Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
HARC’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs) invite connections between HARC members in smaller groups around specific topics. SIGs are open to researchers, practitioners, families, and model, network and state leads, and all others interested in specific topics related to early childhood home visiting. The SIGs provide a forum for members to learn about and share ideas, emerging research, evidence-based practice, professional development opportunities, and innovative methods, among others. Through the SIGs, HARC members can suggest topics, invite speakers, make presentations, find out about new developments, and collaborate on projects.
These groups are largely member-driven, although the HARC Coordinating Center provides support to facilitate their communication needs and organization.
Current SIGs focus on:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) SIG – AI in home visiting service delivery and research – sign up here
- Data Sharing (Data) SIG – Use of data linkages across state home visiting programs, models, and their partners – sign up here
- Early Career Scholars (ECS) SIG – For home visiting researchers and evaluators early in their careers – sign up here
- Workforce Development (Workforce) SIG – Focused on the study of workforce development to identify gaps and strengthen the evidence on issues around workforce development – sign up here
- Criminal Legal System Involved Families (CLIF) SIG – How home visiting is and can do more to support CLIF families.
If you have other questions about the SIGs, please email harc@hvresearch.org.
