Fostering Healthy Futures
Program/Intervention Name
Category
Mentoring Programs, Social/emotional functioning
Program/Intervention Description
What: Fostering Healthy Futures® (FHF) is a positive youth development program for preadolescent youth, ages 9 to 11, with a history of placement in out-of-home care. How: The program uses a combination of screening assessments, individual mentoring, and group-based skills training to promote healthy development and reduce risk factors for adverse outcomes. The group size of 8-10 youth, meets for up to 30 weeks, for 1.5 hours each meeting.
Intervention Target Population Identified (Age Group)
6-12
Program Goals/Outcomes
Healthy relationships with peers and adults, Positive attitudes about self and future, Skills for regulating behavior and coping adaptively, Better mental health functioning.
QIC Target Group
Pre -Target 1
QIC Adoption/Guardianship Relevance Levels
LEVEL 2: Adapted for Adoption or Guardianship
LEVEL 4: Foster Care
QIC level of Evidence
LEVEL 2: Supported by Research
Intervention Web Site/URL
Contact Person/Purveyor
Agency/Affiliation
Contact Email
Contact Phone
External Links (Registry/Other Catalog)
- California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse: www.cebc4cw.org/program/fostering-healthy-futures-fhf/
Attachments
- Purveyor Information Sheet: Fostering-Healthy-Futures-Intervention-Spaulding-for-Children.pdf
- Intervention Citation Sheet: InterventionCitations.pdf
