Home visitors make this work possible. They build trusted relationships with families, provide education and support to parents, promote healthy child development, and connect families to critical health and community resources. The effectiveness of home visiting programs depends on a skilled, stable, and well-supported workforce.

The newly revised National Family Support Professional Certification Exam and pre-assessment launch on October 2.

We’ve made some important changes to help make the certification process more relevant, focused, and useful for family support professionals.

3,328 of you have already updated your registration information—and that number has doubled since last month!

Thank you.

You are helping us build a much clearer picture of compensation across the home visiting workforce.

Nominations for the 2027 National Home Visitors of the Year are officially open!

Take a moment to nominate the home visitor who shows up, builds trust, finds a way forward, and makes a difference in the lives of families every day.

Whether you use Core Competencies for professional development, supervision, training, or certification preparation, now is the time to take another look.

Well… pretty much everywhere right now!

I hope we had a chance to connect at the National Home Visiting Summit in Baltimore this week. Janet co-presented a workshop with our friends at James Bell and Associates on the use of AI in home visiting.

We also had an exhibit at the Summit, where attendees could pick up some of our new Home Visiting Hero pins!

Janet was home just long enough to do laundry and repack before heading to the other side of the country for the Parents as Teachers Conference.

As we head into a new school year, please remember to be kind to the children and parents who may be struggling with the transition. New beginnings can be exciting—and challenging.

Our travel schedule is keeping us busy this fall, and we’re looking forward to seeing many of you along the way!

You've heard us talk about the registration updates before, and there's a good reason—we need your help. The new registration system officially went live on July 28 at 6:00 p.m. Even if you aren't planning to visit the Institute anytime soon, would you take a few minutes to log in and update your information?

Where's the Institute? Our travel schedule is keeping us busy this Fall! In August , we'll be joining our home visiting colleagues in Michigan and Georgia to deliver keynote presentations. Georgia attendees will also get a bonus breakout session with Janet and Jon Korfmacher on becoming flame resistant and preventing burnout…

New features at the Institute! We’re developing a Supervisor Certification Exam based on the Supervisor Core Competency Framework. Like the family support certification, every question will be aligned to specific competency components to ensure the exam reflects the real-world knowledge and skills supervisors use every day. Development is already underway, and we’ll begin sharing more details in early 2027.

We’re hard at work redesigning both the National Family Support Professional Certification Exam and the Pre-Assessment, and we’re excited about the improvements.

This month, our registration system will be updated to include a new question about your hourly wage. Collecting this information is a critical step toward creating system-wide change around compensation in the home visiting field. Reliable workforce data helps us tell the story of home visiting, advocate for meaningful investments, and demonstrate the value of the professionals who do this important work every day.

April was a whirlwind with National Home Visiting Week—but now it’s time to roll up our sleeves. We’re heading into summer focused, energized, and making meaningful improvements across the Institute. Here’s what we’re working on…

The second annual National Home Visiting Week will take place April 20-24, 2026, an observance to celebrate and recognize home visitors and the positive impact they make on maternal and child health outcomes.