• ACT Raising Safe Kids
  Parents and caregivers (e.g., grandparents and other relatives raising young children, foster parents, and adoptive parents) of children birth ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT)
  Caregiver and their child between the ages 5 and 17 years whose family struggles with conflict and/or coercion due to parent, ...

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Interventions for Abusive Behavior
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Trauma Treatment - Client-Level Interventions (Child & Adolescent)
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Body Safety Training Workbook (BST)
  Children and/or students ages 3-8 years old and their parents and/or teachers

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety
• C.A.R.E.S. (Coordination, Advocacy, Resources, Education and Support)
  Families at high risk for abuse or neglect with children aged 0-17 or a primary caregiver or caregivers of at ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety
• Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
  Children age 0-5, who have experienced a trauma, and their caregivers

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence: Services for Victims and their Children
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Trauma Treatment - Client-Level Interventions (Child & Adolescent)
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (Birth to 5)
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Childhelp® Speak Up Be Safe (CHSUBS)
  Children in grades prekindergarten to 12 (ages 4-18)

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety
• Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program: School-age Program
  Children (boys and girls ages 6 to 12 years of age) with sexual behavior problems and their caregivers

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Sexual Behavior Problems Treatment (Children)
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Combined Parent-Child Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CPC-CBT)
  Children ages 3-17 and their parents (or caregivers) in families where parents engage in a continuum of coercive parenting strategies ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Parent Training Programs that Address Child Abuse and Neglect
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Interventions for Abusive Behavior
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Trauma Treatment - Client-Level Interventions (Child & Adolescent)
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Community Advocacy Project, The (CAP)
  Designed for and tested with survivors of domestic abuse who have utilized shelters. Can be expanded to non-shelter users.

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence: Services for Victims and their Children
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• DCCTF'S Effective Black Parenting Program (EBPP; Authored by CICC)
  African-American families at risk for child maltreatment

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Parent Training Programs that Address Behavior Problems in Children and Adolescents
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Domestic Abuse Intervention Project - The Duluth Model (DAIP)
  Adult males who are both court-ordered (civil or criminal) and voluntary participants

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence: Batterer Intervention Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Early Head Start (EHS) – non-responder
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Home Visiting Programs for Child Well-Being
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Early Start
  Parents of a newborn (usually up to 12 months of age) and/or parents in the antenatal period facing multiple disadvantages

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Home Visiting Programs for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Exchange Parent Aide
  Families must have at least one child age birth through 17 years in the home (services may also be offered prenatally), ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Home Visiting Programs for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
  Outcomes: Safety
• Family Assessment Response (FAR)
  Families with an accepted child maltreatment report that does not allege sexual abuse or substantial child endangerment (as defined by ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Reducing Racial Disparity and Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Family Connections (FC)
  Families at risk for child maltreatment

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Casework Practice
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Interventions for Neglect
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Family Group Decision Making (FGDM)
  Children who are abused/neglected and their family groups

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Placement Stabilization Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Family Stabilization Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Reducing Racial Disparity and Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• Fostering Healthy Futures - Preteen (FHF-P)
  Preadolescent children (ages 9-11) who have current or previous child welfare involvement due to one or more adverse childhood experiences (...

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Placement Stabilization Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 1 — Well-Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Mentoring Programs (Child & Adolescent)
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Trauma Treatment - Client-Level Interventions (Child & Adolescent)
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Mental Health Prevention and/or Early Intervention (Child & Adolescent) Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Multiproblem Approaches (Child & Adolescent)
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• Functional Family Therapy Child Welfare® (FFT - CW®)
  Children and adolescents up to 17 years of age and their parent/caregivers and other family members who were referred to ...

  Scientific Rating: NR — Not able to be Rated
  Topic: Family Stabilization Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Interventions for Abusive Behavior
  
  Scientific Rating: NR — Not able to be Rated
  Topic: Alternatives to Long-Term Residential Care Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Healthy & Safe
  Parents with learning difficulties who are the main caregivers of a child less than five years old

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Home Visiting Programs for Child Well-Being
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Working with Parents with Cognitive Disabilities: Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Indiana Family Preservation Services (INFPS)
  All families with in-home cases where the department (and the court, when applicable) believes that the child (birth to 18) can ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Family Stabilization Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency
• Iowa Parent Partner Approach
  Parents involved with Department of Human Services’ Child Protective Services

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Parent Partner Programs for Families Involved in the Child Welfare System
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Reunification Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• kContact
  Parents of children and young people in long-term out-of-home care who have supervised contact with them

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Visitation Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency
• Kinship Navigator (CHN-KN) Children's Home Network
  Informal and formal kinship families, relatives, and nonrelatives raising children who are not being raised by parents

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Placement Stabilization Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Kinship Caregiver Support Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• Kinship Supports Intervention
  Kinship caregivers (relatives and fictive kin) of children involved in child welfare systems (children aged 0 to 18), regardless of custody status ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Kinship Caregiver Support Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• MBF Child Safety Matters®
  Children in grades K-5, their parents/guardians, and personnel at the children’s school

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Motivational Interviewing (MI)
  Caregivers of children referred to the child welfare system, has been used with adolescents

  Scientific Rating: 1 — Well-Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Motivation and Engagement Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 1 — Well-Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment (Adult)
  Outcomes: Safety
• Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN)
  Families who have come to the attention of Child Protective Services within the past 180 days due to the physical abuse ...

