Data Sharing Special Interest Group (DS SIG)

Are you a researcher, evaluator, state home visiting staff member, model representative, or partner working with home visiting data? Join our Data Sharing Special Interest Group (DS SIG).

The DS SIG is a forum for sharing successful data linkage projects, exchanging lessons learned, problem-solving common data challenges, and networking with peers. Through discussion of practical questions and emerging issues, the DS SIG supports linking data for home visiting research, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement — contributing to high-quality evidence on family outcomes and program effectiveness across the field.

To join the DS SIG, please sign up here.

For more information on the DS SIG, please reach out to Jessica Bruning at bruning@jbassoc.com

Schedule

The DS SIG meets on the second Monday of every other month from 1-2pm EST. The DS SIG also hosts periodic Office Hours focusing on specific challenges or topics, giving DS SIG members an opportunity to raise questions and problem-solve in a smaller group setting.

Below is the schedule of upcoming meetings, with discussion topics as known, and office hours.

October, 16 2026, 2-3pm ET – Office Hours on legal and privacy issues
November 9, 2026, 1-2pm ET – Meeting: Developing comparison groups with linked HV data – Lorraine McKelvey & Kanna Lewis (Arkansas)
January 11, 2027, 1-2pm ET – Meeting: Developing buy-in and collaboration among partners – Tennessee Early Connect / Urban Institute
February 2027 – Office Hours TBD
March 8, 2027, 1-2pm ET – Meeting: Topic TBD
May 10, 2027, 1-2pm ET – Meeting: Panel sharing results from linked data

Resources

Below is a list of existing HARC resources on data sharing and linkages that may help further your work in this area.

Brief – Lessons in data linkage: Four examples from home visiting research
Webinar – Partnership engaged research to advance home visiting: Iowa’s integrated data system approach
Brief – Resource list to support data sharing for collaborative home visiting research
Brief – A Scoping Review of Home Visiting Research Using Linked Data
Find an Expert Initiative – Get connected with a HARC researcher or evaluator with the expertise that you need