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Institute FSP The Institute offers home visitors everywhere the opportunity to learn new skills & grow their careers.

Through engaging, online training modules & a personalized learning map, professionals take charge of their growth & advancement.

📣Just for Home Visitors 📣 September Practice & PurposeTuesday, 9/8/2026, 3:00pm Eastern on ZoomOur monthly casual conver...
08/24/2026

📣Just for Home Visitors 📣

September Practice & Purpose
Tuesday, 9/8/2026, 3:00pm Eastern on Zoom

Our monthly casual conversation series is designed for home visiting professionals to share experiences, explore best practices, and grow together in community. Participants will gain practical insights and renewed inspiration to support children and families. **THIS SESSION IS FOR HOME VISITORS ONLY**

SEPTEMBER TOPIC: Home Visitor Safety
We will explore safety issues impacting home visitors across the nation.
Join us as we discuss ideas and helpful tips for staying safe.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
3:00PM Eastern
Virtual event on Zoom

🟠REGISTER for Zoom link: https://institutefsp.org/events/W93aDg

🟠 September Practice & Purpose: Supervisors9/9/2026, 3:00pm Eastern on ZoomPractice & Purpose is our monthly casual conv...
08/20/2026

🟠 September Practice & Purpose: Supervisors
9/9/2026, 3:00pm Eastern on Zoom

Practice & Purpose is our monthly casual conversation series designed for home visiting professionals to share experiences, explore best practices, and grow together in community. The Institute facilitates engaging discussions and peer connections. Participants will gain practical insights and renewed inspiration to support children and families. There are 2 sessions each month: One session is designed for home visitors to connect and share, the second session is for supervisors.

**THIS SESSION IS FOR SUPERVISORS ONLY**

SEPTEMBER TOPIC: Home Visitor Safety
We will explore safety issues impacting home visitors across the nation.
Join us as we discuss ideas and helpful tips for staying safe.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2026
3:00PM Eastern
Virtual event on Zoom

🟠REGISTER for Zoom link: https://institutefsp.org/events/UA1t7g

Upcoming InstituteFSP Monthly Conversation Series topics:
October - Boundaries & Ethics
November - TBD
December - TBD

As you know, early childhood home visiting supports positive outcomes for children and families, but engaging eligible f...
08/19/2026

As you know, early childhood home visiting supports positive outcomes for children and families, but engaging eligible families in services can be challenging. The Administration for Children and Families - ACF Family Engagement Toolkit is designed to boost families’ awareness of your program and increase participation in your home visiting services. This Toolkit offers flexible, evidence-based resources and practical strategies to strengthen home visiting programs’ outreach, recruitment, and retention efforts.

Register now for a free webinar to learn how to use the toolkit.
Wednesday, September 16, at 3–4 pm Eastern

MORE INFO & TO REGISTER: https://bostonchildrens.zoom.us/meeting/register/lTe2vMh8QIeqG7c7PglERg #/registration

🟠 September Practice & Purpose: Home Visitors 9/8/2026, 3:00pm Eastern on ZoomPractice & Purpose is our monthly casual c...
08/18/2026

🟠 September Practice & Purpose: Home Visitors
9/8/2026, 3:00pm Eastern on Zoom

Practice & Purpose is our monthly casual conversation series designed for home visiting professionals to share experiences, explore best practices, and grow together in community. The Institute facilitates engaging discussions and peer connections. Participants will gain practical insights and renewed inspiration to support children and families. There are 2 sessions each month: One session is designed for home visitors to connect and share, the second session is for supervisors.

**THIS SESSION IS FOR HOME VISITORS ONLY**

SEPTEMBER TOPIC: Home Visitor Safety
We will explore safety issues impacting home visitors across the nation.
Join us as we discuss ideas and helpful tips for staying safe.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
3:00PM Eastern
Virtual event on Zoom

🟠REGISTER for Zoom link: https://institutefsp.org/events/W93aDg

Upcoming InstituteFSP Monthly Conversation Series topics:
October - Boundaries & Ethics
November - TBD
December - TBD

🌎👶 Babies and young children are among the most vulnerable to climate change—and the least able to protect themselves.Bu...
08/18/2026

🌎👶 Babies and young children are among the most vulnerable to climate change—and the least able to protect themselves.

But communities across the country are taking action.

Register now for the free, virtual, and virtually carbon-emission-free National Summit for Children’s Health in a Changing Climate: How Communities Protect Children from Climate and Environmental Harms, bringing together leaders in early childhood, healthcare, community development, public policy, climate and environmental health, and advocacy. Find out how communities are working together to protect the places where children live, learn, play, and grow.

📅 October 21, 2026
🕛 12:00–5:30 pm ET / 9:00 am–2:30 pm PT
💻 Free Virtual Event

Together, we can build healthier, safer futures for children. Register today tinyurl.com/BTC-climate-summit

Brazelton Touchpoints Center

08/17/2026

August is National Breastfeeding Month, a time to recognize the many ways families can be supported in meeting their infant feeding goals.

Home visitors are uniquely positioned to provide families with trusted, individualized support during pregnancy and after a baby arrives. Research from Healthy Families New York has explored how conversations between home visitors and families about breastfeeding may help support breastfeeding continuation.

This week, the Healthy Families America network had the opportunity to hear directly from Healthy Families New York researchers about their findings and what they may mean for home visiting practice.

The research reinforces the important role home visitors can play by creating space for ongoing conversations, responding to families’ questions and needs, and connecting families with information and resources that support their goals.

During National Breastfeeding Month, we celebrate the home visitors and families having these conversations every day and the research that helps us continue learning how to strengthen support for families.

You can read more about the studies here:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40952652/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28830205/

Learn more about Healthy Families New York: https://www.healthyfamiliesnewyork.org/

Compensation – It Really Matters! You’ve heard us talk about the registration updates before, and there’s a good reason—...
08/13/2026

Compensation – It Really Matters! 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 late July! (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?)

The compensation data you provide is essential to improving the home visiting profession. We can’t effectively advocate for better compensation when we don’t know the current baseline. Your participation helps us tell the story of the workforce with accurate, meaningful data.

The new registration questions ask for your:
• Hourly wage
• Full-time or part-time employment status
• Counties where you provide services

If your work isn’t limited to a few counties, you can simply select Statewide.

The Institute takes your privacy seriously. We have multiple security measures in place to protect your information. Individual learner data is never shared—only aggregate data is used for reporting and advocacy.

Happy learning, Janet Horras
Executive Director, Institute FSP

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to pilot our revised certification pre-assessment!We could still use a few mor...
08/12/2026

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to pilot our revised certification pre-assessment!

We could still use a few more volunteers, especially current home visitors with at least one year of experience and with a high school diploma or less formal education.

Our goal is to make sure the assessment strikes the right balance—not too easy and not too difficult. If you’re interested in helping, SIGN UP: https://theinstitutefsp.fillout.com/t/4kJaNzQj31us

Your feedback will help us create better experiences for future certification candidates.

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