# Evidence-based programs or promising practices

- Strengthening at Risk and Homeless Young Mothers and Children Conrad Hilton Foundation, in partnership with The National Center on Family Homelessness, National Alliance to End Homelessness, and ZERO TO THREE: National Center on Infants, Toddlers, and Families                  This website provides a range of resources from a 2007-2011 initiative that sought to improve the housing, health, and development of homeless and at-risk young mothers and children.            Topic                        Early childhood development          Evidence-based programs or promising practices          Homeless: families          Homeless: pregnant and parenting youth                          Audience                        Policy makers          Service providers                          Type of Resource                        Webpage                                http://www.familyhomelessness.org/youngmothers.php?p=ss
- Home Visiting for Women Experiencing Homelessness: A Look at Efforts in Boston and New York City Maternal and Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Technical Assistance Coordinating Center (TACC)                  These case studies demonstrate how home visiting efforts can provide critical services that support maternal and infant health outcomes and family stability among women experiencing homelessness.            Topic                        Early childhood development          Evidence-based programs or promising practices          Federal programs          Homeless: pregnant and parenting youth                          Audience                        Service providers                          Type of Resource                        Case studies                                http://www.design-consultants.com/Clients/birthtothree/miechv.april/april.2014...
- Inventory of Evidence-Based Practices for Healthy Start Programs Healthy Start EPIC Center                  This website includes a searchable list of evidence-based practices that support the health of women before, during, and after pregnancy in order to improve birth outcomes and give infants up to age two a healthy start. Also included are tools and materials to support the implementation of these practices.            Topic                        Behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse)          Early childhood development          Evidence-based programs or promising practices          Federal programs          Parenting supports                          Audience                        Policy makers          Service providers                          Type of Resource                        Webpage                                http://healthystartepic.org/resources/evidence-based-practices/
- Dare to Be You (DTBY) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)                  This intervention summary describes Dare to Be You (DTBY), a multilevel prevention program that serves high-risk families with children ages 2-5 by supporting parents to develop self-efficacy, effective child-rearing skills, social support, and problem-solving skills through parent-child workshops.            Topic                        Behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse)          Early childhood development          Evidence-based programs or promising practices          Parenting supports                          Audience                        Service providers                          Type of Resource                        Webpage                                http://legacy.nreppadmin.net/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=65
- Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families                  This webpage provides a review of the home visiting research literature in order to determine which home visiting program models have been found to meet HHS criteria for evidence of effectiveness and are, therefore, determined to be “evidence-based.” This Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) review includes a list of evidence-based home visiting models with links to brief program descriptions and summary of results on program model effectiveness, details of the studies reviewed, and a summary of findings by outcome domain.            Topic                        Behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse)          Early childhood development          Evidence-based programs or promising practices          Parenting supports                          Audience                        Service providers                          Type of Resource                        Webpage                                http://homvee.acf.hhs.gov/Model/1/Attachment-and-Biobehavioral-Catch-Up--ABC--I...
- Creating Lasting Family Connections Fatherhood Program: Family Reintegration (CLFCFP) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)                  This evidence-based program is designed to help men who are experiencing or at-risk for separation from their families (due to incarceration, substance abuse, military service) strengthen family ties, increase their parenting skills, and reduce their probability of future personal problems like substance abuse.            Topic                        Behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse)          Evidence-based programs or promising practices          Fatherhood          Parenting supports                          Audience                        Policy makers          Service providers                          Type of Resource                        Webpage                                http://copes.org/overview-clfc-fatherhood-program-modules/
- Promising Strategies and Existing Gaps in Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Teens: Summary of Expert Panel Workgroup Meetings, January and July 2012 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Adolescent Health                  This report summarizes findings from workgroup meetings convened by the Office Adolescent Health, including promising practices for engaging and retaining pregnant and parenting teens, important program components when working with this population, and examples of implementing these program components.            Topic                        Evidence-based programs or promising practices          Pregnant and parenting youth                          Audience                        Policy makers          Service providers                          Type of Resource                        Webpage                                http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/resources-and-publications/info/Assets/paf_expert_pa...