Center for Indigenous Research Collaborations and Learning for Home Visiting (CIRCLE-HV)

This project seeks to build the evidence base on home visiting in Indigenous communities.

The project team will work with programs that serve Indigenous children and families to financially support research entities pursuing innovative research and evaluation, and to pursue cross-site research and evaluation on shared priority topics. Topics may relate to areas such as workforce development and support, cultural enhancements and activities, and healing and resilience among families and communities.

We will administer the project in partnership with the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, including—

• Convening an expert circle of practitioners and researchers in home visiting and tribal human services
• Recommending study designs, methodologies, and principles to use within the project and in future research and evaluation in Indigenous home visiting settings
• Proposing a plan for selecting research-practice partnerships that engage in evaluations of shared interest
• Promoting the funded partnership opportunities with prospective research entities and programs
• Engaging programs in identifying priority topics for the cross-site study
• Scanning relevant literature on cross-site topics
• Reporting on experiences initiating and sustaining research-practice collaborations

CIRCLE-HV is one of several federally supported projects contributing to the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program learning agenda. JBA also leads the Tribal Evaluation Institute and the Multi-Site Implementation Evaluation of Tribal Home Visiting.