About the Research Network
At the heart of HARC is our practice-based research network (PBRN). HARC PBRN members engage in collaborative, field-initiated studies to move home visiting forward. The PBRN is designed to bring together programs and researchers to answer the types of questions those running home visiting programs have about their own practice. Below you will find information on membership benefits, how to join HARC, and membership summaries.
HARC Membership
HARC membership is free and open to all who have an interest in home visiting, including all staff at home visiting programs, leaders of state and local networks, model implementers, researchers, families enrolled in home visiting, and friends of HARC. To become a HARC member, you only need to fill out a short enrollment survey.
There are many benefits of HARC membership, including opportunities to:
- participate in research studies of interest to you
- be among the first to learn about research findings from HARC studies
- propose research studies and work alongside researchers to help develop the ideas
- receive an invitation to HARC’s annual meeting
- receive HARC’s monthly newsletter, the HARC Herald – full of news about home visiting research
- participate in special interest groups (SIGs) – connect with others interested in similar ideas or similar topics related to early childhood home visiting
- be a part of informing the future of the home visiting field!
HARC Membership Summaries
HARC members indicate their primary home visiting model affiliation when they enroll. The pie chart shows the distribution of individual members over the four most selected models.
*There are 37 other models included in the “All Others” category, each had 35 or fewer HARC members.
Membership Maps
Programs: There are more than 400 local home visiting programs enrolled in HARC. This map shows the number of those programs in each state.
Network Leaders: Many individual home visiting programs are part of networks. This map shows the distribution of the leaders of those networks by state.
Researchers: There are about 320 home visiting researchers enrolled in HARC. This map shows the distribution of those researchers by state.