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Creating Lasting Family Connections® (CLFC) is a personal and family strengthening program designed for youth ages 9–17 and their parents, guardians, or other caregivers. CLFC aims to build youth resiliency and improve parents’ ability to provide a nurturing environment. Facilitators lead separate groups of parents and youth through three modules, each with accompanying activities in a notebook. However, facilitators can be flexible in program implementation (e.g., can select which modules to implement and in what order and can choose to implement with parents only or youth only).
Creating Lasting Family Connections® Fatherhood Program: Family Reintegration (CLFC Fatherhood) is an adaptation of CLFC designed for fathers or mothers experiencing family separation, such as those who are experiencing recovery for substance use, current or recent incarceration, or military service deployment. CLFC Fatherhood aims to improve personal growth, increase healthy behaviors and attitudes, and improve parents’ ability to provide a nurturing environment. Although the program was originally designed for fathers, mothers can also participate in separate groups. Facilitators lead groups through three modules and participants complete activities for each module in an accompanying notebook. However, facilitators can be flexible in program implementation (e.g., can tailor modules to participants’ needs and select which modules to implement and in what order).
Creating Lasting Family Connections®: Overcoming and Understanding Stress and Trauma (CLFC OUST) is an adaptation of CLFC designed for general audiences, including high school aged students, young adults, and middle-aged adults. CLFC OUST aims to increase awareness about the impacts of and reduce the effects of stress, trauma, and adverse childhood and community experiences. Facilitators lead groups of participants through two modules which must be implemented in order. However, facilitators can choose to implement the first module alone. The first module focuses on “understanding stress and trauma.” Facilitators help participants explore emotional awareness, expression, and management; human growth, development and needs; and how adverse childhood and community experiences can impact physical and emotional health. Sessions include formal instruction, group discussion, and personal reflection activities designed to (1) help participants explore their thinking and feelings; (2) build skills to empathize, listen, and bond with others; and (3) teach emotional self-regulation skills such as centered breathing.
Together Facing the Challenge (TFTC) is a skills-based training program for therapeutic foster parents who care for children with emotional or behavioral problems. TFTC aims to help foster parents build and maintain supportive and involved relationships with children in their care. It also intends to help foster parents learn and use effective behavior management and communication strategies. Foster parents attend seven group training sessions: (1) Building Relationships and Teaching Cooperation, (2) Setting Expectations, (3) Use of Effective Parenting Tools to Enhance Cooperation, (4) Implementing Effective Consequences, (5) Welcoming Diversity, (6) Transition to Young Adulthood, and (7) Effective Communication and Taking Care of Self. Trauma-informed care principles such as safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, collaboration, and empowerment are embedded throughout the curriculum. Homework exercises are assigned to foster parents between each session so that foster parents can put the theory and learned strategies into practice.
Fostering Healthy Futures® for Preteens (FHF-P) is a skills training and mentoring program. FHF-P is designed for children ages 9–11 with current or prior child welfare involvement due to maltreatment and one or more adverse childhood experiences. The program is composed of two parts: group sessions and one-on-one mentoring. During group sessions, group leaders cover topics such as effective problem-solving, resisting negative peer pressure, anger management, emotion recognition, perspective taking, cultural identity, change and loss, healthy relationships, abuse prevention, and focusing on the future. During one-on-one sessions, mentors aim to help children identify strengths and challenges, provide support, practice social skills, advocate for needed services, and encourage their involvement in programs, activities, and relationships that capitalize on their strengths.
A Second Chance, Inc. (ASCI) Kinship Navigator aims to support children, families, and kinship caregivers involved in the child welfare system. The program works with any kinship caregiver, including relatives or “fictive kin” such as godparents or close family friends. The program centers its practice on the kinship triad composed of the child, the birth family, and the kinship caregiver. This approach is designed to support the family, reduce disruption and trauma, and increase child permanency.
ACT Raising Safe Kids (ACT) is a parenting and violence prevention program for adults who raise and care for children ages 0–8. The program aims to teach positive parenting skills and create healthy, nurturing environments where children are protected from violence and maltreatment.
Active Parenting™ is a parenting education program designed for parents of children ages 5–12. Active Parenting aims to strengthen parenting skills and prevent child risk-taking behaviors, including drug use, violence, and early sexual activity. The program emphasizes parent skill development in communication, problem-solving, discipline, family enrichment, and encouragement.
Active Parenting of Teens™ is a parenting education program designed for parents of teens ages 11–16. Active Parenting of Teens is a variant of Active Parenting that aims to strengthen parenting skills and prevent adolescent risk-taking behaviors, including drug use, violence, and early sexual activity. The program emphasizes parent skill development in communication, problem-solving, discipline, family enrichment, and encouragement.