About the Institute
What is the Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals (Institute)?
The Institute offers Family Support Professionals everywhere the opportunity to learn new skills and grow their careers. Through engaging, online modules and a personalized learning map feature, 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.
Who are the partners in the Institute?
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.
What is My Career Compass?
The dynamic learning map, My Career Compass, guides users through e-learning modules to develop the highest level of proficiency in topics like Early Childhood Development, Mental Health, and Cultural Competency. Project partners are building the Career Compass by mapping domains and competencies aggregated from all 50 states.
Today’s digital landscape offers the potential to radically change the way home visitors engage with families, access resources in the community, and ultimately develop into highly-qualified professionals. The Institute’s dynamic learning map offers educational opportunities in the digital sphere that provide an overall roadmap of competencies leading to quality service delivery, and illuminates career pathways for home visitors.
To learn more about the Career Compass, please watch this video.
What is the ASTHVI Expert Panel?
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
Where can I find a copy of the most recent version of the National Family Support Competency Framework?
You can download a copy of the framework here.
Which organizations have supported the National Family Support Competency Framework?
The National Family Support Competency Framework has been supported by the following local, state, tribal, or national organizations:
- ACCORD Corporation - New York
- Ambrosia Food For Thought - Virginia
- Anchor to Serenity - Texas
- Aspire Developmental Services - Massachusetts
- Association of State and Tribal Home Visiting Initiatives (ASTHVI)
- AVANCE Houston - Texas
- Bell County Health Department - Kentucky
- BRIDGES of Palm Beach County - Florida
- Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network - New York
- 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
- Child Abuse Prevention Services - Iowa
- Child Care Action Council - Washington
- Child Care Resources - 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
- Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center - Illinois
- Cornerstone Family Interventions - West Virginia
- Cowlitz Indian Tribe Child Care and Development Program - Washington
- Early Impact Virginia
- Easterseals Midwest - Missouri
- The Education Institute for Early Intervention - Pennsylvania
- El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center - California
- Enterprising Latinas, Inc. - Florida
- Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center (EMBARC) - Iowa
- Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Henrico County Public Schools - Virginia
- Family and Intercultural Resource Center - Colorado
- The Family Connection
- FAMILY Inc. - Iowa
- Family Resource Center of Northeast Georgia
- First Step Family Support Center - Washington
- Florence 1 School District - South Carolina
- Franklin County Children’s Task Force - Maine
- Fulton County Family Partnership - Pennsylvania
- Gateway District Health Department - Kentucky
- Great Circle Behavioral Health Services - Missouri
- Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board - South Dakota
- Great Start MIHP - Michigan
- Guthrie County Health Services - Iowa
- Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) - Kentucky
- Healthy Families - Virginia
- Healthy Families Brevard - Florida
- Heritage Southwest Intermediate School District - Michigan
- 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
- Just 4 Them - Ohio
- Kalamazoo RESA (Regional Educational Service Agency) - Michigan
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Family Health
- Keiki O Ka 'Aina - Hawaii
- Kenaitze Early Childhood Center, Early Head Start - Alaska
- Kenaitze Indian Tribe - Alaska
- Kids Above All - Illinois
- Kings County Department of Public Health - California
- Linn County Family Transformation Services - Iowa
- Loving Steps Foundation - Virginia
- Lutheran Services Iowa
- Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc.
- Mid-Main Community Health Centre - Vancouver, BC
- 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 Madrid County Family Resource Center - Missouri
- Nurse Family Partnership - Salt Lake County
- Nurse Family Partnership - Western Tidewater
- Ohio Department of Health
- Oklahoma City Public Schools - Oklahoma
- Onslow County Partnership for Children - North Carolina
- Operation Threshold - Iowa
- Parents as Teachers
- Porter-Leath - Tennessee
- Pueblo of San Felipe Home Visiting - San Felipe Pueblo
- Resource Mothers Program - Richmond City Health District - Virginia
- Respite Care of San Antonio - Texas
- SafeCare
- 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
- Step Up Suncoast - Florida
- The Priority Center - California
- Tillamook Childcare Center - Oregon
- Virginia Department of Health
- Visiting Nurse Association - Nebraska
- University of Kansas
- Upper Des Moines Opportunity - Iowa
- Urban Baby Beginnings - Virginia
- Wright County Public Health - Iowa
- Young Parents Network (YPN) - Iowa
- Youth in Need - Missouri
How can my organization support the National Family Support Competency Framework?
The National Family Support Competency Framework can be supported by an official representative of your organization by completing our online form.