Research Reports

The Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC) has been invited to conduct research and evaluation in communities and organizations across the country and in sovereign Tribal nations for more than 15 years. We’ve had the privilege of coming alongside and learning with them about the strengths and challenges of children and families learning and growing in diverse settings with unique resources and constraints.

Learn about BTC’s Research & Evaluation team. Read about BTC’s program evaluation and research designs, methods, and findings, and our collaborative, relational approach. Find out more about how we’ve learned to do the work of collaborative knowledge generating and gathering.

Publications

A Conceptual Framework for Family Engagement in Early Childhood Home Visiting. OPRE Brief #2023-299. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. December 2023.

Caregiver Engagement Initiative Research to Practice Brief Report. By Katherine Buttitta, PhD, Courtney Lincoln, PhD, John Hornstein, EdD, Adam Von Ende, MSc, Lindsey Sagasta, MPH, Grace Zechman, MA, Stephanie De Avila, BA, and Catherine Ayoub, MN, EdD, in partnership with the William Penn Foundation. September 2023.

Understanding Family Engagement in Home Visiting: Literature Synthesis. OPRE Report #2023-004. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, January 2023.

Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Retention Strategies with Head Start-Eligible Families Experiencing Adversity: A Review of the Literature. OPRE Report #2022-97. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, May 2022.