Reflective Supervision in Home Visiting Research Awards
🏛 Administration for Children and Families - OPRE
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Can you apply?
This grant is for organizations that conduct research on reflective supervision in early childhood home visiting programs. Applicants must partner with at least one home visiting program funded by the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Program (MIECHV). Projects use the SuPRS-HV measure to study supervision practices, their measurement, their effects on outcomes, or their variation across communities.
Eligible applicants typically include research institutions, universities, and nonprofit organizations with research capacity. Organizations must demonstrate ability to work with MIECHV-funded home visiting programs and conduct rigorous evaluation research.
Funding supports research projects that advance understanding of reflective supervision in home visiting. Activities include measure validation, outcome evaluation, tool development, and practice variation studies.
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Key dates
- Apr 30, 2026 Applications open
- Aug 3, 2026 Application deadline in 17 days
- Sep 15, 2026 Award announced
- Sep 30, 2026 Project start
Program description
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) plans to solicit applications for Reflective Supervision in Home Visiting Research Awards. This funding opportunity will support projects that use the Supervisory Practices in Reflective Supervision-Home Visiting (SuPRS-HV) (https://acf.gov/opre/report/measure-manual-supervisor-practices-reflective-supervision-home-visiting-suprs-hv) measure to research and evaluate reflective supervision in early childhood home visiting. These awards will support partnerships with home visiting programs, including at least one funded by the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Program (MIECHV) to do one or more of the following: 1) Further how reflective supervision is measured (e.g., explore additional aspects of the validity not explored in the measure development, adapt the measure for supervisees, validate against observational measures); 2) Use SuPRS-HV to understand how reflective supervision practices may affect outcomes (e.g., for home visitors, for home visitor-family relationships, or for families); 3) Develop tools to help home visiting programs use SuPRS-HV to improve practice (e.g., for monitoring performance or quality improvement); and/or 4) Use SuPRS-HV to describe how reflective supervision practices vary (e.g., by communities, staff characteristics, populations served). Findings from these projects will inform early childhood home visiting policy, practice, or research and help people in the field better understand reflective supervision practices.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
- 501(c)(3) Public Charity
- City / Municipal Government
- County Government
- Nonprofits
- Private University
- Public Authority
- Public K-12 School
- Public University
- Researcher (independent)
- Small Business (SBA-defined)
- Special District
- State Government
- Tribal Nation
- Tribal Organization
Demographic focus
How to apply
Application links
Key dates & requirements
Required documents
- SF-424 Federal Application Form
- Project Narrative (research design and methods)
- Budget and Budget Narrative
- Organizational Capacity and Experience documentation
- Letters of support from partner home visiting programs
- Curriculum vitae of key research personnel
Program contact
- 👤 Nicole Denmark
- 📧 nicole.denmark@acf.hhs.gov
- 📞 2022054653
Funding track record
No recent recipient data available for CFDA 93.320 in our database.
This can happen for newer programs, programs that use non-standard award types (loans, direct payments, fellowships), or those funded through sub-agencies under different codes.
Funding history
Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 93.320). How funding has trended year over year.
| 2026 est. | $1,250,000 |
FAQ
Who can apply for this grant?
Research organizations, universities, and nonprofits with capacity to conduct evaluation research. You must partner with at least one MIECHV-funded home visiting program.
What is the deadline and award amount?
The deadline is August 3, 2026. Awards range from $200,000 to $330,000 with no cost-sharing requirement.
What research activities are supported?
Projects can measure and validate reflective supervision practices, study effects on home visitor and family outcomes, develop quality improvement tools, or describe how practices vary across communities.
Is this grant competitive?
Yes, this is a competitive federal research grant. Strong proposals demonstrate research expertise and established partnerships with MIECHV programs.
Can projects span multiple years?
Typical project duration is not specified in available materials. Contact OPRE directly for timeline expectations.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Partner early with MIECHV-funded home visiting programs. Strong partnerships demonstrate feasibility and increase competitiveness.
- Use the SuPRS-HV measure as your research foundation. Explain clearly which measure aspects you will advance or validate.
- Show how findings will inform policy, practice, or research. Emphasize real-world applicability for home visiting programs.
- Demonstrate strong research methodology and evaluation capacity. Federal research grants require rigorous study design.
- Address a clear gap in reflective supervision knowledge. Position your research as advancing the field's understanding.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Applications lack established partnerships with MIECHV-funded home visiting programs, making projects appear unfeasible. Weak proposals unclear about which aspects of SuPRS-HV measure they will advance or study. Applicants misunderstand the research focus—this is evaluation research, not direct services to families.
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