HOMEBUILDERS
Program/Intervention Name
Category
Family Functioning, Family Support and Placement Stabilization Programs, Parent Engagement, Parenting Skills - Training and Enhancement, Social/emotional functioning
Program/Intervention Description
HOMEBUILDERS is an intensive family preservation services program designed to improve family functioning and children's behavior and to prevent out-of-home placement of children into foster or group care, psychiatric hospitals, or correctional facilities.
Intervention Target Population Identified (Age Group)
13-17, Parent/Adult, 0-5, 6-12
Program Goals/Outcomes
Reduced placement rates or delayed placement of children with the same risk level but who received traditional child welfare services. Treatment effects increased as risk effects increased, effective in reducing out-of-home placements
QIC Target Group
Pre -Target 1
QIC Adoption/Guardianship Relevance Levels
LEVEL 5: Other Human Services
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)
- Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness and Rating: homvee.acf.hhs.gov/Model/1/HOMEBUILDERS--Birth-to-Age-5--sup---sup-/34/1
- NREPP- SAMHSA: legacy.nreppadmin.net/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=277
- Office of Justice Programs: http://www.crimesolutions.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?ID=210
- California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse: www.cebc4cw.org/program/homebuilders/detailed
Attachments
- Intervention Citation Sheet: InterventionCitations.pdf
