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Early Start

Parents of a newborn (usually up to 12 months of age) and/or parents in the antenatal period facing multiple disadvantages

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Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Secondary) Programs
Scientific Rating 2

Home Visiting Programs for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Scientific Rating 2

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

Medium

CORE Teen

Prospective and current parents who are, or will be, raising older children from foster care (ages 10 or older) who have moderate to severe emotional and behavioral challenges that require intensive coordinated services to prevent restrictive or congregate placements

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

Placement Stabilization Programs
Scientific Rating NR

Resource Parent Programs
Scientific Rating NR

Behavioral Management Programs for Adolescents in Child Welfare
Scientific Rating NR

Alternatives to Long-Term Residential Care Programs
Scientific Rating NR

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

High

Success Coach Service

Families who have a child leave the foster care system into a permanent placement. For adoptive families, children must have a finalized adoption, be under 21 at time of services, and reside within service area

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Post-Reunification Services
Scientific Rating NR

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

High

The Michigan Model of Infant Mental Health Home Visiting

Families, specifically parents and their infants/toddlers ages 0 (during pregnancy) to 36 months, who present with challenges to the parent-child relationship, and/or have environmental or familial concerns that place their children at risk for developing a variety of emotional, behavioral, social, and cognitive delays

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Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (Birth to 5)
Scientific Rating 3

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

Medium

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

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Placement Stabilization Programs
Scientific Rating 2

Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Primary) Programs
Scientific Rating 2

Kinship Caregiver Support Programs
Scientific Rating 2

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

High

The Early Childhood Consultation Partnership®

Children birth to age five in early care and education settings and their caregiving adults (e.g., family caregivers and Early Care and Education providers)

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Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (Birth to 5)
Scientific Rating 3

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

Medium

The Youth Acceptance Project

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) and gender expansive children and youth ages 3-21 years old who are involved in the child welfare system and their families.

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Supporting Youth with Diverse Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Programs
Scientific Rating NR

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

High

Friends of the Children

Children ages 4-6 years who are at serious risk of entering or reentering foster care, and/or who are already involved in the foster care system. Children participate through high school graduation.

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Mentoring Programs (Child & Adolescent)
Scientific Rating 3

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

Medium

We Thinkers! Curriculum Series

Children ages 4-7+ with social learning differences who are considered neurodivergent, including autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), behavioral diagnoses, and/or language learning differences; other populations include neurotypically developing children who have experienced trauma, anxiety, or lack social and emotional supports

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Developmental and Autism Spectrum Disorder Interventions (Child & Adolescent)
Scientific Rating NR

Child Welfare System Relevance Level

Medium