
• Pasco County Schools - Florida
• Porter-Leath - Tennessee
• Pride in Parenting - Virginia
• Prince George’s Child Resource Center - Maryland
• The Priority Center - California
• Pueblo of San Felipe Home Visiting - San Felipe Pueblo
• Rahway Family Success Center – New Jersey
• Republic County Health Department - Kansas
• Resource Mothers Program - Richmond City Health District - Virginia
• Respite Care of San Antonio - Texas
• Restore Therapeutic Foster Care - Virginia
• Root For Kids – Arizona
• SafeCare
• Saginaw Valley State University - Michigan
• St. James Health and Wellness - South Carolina
• St. Xavier Birth-3 Program - Illinois
• Sieda Community Action - Iowa
• Siouxland District Health Department - Iowa
• South Coast Families First - Oregon
• South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency
• Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative - New Jersey
• Southwest Health & Human Services - Minnesota
• Southwest Pueblo Consultants & Counseling Services - New Mexico
• Stanislaus County Office of Education
• Step Up Suncoast - Florida
• Sunbeam Family Services - Oklahoma
• Three Rivers District Health Dpeartment - Kentucky
• Tillamook Childcare Center - Oregon
• Tri-County Community Action - Virginia
• Tri-County Early Intervention - Alabama
• Tuesday’s Child - Illinois
• University of Kansas
• Upper Des Moines Opportunity - Iowa
• Urban Baby Beginnings - Virginia
• The Villages - Indiana
• Virginia Department of Health
• Visiting Nurse Association - Nebraska
• Wabasha County Public Health - Minnesota
• Waypoint - New Hampshire
• Webster County Health Department - Iowa
• Welcome Baby - Utah
• Whole Kids Outreach - Missouri
• Wright County Public Health - Iowa
• Young Parents Network (YPN) - Iowa
• Youth in Need - Missouri

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