Call for Research on Home Visiting with Native Communities

Priority Submission Date: November 30, 2026

The Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) review is seeking research about home visiting with Native communities, including American Indian and Alaska Native communities, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander communities, and culturally and historically comparable communities in international settings. Research must be published or made publicly available and meet other eligibility criteria listed in Table 1. HomVEE will review all submissions to determine whether they meet the eligibility criteria.

HomVEE is a federally sponsored project that reviews research on the impacts of early childhood home visiting models that serve families with pregnant women and children from birth to kindergarten entry. HomVEE helps inform policymakers, researchers, and the public by determining whether models meet specific requirements for evidence of effectiveness. HomVEE periodically conducts a dedicated review of research on home visiting with Native communities. We are seeking research that HomVEE has not previously reviewed—both impact research and other types of research.

To be eligible for this call, a study must focus on a sample in which at least 30 percent of the participants identify as Native.

What types of research can I submit?

HomVEE is requesting both impact research and a wider range of research that can deepen understanding of home visiting with Native communities.

CALL A

Impact research

Research HomVEE can review to assess how effective home visiting models are with Native communities.

  • Randomized controlled trials
  • Non-experimental group designs
  • Single-case designs
  • Regression discontinuity designs
Intended for: Research that HomVEE has not previously reviewed and that estimates the impacts of an early childhood home visiting model on at least one eligible outcome domain in Table 1.

CALL B

Other research

Research that can help the field understand how home visiting models are designed and implemented with Native communities, including the experiences and perspectives of Native participants and partners.

  • Implementation and cost studies
  • Descriptive or observational studies
  • Correlational studies
  • Qualitative studies
Intended for: Research about an early childhood home visiting model when the research does not meet all criteria for Call A in Table 1.

Not sure which call applies?

Submissions must meet the eligibility criteria in Table 1. Submit the research and identify the category that seems most appropriate. A submission that does not meet every Call A criterion will be considered for Call B.

Table 1. Manuscript eligibility criteria for Call A and Call B
Eligibility criteria Call A Call B
Be publicly available, published in English, and accessible on a website (this can include a requirement for purchase), or be an in-press journal article. Publicly available evaluation reports are eligible. Dissertations, theses, conference papers, or manuscripts labeled as working papers will be excluded, even when these types of documents are publicly available. ✓ ✓
Be published or made publicly available within the last 20 years. ✓ ✓
Contain the name and a detailed description of the early childhood home visiting model that was evaluated, the study methods used, and the analysis findings. ✓ ✓
Focus on home visiting with Native communities. The manuscript must report that at least 30 percent of study participants are tribal members, are tribally affiliated, or identify as American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or a member of a culturally and historically comparable community in another territory or country. A study also qualifies if the manuscript reports separate results for a subgroup that meets the 30 percent requirement, even if the full study sample does not. ✓ ✓
Focus on pregnant women or families with children whose ages range from birth to kindergarten entry (that is, up through age 5). ✓ ✓
Focus on models in which home visiting is the primary service delivery strategy, including models that offer home visiting as part of a broader set of services. Home visiting services should be integral to programmatic goals. For example, programs that provide most services at a center or clinic and use home visiting only occasionally will be excluded. ✓ ✓
Focus on models that are designed or adapted to require at least one in-person home visit. Programs that are designed to deliver all services virtually will be excluded. ✓ ✓
Focus on models that have a set of fidelity standards that define how the model is to be implemented. ✓ ✓
Focus on models with voluntary participation. ✓ ✓
Report on an impact study of an early childhood home visiting model using a randomized controlled trial, non-experimental group design, single-case design, or regression discontinuity design. Impacts must focus on at least one of the following outcome domains:
  • Improvements in prenatal, newborn, or child health;
  • Improvements in child development, school readiness, or academic achievement, including cognitive, language, social-emotional, and physical development;
  • Improvements in family economic self-sufficiency;
  • Improvements in coordinating referrals for eligible families or providing them with other community resources and supports;
  • Improvements in maternal health during and after pregnancy;
  • Improvements in parenting skills;
  • Reductions in child maltreatment;
  • Reductions in juvenile delinquency, family violence, or crime.
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Report on research about home visiting models with Native communities that is not eligible for Call A. Call B research may include descriptive, observational, correlational, qualitative, case study, cost-benefit, mixed-methods, community-centered, or traditional-knowledge-centered research. Examples of eligible research include:
  • Implementation lessons, including fidelity, feasibility, start-up, family engagement, program capacity, and costs.
  • Lessons about adapting early childhood home visiting models to Native community contexts, including approaches to integrating Native culture and community or traditional knowledge into services; partnering with tribal leadership and governance structures; and experiences using adapted, modified, or tailored models.
  • The experiences and perspectives of Native participants and partners.
  • Research on outcomes that does not use a study design eligible for Call A or does not examine an outcome domain eligible for Call A.
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How do I submit research?

By November 30, 2026, send an email to HVEE@mathematica-mpr.com and include the following:

  • Email subject line: Call for Research submission (choose one: Call A or Call B)
  • A full citation for the published manuscript and a link or instructions for accessing the research from a publicly available source, such as a public website or journal; attach a copy of the full text, if available
  • Contact information for a person who can answer questions about the study design, study execution, and analysis described in the manuscript
  • The name of the early childhood home visiting model being evaluated
  • Type of study design (for example, randomized controlled trial, quasi-experimental design, implementation study, or cost-effectiveness study)

How will submissions be used?

In partnership with the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (Tribal MIECHV) Program, administered by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HomVEE is issuing this call for research to identify research on home visiting with Native communities. While eligible impact research from Call A will be reviewed using U.S. Department of Health and Human Services criteria for evidence of effectiveness, Call B provides an opportunity to identify a broader range of research contributing to the evidence base for home visiting models in Native communities.

HomVEE is exploring ways to compile and share research identified through Call B, such as through a study compendium, annotated bibliography, or other resource. Submissions to Call B can help increase the visibility of research focused on Native communities, including research using designs or addressing questions that may fall outside the scope of HomVEE’s evidence review.

The MIECHV Program supports voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services for pregnant women and children from birth through age 5. A portion of MIECHV funds is designated to support home visiting with Native communities through the Tribal MIECHV Program. HomVEE supports the Tribal MIECHV Program by conducting dedicated reviews to identify early childhood home visiting models that have evidence of effectiveness with Native communities.

More information can be found on the HomVEE website, including: