Center for the Study of Social Policy – 2019
This guide provides child welfare administrators, policymakers, and researchers with information on a wide range of interventions that meet the comprehensive needs of expectant and parenting youth in foster care (EPY), prevent child abuse and neglect of their children, and improve parent and child well-being outcomes. It includes most of the initial services listed in the recent federal Program Instruction on Title IV-E Prevention Program Requirements to be considered by the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse. Specific sections of the guide include programs that address; parent, co-parenting, and fatherhood supports; preparation for adulthood, including education, housing, and employment; sexual and reproductive health services; mental health services; substance abuse programs; and other related resources. The resources include descriptions of programs, interventions, training curricula, factsheets, reports, and guides. The guide spotlights services that are culturally relevant and nuanced in meeting the needs of expectant and parenting youth of color, their children, and their families. Each entry includes information on the targeted population, results that the program, intervention, and curriculum attempts to achieve, a description of the program, the source of the evidence-informed clearinghouse that has rated the program, intervention, and curriculum followed by the rating given, evidence of effectiveness including detailed information of externa and/or internal evaluations conducted, the location of where the program, intervention, initiative, and curriculum are implemented, and a website source or key contact for more information.