The Home Visiting Advisory Committee (HVAC) is in statute. Membership is made up of home visiting providers, advocates, state agency partners, and other allied professionals. The HVAC:
- Gives advice to the Home Visiting Services Account (HVSA) partnership
- Helps guide research and how funding is given to approved programs
- Helps lead and oversee home visiting services in Washington state
- Provides direction for building the system and expanding services
Goals
The goals of the committee are:
- Make sure families that could benefit most in Washington state have access to home visiting services.
- Create a consistent and effective process to gather feedback from stakeholders regarding home visiting and advise leadership regarding home visiting direction.
- Use data to understand community need and disperse funding to communities that could benefit most.
- Support home visiting services in being integrated and accessible in communities so that families can access services that fit their needs.
To learn more, see the HVAC Orientation Manual.
Recommendations
The Legislature requested that HVAC “make recommendations to [DCYF] and the Legislature by June 1, 2022, containing strategies for supporting home visiting providers and serving additional families.”
The 2022 HVAC Recommendations Report gives an overview of the committee’s recommendations, including:
- Expanding home visiting services
- Supporting the workforce
- Improving fairness so more families can benefit
- Recommendations for workforce development
- True cost of service
- Data enhancement
These recommendations build on past studies and add to the good results already seen from current home visiting programs and funding.
