The personal safety of home visitors while they support and partner with families is of paramount importance.
The resources below are designed for home visitors, home visiting supervisors, and home visiting agencies regarding this issue.
The Office of Early Childhood Development, in collaboration with the Ad Hoc Safety Workgroup of the Home Visiting Task Force, has compiled these resources. Members of the Illinois home visiting community are strongly encouraged to review and incorporate them (as applicable) into their programs.
This portion of the website will be updated periodically to include new, updated and additional resources.
If there are safety-related materials that you think should be included on this website, email dhs.homevisiting@illinois.gov.
The National Center for Community-Based Child Prevention provides a variety of resources from the Oklahoma State Department of Health, including a series of educational videos covering a variety of topics (eg, general safety, family assessment, trauma-informed practices, domestic violence, mental health, firearms, drugs, and child abuse and neglect reporting).
Start Early offers a number of training’s related to safety. Click Click here to learn more.
Safety Guideline Manual for Home Visitors (Oklahoma Home Visitation Leadership Advisory Coalition)
