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MBF Teen Safety Matters®

Youth in grades 6-12, their parents/guardians, and personnel at the youth’s school

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Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
Scientific Rating NR

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

Medium

Safer Sex Intervention

Sexually active female adolescents and young adults

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Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs (Adolescents/Young Adults)
Scientific Rating 3

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

Low

Love Notes 4.0

Adolescents, young adults, and young parents (ages 14-24)

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Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs (Adolescents/Young Adults)
Scientific Rating 2

Pregnant and Parenting Teen Services
Scientific Rating NR

Scientific Rating NR

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

Low

Just Beginning (JB) Program

Noncustodial young incarcerated fathers of children between the ages of 2 months and 3 years; can also be used with incarcerated young mothers

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Visitation Programs
Scientific Rating NR

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

High

Resource Parent Curriculum

Foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers of children or adolescents of all ages (0-21 years)

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Resource Parent Programs
Scientific Rating 3

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

High

Trauma Systems Therapy–Foster Care

Resource and birth parents of youth aged birth-21and child welfare casework staff who work with those youth

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Resource Parent Programs
Scientific Rating 3

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

High

Permanency Navigator Program – Adoption Network Cleveland

Prospective adoptive parents and caregivers (e.g., grandparents and other relatives raising young children, foster parents, and adoptive parents) of children birth to 18+ years

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Resource Parent Programs
Scientific Rating NR

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

High

Trauma-Integrative Treatment Foster Care

Foster parents, or potential foster parents, of children and youth age 0-21 years who have experienced complex trauma or neglect and may also have developmental disabilities and/or medically fragile conditions; the children and youth themselves, and the children's and youths' birth families

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Resource Parent Programs
Scientific Rating NR

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

High

Connect: A Trauma-Informed and Attachment-Based Program for Parents and Caregivers

Caregivers (biological parents, foster parents, kinship caregivers, etc.) of preadolescents (ages 8-12) and adolescents ages (13-19)

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Disruptive Behavior Treatment (Child & Adolescent)
Scientific Rating 1

Parent Training Programs that Address Behavior Problems in Children and Adolescents
Scientific Rating 1

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

Medium

Collaborative Problem Solving®

Children and adolescents (ages 3-21) with a variety of behavioral challenges, including both externalizing (e.g., aggression, defiance, tantrums) and internalizing (e.g., implosions, shutdowns, withdrawal) who may carry a variety of related psychiatric diagnoses, and their parents/caregivers, unless not age appropriate (e.g. young adult or transition age youth)

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Disruptive Behavior Treatment (Child & Adolescent)
Scientific Rating 3

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

Medium