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Home Visiting Advisory Committee considers membership reform and adding family‑lived‑experience voices
Summary
HVAC members discussed expanding and clarifying committee membership, creating recruitment and term processes, and identifying strategies to include parents and family leaders; members favored personal outreach, clear expectations and supports for participation.
Members of Washington’s Home Visiting Advisory Committee discussed updating membership processes, adding family‑lived‑experience representation and improving transparency at the July meeting.
Meeting facilitators and co‑chairs said turnover and retirements left several committee seats vacant or inactive, and planning committee members presented options for recruiting replacements, defining terms and clarifying attendance expectations. Gretchen (co‑chair) and Marilyn (chair) said building clearer policies would help the committee maintain continuity as representatives change jobs.
Committee members favored a mix of recruitment approaches. Several members said a personal…
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