April 2024Vol. 25, No. 3 Interactive Desk Guide Outlines Evidence-Based Programs to Support Families
Chapin Hall's Evidence-Based Programs Desk Guide 2023 describes evidence-based programs that have been rated as "well-supported" by the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse. It is designed to help caseworkers connect families with evidence-based programs or practices related to mental health treatment, substance use prevention and treatment, and in-home parent skill-based programs.
The 39-page, interactive guide features 17 programs and services organized alphabetically:
- Brief Strategic Family Therapy
- Familias Unidas
- Families First (Utah Youth Village Model)
- Family Check-Up
- Functional Family Therapy
- GenerationPMTo – Group
- Guiding Good Choices
- Healthy Families America
- Homebuilders – Intensive Family Preservation and Reunification Services
- Intercept
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multisystemic Therapy
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
- Parents as Teacher
- Strong African American Families
The guide includes a page for each program that provides a program overview and details eligible participants, program goals, bulleted quick facts about the program for families, and cultural relevance. It also includes a fillable page for each program where guide users can add agency- and state-specific information about relevant assessment items, how to make a referral, and current service providers for the program.
The guide is available on the Chapin Hall website.