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Interventions for Abusive Behavior
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• Multisystemic Therapy – Building Stronger Families (MST-BSF)
  Families who are involved with child welfare services due to physical abuse and/or neglect plus parental substance misuse

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment (Adult)
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
  First time, low-income mothers (adolescents and adults, with no set maximum age) and their infants ages birth-2 years

  Scientific Rating: 1 — Well-Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Home Visiting Programs for Child Well-Being
  
  Scientific Rating: 1 — Well-Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Home Visiting Programs for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
  
  Scientific Rating: 1 — Well-Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Teen Pregnancy Services
  
  Scientific Rating: 1 — Well-Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Nurturing Parenting Program for Parents and their School-age Children 5 to 11 Years
  Parents of families who have been reported to the child welfare system for child maltreatment including physical and emotional maltreatment ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Parent Training Programs that Address Child Abuse and Neglect
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Interventions for Abusive Behavior
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Nurturing Skills™ for Families (NSF)
  Families with children prenatal to age 19 who have already experienced or are at higher risk for child maltreatment and other ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Interventions for Abusive Behavior
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency
• Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP)
  Pregnant or parenting mothers (up to 12 months postpartum) who have alcohol and/or drug use disorders and their children 0 to 3.

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment (Adult)
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
  Children ages 2.0 - 7.0 years old with behavior and parent-child relationship problems; may be conducted with parents, foster parents, or other ...

  Scientific Rating: 1 — Well-Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Disruptive Behavior Treatment (Child & Adolescent)
  
  Scientific Rating: 1 — Well-Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Parent Training Programs that Address Behavior Problems in Children and Adolescents
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Parents as Teachers (PAT)
  Parents/Caregivers who are expecting a child or have a child who has not begun Kindergarten

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Home Visiting Programs for Child Well-Being
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Home Visiting Programs for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Play it Safe!® Child Abuse Prevention Program – 3rd-5th Grade
  Students in 3rd through 5th grade

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety
• Project Connect
  High-risk, substance-affected families involved in the child welfare system that may experience poly-substance abuse and dependence, domestic violence, child abuse ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Reunification Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• Reminiscing and Emotion Training (RET)
  Parents with a history of neglectful and/or abusive behaviors, or who are at risk for abusive or neglectful behaviors, ...

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Parent Training Programs that Address Child Abuse and Neglect
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (Birth to 5)
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Safe Child Program, The
  Students in Preschool through Grade 3

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety
• Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK)
  Primary Prevention use: Families with children aged 0-5 years. Secondary Prevention use: Families with children aged 0-5 years who have ...

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 1 — Well-Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• SAFE@Home
  Parents/caregivers and children (0-17) who are determined by public child welfare agencies to be unsafe with their families and ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Family Stabilization Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency
• SafeCare®
  Parents at-risk for child neglect and/or abuse and parents with a history of child neglect and/or abuse

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Home Visiting Programs for Child Well-Being
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Interventions for Neglect
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Parent Training Programs that Address Child Abuse and Neglect
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Home Visiting Programs for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Interventions for Abusive Behavior
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• Second Step® Child Protection Unit
  Children 4-11 years of age

  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety
• Solution-Based Casework (SBC)
  Families who have an open child welfare case due to allegations of abuse and neglect; also been used with families ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Casework Practice
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• Step-by-Step Parenting Program®
  Parents with learning differences whose children are at risk of being neglected due to parenting skill deficiencies including parents who ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Working with Parents with Cognitive Disabilities: Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Child/Family Well-Being
• Stewards of Children
  Staff and volunteers of schools and other youth-serving organizations, parents/caregivers, and concerned adults

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety
• Stop-Gap
  Children and/or adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders (Conduct disorder [CD], Oppositional Defiant Disorder [ODD], attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD]) living ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Alternatives to Long-Term Residential Care Programs
  Outcomes: Safety
• Structured Decision Making (SDM)
  Families referred to and assessed by child protective service (CPS) agencies

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Reducing Racial Disparity and Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency
• TASC’s Family Recovery & Reunification Program
  Parents of children (aged 0-18) of whom custody has been taken by the State, with a drug or alcohol problem ...

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Reunification Programs
  
  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Post-Reunification Services
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being
• Triple P - Positive Parenting Program® System (System Triple P)
  For parents and caregivers of children from birth to age 16

  Scientific Rating: 3 — Promising Research Evidence
  Topic: Parent Training Programs that Address Behavior Problems in Children and Adolescents
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Parent Training Programs that Address Child Abuse and Neglect
  
  Scientific Rating: 2 — Supported by Research Evidence
  Topic: Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
  Outcomes: Safety, Permanency, Child/Family Well-Being

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