Programs That Have Not Met Blueprints Criteria
More than 90 percent of interventions we review do not receive Blueprints certification. Supported through funding from Arnold Ventures, Blueprints has extended its classification system to provide an evidence rating for interventions that fail to meet Blueprints certification standards. In providing descriptive information on common problems that disqualify interventions from Blueprints certification, we hope to offer concrete ways moving forward that will improve the methods and analyses employed in future program evaluation efforts.
In addition to rating the certified interventions that meet Blueprints criteria, non-certified interventions are also rated based on whether they have inconclusive or insufficient evidence.
Non-certified interventions are generally reviewed and rated internally by Blueprints staff, though the advisory board may also conclude an intervention they have reviewed lacked evidence for certification despite having made it through the internal review process.
All non-certified programs in our database are provided a rating based on specific review rationale.
Blueprints uses one additional and quite different category for non-certification. "Not Dissemination Ready" refers to programs that meet Blueprints criteria for the strength of evidence but are not ready for adoption by users.
The non-certified programs are as follows:
1445 Programs
| Brief Description | ||
|---|---|---|
Magnitude Card Game |
Inconclusive Evidence | A play-based intervention designed to narrow the early mathematics gap between low- and middle-income preschoolers. |
Madres a Madres (Mothers to Mothers) |
Insufficient Evidence | A home-based program designed for Latina immigrant mothers that aims to 1) establish developmentally appropriate expectations for child behavior; 2) develop positive parent-child interaction techniques and child behavioral management techniques; and 3) maximize utilization of community resources. |
Machine Learning Risk Forecasts (Practice) |
Inconclusive Evidence | An adult crime prevention program that aims to reduce recidivism among parolees by helping to better assess the risks of a prospective parolee at parole hearings. |
MAC-Choice |
Inconclusive Evidence | A cognitive-behavioral training program designed to educate youth about the risks of unsafe sex, develop a decision-making process to motivate changes toward safer sex practices, and provide behavioral and social skills training to achieve safer sex goals. |
Luoghi di Prenzione-Prevention Grounds |
Insufficient Evidence | A multimodal program facilitated in communities and schools to reduce smoking prevalence among high school students in Italy. |
Lunchtime Enjoyment Activity and Play (LEAP) |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based program that aims to increase active play, quality of life, and enjoyment of physical activity in children by introducing movable/recycled materials to school playgrounds. |
Lunch Buddy |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based bullying prevention program designed to reduce victimization by paring bullied children with college-aged mentors during lunch. |
LSP IPSY (Information + Psychosocial Competence = Protection) |
Insufficient Evidence | A comprehensive life skills program that aims to prevent adolescent misuse of legal substances, such as alcohol and tobacco. |
Love Notes |
Inconclusive Evidence | A program that aims to reduce aggression, risky sexual behavior, and dating violence by teaching adolescents about healthy sexuality, abuse in dating, and healthy relationships. |
Louisiana Health Study |
Inconclusive Evidence | A school-based obesity prevention program designed to reduce overweight and obesity among elementary school students through environmental modification and the fostering of healthy behavior patterns. |
Lookin’ Good Feelin’ Good |
Insufficient Evidence | A school nurse-delivered intervention designed to help overweight adolescents improve diet, increase exercise, and ultimately reduce body mass index. |
Living Insurance/Financial Aid for Ex-Offenders (Practice) |
Inconclusive Evidence | Financial aids provided to recently released ex-offenders who have a high risk of recidivism for nonviolent property crimes as a way to remove the economic motivations behind recidivism. |
Living in 2 Worlds (L2W) |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based program designed to support the ability of urban American Indian youth to resist substance use by learning new skills and integrating culturally appropriate elements. |
Literacy Express |
Not Dissemination Ready | A school-based program that aims to improve preschool emergent literacy among both Spanish-speaking English language learners and English-speaking children, using teacher-led small groups and a designated curriculum. |
LISA (LARS&LISA) – CBT Depression Prevention |
Inconclusive Evidence | A cognitive-behavioral training program designed to prevent the onset or increase in depressive symptoms among middle-school students. |
Lions-Quest Working toward Peace |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based program designed to decrease school violence and aggression while promoting positive social interaction and bonding skills in adolescents. |
Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence |
Inconclusive Evidence | A school-based program that aims to: 1) decrease violence and substance abuse by encouraging youth to develop social and communication skills; 2) improve relationships with peers, family, teachers, and community; 3) increase knowledge of drugs; 4) increase problem solving, goal-making, and reading skills; and 5) develop a better self-image. |
Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT) |
Not Dissemination Ready | A multi-component program that aims to decrease antisocial behavior and increase their prosocial behavior in children by targeting the family, school, and peer domains. |
Linking Information and Families Together (LIFT) |
Under Review | A program aimed to lower rates of adolescent substance use in middle school by providing parents with information about their child’s academic performance and behavior. |
Linking Families and Teens |
Inconclusive Evidence | A family communication and sexual health education program that aims to reduce unplanned teen pregnancies among rural youth by promoting family connectedness and increasing youth self-efficacy, knowledge, and skills related to sexual health. |
LiFuS Program (Read at Home and at School) |
Insufficient Evidence | A multi-component program designed to enhance the reading motivation and comprehension of primary school children by establishing supportive reading environments at home and at school. |
Lifestart |
Insufficient Evidence | A home visitation program that provides support to parents of children aged from birth to five years, ultimately aiming at improving outcomes for children in cognitive and non-cognitive skills and health. |
LifeSkills Training- Elementary Program |
Insufficient Evidence | A classroom-based program designed to reduce tobacco and alcohol use by providing elementary school students with the necessary knowledge and skills for resisting social influences to use tobacco and alcohol, as well as to reduce motivation to use these substances. |
LifeSkills Training (LST) for High School Students |
Insufficient Evidence | A classroom-based program that aims to prevent substance abuse and violence in high school students by teaching them personal self-management skills, social skills, and other cognitive-behavioral skills needed to successfully handle the challenges of everyday life and increase overall resilience. |
Lifelines |
Insufficient Evidence | A curriculum that teaches students appropriate ways to respond to suicidal peers and resources that they can utilize in such encounters. |
Life-Skills Approach to Smoking Prevention |
Insufficient Evidence | A smoking prevention program designed to promote fundamental social competencies and coping skills in order to prevent/delay smoking in secondary students. |
Life Smart |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based program that aims to reduce obesity and risk factors for eating problems and weight gain among adolescents. |
Life Skills Training CD-ROM |
Insufficient Evidence | A home-based program designed to prevent the initiation of substance use among adolescents, specifically targeting tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana as the “gateway drugs,” using CD-ROM technology for program delivery.
