A Re-review of Strengthening Families Changes Rating from Effective to Promising

 

This is a family-based intervention that seeks to reduce substance use and other problem behaviors in youth ages 10–14. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group youth showed a statistically significant greater number of intervention-targeted behaviors and alcohol refusal skills and a lower initiation of alcohol use, compared with the control group. In 2011, the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) 10–14 received a final program rating of Effective based on a review of studies three studies. A re-review of the same studies in 2020 using the updated CrimeSolutions Program Scoring Instrument resulted in a new rating of Promising. LEARN MORE