During 2003-2004, a Kansas Home Visitation Training Task Force was created to assess the need for and recommend strategies to address home visitation training across the state. The Task Force was composed of representatives of all state agencies and organizations involved in the delivery of home visitation services to young children and their families. The Task Force determined that there was a need for a uniform training program. After reviewing several options, the Task Force recommended that Kansas purchase the Nebraska Visitation Training Curriculum and conduct train-the-trainer sessions in Kansas.

 

KHSA was chosen to carry out this recommendation and, along with the Task Force, selected 28 trainers. These trainers participated in a six-day program and committed to deliver the training at least twice during the two-year period of 2005 and 2006.

Since that point, KHSA has worked with agencies to reduce the training time from six days to five and develop an Advanced Home Visitation Training program. In January of 2008 representatives from the original Task Force agencies reconvened to determine what steps were needed to continue work on this project.