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Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) Fact Sheet
HomVEE systematically reviews the research on early childhood home visiting models that serve families with pregnant women and children from birth to kindergarten. The review determines which models have enough rigorous evidence to be considered evidence-based according to criteria defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This two-page fact sheet answers basic questions about HomVEE.
Priority Resource | February 2025
HomVEE Summary
Early Childhood Home Visiting Models: Reviewing Evidence of Effectiveness
This brief summarizes the latest updates and describes the HomVEE review process and results. It lists the 27 models determined to meet criteria from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for an “evidence-based early childhood home visiting service delivery model.”
Priority Resource | November 2024
Methods and Standards
The revised HomVEE handbook (version 2.2) updates procedures related to reviewing virtual home visiting research, as well as updates to clarify HomVEE’s definition of subgroups, limit the eligibility of certain findings for review, and strengthen standards for validity.
Priority Resource | April 2024
Methods and Standards
HomVEE Updated Reporting Guide for Study Authors
The author reporting guide, which has been updated from the 2016 version, provides evaluators guidance about how to describe randomized controlled trials and matched comparison group design studies, and report their findings clearly so that systematic reviews can use their results. Reporting the information described in this guide is considered a best practice in general, and the information can help HomVEE reviewers assess the appropriate rating to assign to the study. The latest update clearly identifies the information that HomVEE seeks from evaluators, which will help the project assign prioritization points that determine which early childhood home visiting models are reviewed.
Priority Resource | December 2020
Methods and Standards
This updated prioritization brief describes how HomVEE determines which models to review. It provides hypothetical examples to illustrate the prioritization process. The update reflects changes introduced in HomVEE’s Version 2.2 handbook.
April 2024
Methods and Standards
Issue Brief: Response to Comments from the Public on Revised HomVEE Procedures and Standards
HomVEE has revised several of the evidence review’s procedures and standards. These revisions were released in the Handbook of the Procedures and Evidence Standards, Version 2.2, which was published in April 2024. To inform this update, HomVEE solicited public comment through its website and mailing list in summer 2023. This new brief summarizes how HomVEE addressed key comments from the public in the final version of the handbook.
April 2024
Methods and Standards
Single-Case Design Research Methods
This brief was developed following responses to the Federal Register notice about HomVEE’s approach to reviewing single-case design (SCD) research (available on this page). The brief is intended to provide general information about what an SCD is and how SCDs can be used to conduct rigorous research. It defines an SCD, illustrates common types of designs, and details the benefits and drawbacks of conducting SCD research.
November 2021
Methods and Standards
The revised HomVEE Handbook (Version 2.1) has been updated to reflect how the HomVEE review applies standards and criteria from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to single-case design (SCD) research in the home visiting field. Revisions are primarily found in Appendix D: Standards and Reporting Procedures for Single-Case Design Research.
November 2021
Methods and Standards
Federal Register Notice About HomVEE Approach to Reviewing Single-Case Design Research
This Federal Register notice, published in 2021, details clarifications and changes HomVEE proposed to make to procedures and standards related to single-case design research. The final clarifications and changes that HomVEE adopted are available in the Version 2.1 Handbook of Procedures and Standards elsewhere on this site.
March 2021
Methods and Standards
Issue Brief: Response to Comments from the Public on Revised HomVEE Procedures and Standards
For the first time since its inception, HomVEE has substantially revised several of the evidence review's procedures and standards. These revisions were released in the Version 2 Handbook of the Procedures and Evidence Standards, which was published in December 2020 (see below). To inform the revisions, HomVEE solicited feedback through a public comment period announced in two simultaneous Federal Register notices (FRNs) published on August 5, 2020. This new brief summarizes HomVEE's approach to addressing key comments from the public and expert consultants in the final Version 2 Handbook.
January 2021