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HomVEE reviewed three new models: Virginia’s Comprehensive Health Investment Project (CHIP), SafeCare Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) module, and Building Healthy Children (BHC).
In addition, this release includes updated reviews of Play and Learning Strategies (PALS), Parents as Teachers (PAT), SafeCare, ABC-Infant, and ABC-Early Childhood (formerly ABC-Toddler).
HomVEE’s annual review is on pause until fall 2026 while we update our review processes. During this pause, we will not review new Track 1 models (those that are not yet evidence based). Report updates for previously scheduled for Track 2 models (those that are already evidence based) will continue as planned.
Check the “Announcements” section on our homepage for opportunities to comment on the proposed new processes.
HomVEE is pleased to publish its updated definitions for model adaptations and enhancements as well as other updates to our procedures and standards.
These are shared in two new products:
- A brief describing updates to how HomVEE defines and handles model adaptations and enhancements
- The HomVEE Handbook of Procedures and Evidence Standards (Version 2.3), featuring updates about:
- How HomVEE defines and handles model adaptations and enhancements
- The difference between unfavorable and ambiguous findings
- Differences in how HomVEE handles research on models that are already evidence based versus those that are not yet evidence based
- Changes to HomVEE’s reliability standard. These changes include the following:
- Updating HomVEE’s list of measures that are assumed to be reliable to include self-reported, single-item measures of counts or dichotomous events
- Clarifying that, for measures in the reductions in child maltreatment domain, substantiated reports from administrative records and data from medical records do not require reliability statistics (unsubstantiated reports remain ineligible for review)
- Raising the threshold for internal consistency reliability from 0.50 to 0.70 (for example, for Cronbach’s alpha, Pearson’s r, and Spearman’s rho)
- Replacing the current inter-rater reliability threshold of 0.50 with thresholds of 0.70 or higher for inter-rater percent agreement and 0.60 or higher for kappa
The updates about model adaptations and enhancements and the revised reliability standards were informed by consultation with experts in the field and feedback provided through listening sessions and in response to an invitation for public comments. The HomVEE team appreciates the thoughtful feedback that informed these changes.
With enhanced features and a fresh look, we’ve made it easier for you to find information about early childhood home visiting models on the HomVEE website.
Enhancements include:
- New search features to help you find home visiting models that fit your needs.
- At-a-glance summaries and highlights to quickly put important details about home visiting models at your fingertips.
- Easier navigation and smartphone compatibility.