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Annotation: This report presents the results of a national evaluation conducted by RAND Corporation to assess the effectiveness of 15 program sites across the country that offer interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence (CEV). The evaluation is part of Safe Start Promising Approaches (SSPA) -- the second phase of a planned four-phase initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preventio (OJJDP). OJJDP selected these program sites because they proposed a range of intervention approaches; focused on multiple types of violence; included variations in ages and age-appropriate practices; and would be implemented in different settings. The evaluation design involved three components: a process evaluation, an evaluation of training, and an outcomes evaluation. This report presents the results of the first two components. It describes the program and community settings, interventions, and implementations of the 15 programs for the first two years of implementation (through March 2009), as well as the training evaluation results.

Contact: Rand Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407-3208, Telephone: (310) 393-0411 Fax: 310-393-4818 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.rand.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Intervention, Child welfare, Children, Federal initiatives, Process evaluation, Program evaluation, Safe Start Promising Approaches, Violence prevention

Annotation: This publication describes 15 communities that have implemented the Safe Start Promising Approaches initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to prevent and reduce the negative consequences of children's exposure to violence, as well as to create conditions that enhance the well-being of all children and adolescents through preventive interventions. The publication outlines how each program is integrating evidence-based or promising practices as well as other interventions within its geographical, agency, and community contexts. The final section provides a brief description of evidence-based and promising practices and lists the Safe Start Promising Approaches communities that are implementing each practice.

Contact: Safe Start Center, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 800, North Bethesda, MD 20852-5007, Telephone: (800) 865-0965 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.safestartcenter.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Child abuse, Child welfare, Children, Community programs, Initiatives, Intervention, Model programs, Safe Start Promising Approaches, Violence prevention