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Leveled Literacy Intervention System (LLI) |
Inconclusive Evidence | A school-based intervention designed to help early learners achieve grade-level literacy competency. |
Letting Go and Staying Connected |
Inconclusive Evidence | An interactive parent-adolescent handbook intervention designed to provide parents with strategies to decrease first-year college student risk behaviors by increasing family protective factors. |
Let’s Talk About The Children |
Insufficient Evidence | A psycho-educational discussion for parents with mood disorder that aims to prevent the rise of psycho-social symptoms and prevent the outbreak of depressive and anxiety disorders in their children. |
Let’s Talk |
Insufficient Evidence | An interactive reading intervention designed to improve preschool children’s oral language abilities. |
Lessons in Character |
Inconclusive Evidence | A literature-based character education program implemented in schools that is designed to reinforce learning and promote prosocial behaviors among elementary-aged students. |
LENA Start™ |
Insufficient Evidence | A parent group intervention aimed at increasing language acquisition for their young children. |
LENA Grow |
Insufficient Evidence | A language-based program for early childhood teachers aimed at increasing language acquisition for children from low-income households. |
Legacy for Children |
Insufficient Evidence | A public health strategy that aims to support mothers’ ability to engage in positive parenting behaviors and interactions thereby supporting healthy child development. |
Learning with a Purpose: A Life Long Learning Approach to Self-Determination |
Insufficient Evidence | A classroom-wide curriculum and approach to detect, intervene, and prevent the development of emotional and behavioral disorders in children at risk for such disorders |
Learning to BREATHE |
Inconclusive Evidence | A school-based program designed to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation in adolescents and college students. |
Learning Strategies Curriculum |
Inconclusive Evidence | A supplemental, targeted intervention intended to help students with reading, writing, and academic competence. |
Learning for Life |
Insufficient Evidence | A character education program that aims to help schools and communities instill values of good character, citizenship, and personal fitness as a foundation that will prepare young people to make ethical decisions throughout their lives. |
Learning Accounts |
Not Dissemination Ready | A financial-incentive program designed for high school students that provides an early guarantee of a grant worth up to $8,000 for post-secondary education, conditional on high school completion. |
Learning about Activity and Understanding Nutrition for Child Health (LAUNCH) |
Inconclusive Evidence | A 6-month behavioral intervention designed to reduce obesity in indicated preschool children by providing healthy eating and activity strategies to parents. |
Learn Young, Learn Fair |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based program that aims to decrease stress, anxiety and depression and to increase stress awareness while providing a variety of coping strategies to fifth- and sixth- grade children. |
Leadership Education Through Athletic Development (LEAD) |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based program designed to improve the cognitive, affective and physical self-regulation among elementary school students. |
Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP) |
Insufficient Evidence | A multi-component program that attempts: 1) motivate local youth to reject illegal drug activity, including possession, use and distribution, 2) provide alternative activities and opportunities for youths most at risk for hard-core drug abuse, 3) divert youth from the criminal justice system into programs that address underlying precursors of drug abuse and related criminal behaviors, and 4) facilitate community involvement and inter-agency collaboration. |
Leader In Me |
Inconclusive Evidence | A whole-school intervention designed to develop leadership skills among elementary school-aged students. |
LEAD |
Insufficient Evidence | A community-based program that seeks to reduce juvenile delinquency among African American youth. |
Lakota Circles of Hope |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based program designed to reduce substance use, alcohol use, and smoking through a culturally-relevant curriculum centered on Lakota values. |
LA’s BEST |
Insufficient Evidence | A comprehensive, community-based intervention that seeks to foster a safe environment in which interpersonal skills and self-esteem can be developed in children. |
Kripalu Yoga in the Schools (KYIS) |
Insufficient Evidence | A program to improve adolescents’ emotional and mood regulation and to support their ability to avoid substance use through increased mind-body awareness. |
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