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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.

This webinar presentation, held on January 26, 2021 provides an overview of updated procedures and standards for conducting the HomVEE annual review. In the webinar, the HomVEE team highlights updates to HomVEE's procedures and standards and describes plans to apply them beginning with the 2021 review.

This handbook describes the methods used by the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) review to review existing research and report the findings. It is designed for use by researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders. For the first time since its inception, HomVEE has substantially revised several procedures and standards for its review. HomVEE consulted with methodological experts and other federal evidence reviews to refine and update the procedures and standards in this document. These changes bring HomVEE generally into alignment with procedures and standards for other federally sponsored systematic evidence reviews, and they address critical topics in the evolution of the home visiting field. HomVEE will apply these procedures and standards beginning with the 2021 annual review.

This document describes the original process and standards HomVEE used to review research from impact studies. (In 2020, HomVEE released its Handbook of Procedures and Standards: Version 2.0; those updated procedures and standards are available elsewhere on this page.)

This flowchart shows HomVEE’s process for rating randomized controlled trials, along with definitions of key concepts the HomVEE team considers when rating studies. Users of this flowchart may also read more about producing study ratings elsewhere on the HomVEE website.

This flowchart shows HomVEE’s process for rating matched comparison group studies, along with definitions of key concepts the HomVEE team considers when rating studies. Users of this flowchart may also read more about producing study ratings elsewhere on the HomVEE website

In this brief, HomVEE summarized the intimate partner violence findings from research on home visiting models HomVEE has classified as “evidence-based” according to U. S. Department of Health and Human Services criteria.

This Federal Register notice, published in 2020, details clarifications and updates that HomVEE proposed to its procedures and standards. The notice preceded publication of the HomVEE Version 2 handbook, where final procedures and standards are now documented.

This Federal Register notice, published in 2020, details definitions, rules, and procedures to guide how HomVEE handles home visiting model versions (commonly referred to in the home visiting research literature as adaptations and enhancements) in the review. The notice was released in advance of publishing the final HomVEE Version 2 handbook, where final definitions, rules, and procedures are now documented.

HomVEE systematically reviews the research on early childhood home visiting models that serve pregnant women or families with children up to kindergarten entry. It 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 3-page fact sheet describes how HomVEE evaluates home visiting programs and provides stakeholders with an overview of how evidence-based home visiting models are identified through a four step evaluation process.