1. Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence University of Colorado Boulder www.colorado.edu/cspv

2.  Blueprints Background  Blueprints Criteria  Program Registries  Advantages of Evidence-Based Programs  Blueprints Website  Blueprints Contact Information

3.  1996: With OJJDP funding, began identifying effective youth violence, delinquency, and drug prevention programs  2011: With Annie E. Casey Foundation funding, expanded outcomes to academic, emotional well-being, and physical health programs

4.  About 1,200 youth prevention programs have been reviewed.  37 programs meet the promising program criteria.  10 programs meet the model program criteria: ◦ Brief Alcohol Screening for College Students (BASICS) ◦ Functional Family Therapy (FFT) ◦ LifeSkills Training (LST) ◦ Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) ◦ Multisystemic Therapy (MST) ◦ New Beginnings (for children of divorce) ◦ Nurse-Family Partnership ◦ Positive Action ◦ Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) ◦ Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND)  Detailed information about each program available at http://www.blueprintsprograms.com

5.  Tension in Setting a Standard ◦ Low Standard – more programs, greater risk of failure ◦ High Standard – fewer programs, greater certainty when going to scale (Blueprints)  Blueprints Standard Widely Recognized as Most Rigorous ◦ Exhaustive literature search ◦ Internal review ◦ External review – advisory board

6.  Model Program Criteria ◦ Strong research design - two randomized control trials (RCT), or one RCT & one quasi-experimental design ◦ Effects sustained at least 1 year post-treatment  Promising Program Criteria ◦ Strong research design – one randomized control trial, or two quasi-experimental design studies

7.  Evaluation Quality ◦ Selection bias ◦ Baseline equivalence ◦ Sample Ns described at each stage ◦ Differential attrition ◦ Intent to treat analysis ◦ Analysis at proper level ◦ Measures valid and reliable ◦ Measures independent from delivery of intervention

8.  Intervention Specificity – clearly identifies ◦ Targeted outcomes ◦ Targeted risk and protective factors ◦ Theoretical mechanisms (program components) ◦ Targeted population  Intervention Impact ◦ Preponderance of evidence from high-quality study - Consistent across multiple outcomes and reporters ◦ No evidence of harmful effects ◦ Behavioral outcomes (not attitudes)

9.  Dissemination Readiness ◦ Organizational capacity ◦ Materials ◦ Training and TA ◦ Quality assurance (fidelity)

10. Program registries:  Vary in focus (specific outcomes)  Vary in criteria  Vary in labeling Resource: Matrix of Federal and Privately Rated Programs (on Blueprints website, Resources page, at http://blueprintsprograms.com/resources/Matrix.pdf)

11. Matrix of Programs (Updated 7/13) Coalition for Evidence- Based Policy Blueprints for Healthy Youth Develop. NREPP- SAMHSA OJJDP Model Programs Guide Office of Justice Programs Crimesolutions. gov Aban Aya Youth Project Promising Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) 2.5-3.0 Across Ages 2.4-3.1Promising Active Parenting Now 2.2-3.3 Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action 2.2-2.7Promising Adolescent Community Reinforcement 3.0-3.7 Effective Adolescent Coping with Depression (CWA-D) Promising3.6-3.8

12. Matrix of Programs (Updated 7/13) Coalition for Evidence- Based Policy Blueprints for Healthy Youth Develop. NREPP- SAMHSA OJJDP Model Programs Guide Office of Justice Programs Crimesolutions.gov Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) 2.9-3.8Effective Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) Top TierModel2.8-3.1Effective Multidisciplinary Team Home Run Program Promising Multimodal Substance Abuse Prevention Promising Multi-site Adult Drug Court Evaluation (MADCE) Promising Multisystemic Therapy Model2.9-3.2Effective

13.  Assurance that program works  Cost-benefit data available - WSIPP modest portfolio of EBPs will save nearly $480 million over 20 years  Packaged/manualized materials available  Training and TA available  Quality assurance (fidelity)

14. www.blueprintsprograms.com Easy-to-use program searches identifying programs that match  Risk and protective factors  Outcomes achieved  Type of program  Targeted population (gender, ethnicity, age)

15. Each Blueprints program has information on:  program description and goals  risk and protective factors  logic model  outcomes achieved  training and technical assistance  contact information  costs and funding strategies  cost-benefit  full write-ups describing all program evaluations

16.  Every two years  April 14-16, 2014, in Denver, CO  Brings together program developers, implementers, policy-makers, and others interested in EBPs

17.  Sharon Mihalic, Blueprints Director Sharon.Mihalic@colorado.edu 303-492-2137  Delbert Elliott, PI Delbert.Elliott@colorado.edu University of Colorado Boulder 483 UCB Boulder, CO 80309 www.blueprintsprograms.com www.colorado.edu/cspv