The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program helps pregnant people and parents of young children improve health and well-being for themselves and their families. The Program does this by partnering trained home visitors with families to set and achieve goals.
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HomVEE was launched to conduct a thorough and transparent review of the home visiting research literature and provide information about which early childhood home visiting models are evidence based (as defined by HHS). HomVEE does not make determinations about which models are eligible to be implemented using MIECHV funds.
To be eligible for implementation as an evidence-based model with MIECHV funding, a model must both meet HHS criteria for evidence of effectiveness (as determined by HomVEE) and meet all other statutory requirements for model eligibility (as required by HRSA). Statutory requirements for an evidence-based model to be implemented under MIECHV are that it: “conforms to a clear consistent home visitation model that has been in existence for at least 3 years and is research-based, grounded in relevant empirically-based knowledge, linked to program determined outcomes, associated with a national organization or institution of higher education that has comprehensive home visitation program standards that ensure high quality service delivery and continuous program quality improvement,” among other requirements.
A HomVEE designation as an evidence-based model does not guarantee that a model is eligible to be implemented with MIECHV funding. To be implemented using MIECHV funds, a model must meet statutory requirements for a model (as determined by HRSA), including the HHS criteria for evidence of effectiveness (as determined by HomVEE). The list of MIECHV eligible models is provided in the model search. In addition, MIECHV’s authorizing statute allows awardees to utilize a portion of their MIECHV funding for a model that qualifies as a promising approach. For additional information on the MIECHV Program, see the HRSA website.
The HomVEE model search is a pre-filtered list of MIECHV-eligible models with search features to aid your identification of models of interest. For example, this page allows you to search for models by the ages of the children served, by their intended populations (corresponding to MIECHV-priority populations), and by specific implementation characteristics. In the latter category, for example, you can search by the duration or intensity of home visiting services, by program languages, and by whether models are designed for or have implementation experience in Indigenous populations.
For a more in-depth look at a specific model, select the hyperlinked model name in the search results table. This will bring you to a model profile that provides a model overview, describes intended populations and outcomes, and provides information on what support is available from the developer to implement the model.
The HomVEE “list” refers to models HomVEE has reviewed and found to meet the HHS criteria for evidence-based models. A HomVEE designation as an evidence-based model does not guarantee that a model is eligible to be implemented with MIECHV funding. To be implemented using MIECHV funds, a model must meet statutory requirements for a model (as determined by HRSA), including the HHS criteria for evidence of effectiveness (as determined by HomVEE). For additional information on the MIECHV Program, see the HRSA website.
HomVEE uses a systematic process to select models for review. Track 1 models are selected using a prioritization process. HomVEE conducts a thorough literature review and scores models based on a combination of manuscript and model characteristics. Models are ranked by points and the highest-ranking models are selected for review as resources allow. (For more information, see response to the frequently asked question How are models prioritized and reviewed by HomVEE? )