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Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) Grow is a skills and competencies-focused program designed to serve caregivers of children ages 6 months–18 years who have experienced complex trauma. ARC Grow aims to support families affected by chronic adversity or stress to build caregivers’ skills and resilience to foster healthy child development and positive connections with their children.
Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) Grow for Medically Complex Families (MCF) is a skills and competencies-focused program designed to serve caregivers of children ages 6 months–18 years with a chronic or complex medical condition. ARC Grow MCF aims to support medically complex families to build caregivers’ skills and resilience to cope with the unique challenges of caring for a medically complex child or teen, navigate relationships within the family and with medical providers, and maintain meaningful connections with their children.
Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) Reflections is a skills and competencies-focused program designed to serve caregivers of children in foster care from birth through young adulthood who may have experienced complex trauma. ARC Reflections aims to support foster parents and kinship caregivers to manage their stress and promote well-being, stability, and permanency for the children and adolescents in their care.
BRAVE is a multi-media intervention designed for American Indian and Alaska Native youth ages 15–24 and aims to promote healthy social norms and cultural values to improve mental health. BRAVE uses text messages, videos, and small group activities to increase youth help-seeking behaviors through trauma-informed lessons. Lessons are designed to teach youth about suicide warning signs, encourage and destigmatize the use of mental health resources, connect youth with peers and trusted adults, and prepare youth to initiate difficult conversations. A re-review of BRAVE was conducted in March 2026 based on additional outcomes from Study 14366 being eligible for review under the Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0.
Incredible Years – Preschool Basic Program (“IY-Preschool”) can be offered as a group-based prevention or treatment program for parents of children (3 to 6 years). When delivered as a treatment program, IY-Preschool typically targets higher-risk populations and parents of children diagnosed with problems such as oppositional defiant disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). IY-Preschool aims to help parents implement positive discipline. It also aims to strengthen their child’s social, emotional, academic, and self-regulation skills and reduce behavior problems. IY-Preschool focuses on four developmentally appropriate topics during the sessions: (1) strengthening children’s language, school readiness, emotional and social skills, and positive relationships with parents, caregivers, and other children; (2) using praise and incentives to encourage cooperative behavior; (3) proactive discipline; and (4) preventing and managing misbehavior.
Indiana Family Preservation Services (INFPS) is an in-home service program that aims to keep children with their caregiver after they have become involved in the child welfare system. INFPS is designed for families with a substantiated case of abuse or neglect where the child welfare agency deems that the child can safely remain in the home with the assistance of appropriate services. The program seeks to provide families with a single point of contact for all their needs by assigning each family a specific INFPS provider who will deliver services to the entire family. The goals of INFPS are to: (1) preserve the family while ensuring children’s safety, (2) put protective factors in place to help keep children safe, (3) provide concrete assistance (e.g., housing or food support) to keep children in the home, and (4) ensure that children are safe during and after services.
Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) focuses on addressing the needs of adolescents and young adults with substance use, delinquency, mental health, and emotional problems. MDFT is an integrated therapy model that incorporates and supports parents, families, and community partners (e.g., child welfare, schools). MDFT seeks to enhance coping, problem solving, and communication skills; stabilize mental health issues; reduce youth substance use; and improve school achievement among adolescents and young adults. MDFT also aims to improve parenting skills, parental functioning, family communication, attachment, and to reduce parenting stress.
Multimedia Circle of Life (mCOL) is a prevention program designed to serve American Indian and Alaska Native youth ages 10–12 that aims to reduce risky behaviors and enhance resilience. mCOL’s theoretical model is represented as a medicine wheel, a Native American cultural symbol, divided into four equal parts each representing one facet of well-being: mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. mCOL teaches youth to use their volition, that is, the power to make their own decisions, to strengthen and balance their medicine wheel.
Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN) is an adaptation of Multisystemic Therapy for families who come to the attention of child protective services. MST-CAN aims to prevent child abuse and neglect, ensure child safety, and keep families together by averting placement into foster care or other out-of-home placements. It also aims to reduce emotional and behavioral health problems and increase social support. MST-CAN is delivered to families by a team that includes therapists, a crisis caseworker, and a part-time psychiatrist. A supervisor helps to coordinate and oversee the services and staff. Services are individualized based on each family’s particular needs. MST-CAN is intended for children between the ages of 6 and 17, as well as their families. Families may receive MST-CAN services for six to nine months. They may participate in three to five sessions per week and can access services around the clock, as needed. Usually services are delivered in the family’s home, but location can be flexible based on the needs of the family. All staff receive standard MST training, MST-CAN-specific training, and trauma treatment training.
’Ohana Conferencing (‘OC) is an adaptation of Family Group Decision Making originally designed to support Hawaiian families with children ages 0–17 who are involved in the child welfare system. ‘OC uses traditional Hawaiian practices focused on relationships and community harmony and a family group conference to create and implement a child safety and care plan. ‘OC seeks to engage an extended family group consisting of parents, primary caregivers, individuals with kinship and other connections to the child, and the child whenever possible. ‘OC uses a four-phase process involving (1) program referral, (2) conference coordination, (3) the initial conference, and (4) implementation and re-conferencing. First, in the referral phase, an ‘OC coordinator who is not involved in the case works with child welfare agency staff to reach out to the parents or primary caregivers and help the family decide whether to participate in ‘OC.