Plan now to attend the Fourth National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs, January 29-30, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC.

Registration information and a fuller agenda is available at www.homevisitingsummit.org.

 

Panels will focus on enhancing quality in home visiting; policy and financing; break-through system changes; adaptations and enhancements to evidence-based models; and more.

They are excited to announce an exciting line-up of speakers and feature breakout sessions on important topics. You will hear from:

• Andrew Garner, M.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine on the importance of the early days
• Bill McInturff, principal at Public Opinion Strategies on public opinion and messaging strategies for home visiting
• Mary Dozier, Ph.D., University of Delaware on interventions that work
• Kathryn Edin, Ph.D., Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University on fathers and home visiting
• Brenda Jones-Harden, Ph.D., Department of Human Development and  Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park on preventive measures to reduce toxic stress and many more home visiting experts.

The Summit is jointly hosted by the Pew Charitable Trusts, Every Child Succeeds, and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.