HARC

Research Innovation Toward Precision Home Visiting

The Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative (HARC) is a national research and development platform for innovation to broaden and strengthen home visiting's benefits for all families and communities.

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Featured Items from HARC

  • Fall Webinar Series

    Introduction to Human-Centered Design: Principles, Methods, and Examples - November 10 at 12pm ET

    Andrew Berry (Northwestern University) will describe human-centered design (HCD) principles and methods, including why they are valuable and how they can be done. Using examples from his own research, attendees will develop understanding of phases of the HCD process and useful methods for each phase.

    Register Here
  • Find an Expert Initiative

    Request Research Assistance from HARC Experts

    Do you need advice on a research topic, question, or method? Use HARC's Find an Expert initiative to get connected with a HARC researcher or evaluator with the expertise that you need.

    Find out more and learn how to request assistance.
  • Home Visiting Research Discovery Program

    Research Discovery Program Scholars

    Congratulations to our first cohort of seven exceptional scholars for the Research Discovery Program. This is a mentoring program for home visiting practitioners, which aims to strengthen home visiting practitioners’ research skills and involvement. Cohort scholars will learn skills to enhance their capacity to do research, use research to inform practice, and explore research careers. The program will run from January 2026 to December 2026.

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The Precision Paradigm

To strengthen family engagement and home visiting’s benefits for families, we need a different approach to research. We need to focus on interventions within and across home visiting models. We need to answer the question: What works best, for which families, in which contexts, why, and how?

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Get Connected

Join our Practice-Based Research Network!

Membership is open to all who work in home visiting or are interested in home visiting research.
Brief Enrollment Survey Here!

Interested in Conducting Collaborative Studies with Local Home Visiting Programs

All HARC members are welcome to propose a study with the practice-based research network.
Propose a Study!

Browse Home Visiting Research, Toolkits and Literature Updates

HARC's 10th Collaborative Science of Home Visiting Meeting

Home visiting research can only make an impact if it reaches practice — and that was the focus of HARC’s Collaborative Science of Home Visiting meeting held on September 28.

Featured presentations from Fred Wulczyn, Kimberly Becker, Jay Buzhardt, Laurel Davis, Ronda Jensen, Nicole Lauzus, and Alex Morshed highlighted practical approaches to translation and actionable evidence use, including a framework to promote research evidence in practice, decision-support tools, utilization of HARC’s practice-based research network, and data sharing and data linking projects.

A big thank-you to the incredible presenters who helped spark thoughtful conversations about how evidence can inform and strengthen practice in home visiting. Events like this remind us how much is possible when research and practice come together. HARC is excited to keep the conversation going.

HARC Annual Meeting

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