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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
Program Rating Brief Description
Neighborhoods Engaging with Students (NEST)
Insufficient Evidence

A school-based program that seeks to reduce the use of alcohol and alcohol-related risky behaviors among college students.

New Beginnings
Insufficient Evidence

A small-group school-based intervention to improve the social and emotional competence of young children, with the ultimate goal of preventing mental health difficulties.

New Beginnings (for children of divorce) – Dual Component Version
Not Dissemination Ready

A group-based intervention for divorced parents and their children to promote resilience in children after parental divorce.

New Forest Parenting Program
Insufficient Evidence

A parent-training program that aims to treat childhood ADHD.

New Hope
Inconclusive Evidence

A comprehensive set of integrated program services designed to address longstanding problems associated with the low-wage labor market, such as employment and economic self-sufficiency.

New London Orchestra’s (NLO) ‘Literacy through Music’
Insufficient Evidence

A school-based program designed to support the development of children’s literacy, specifically reading comprehension, by improving their oral language skills and reinforcing/enhancing children’s perceptions of themselves as a ‘learner’.

New Perspectives
Insufficient Evidence

A community-based program that aims to prevent a persistent delinquent trajectory in at-risk adolescents through intensive coaching delivered by social workers.

New York City P-TECH 9-14
Inconclusive Evidence

A high school-based program that provides students opportunities and skills to engage in dual enrollment and in intern­ships to increase high school graduation rates, postsecondary education enrollment, degree attainment, and employment.

New York School Choice Scholarships Foundation Program
Inconclusive Evidence

A program that provides children of low-income families in the New York City attending public elementary schools with scholarships to attend private schools.

Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)
Insufficient Evidence

A model of care to improve outcomes for premature infants.

Nobody Slips Through the Net/ Keiner fallt durchs Netz (KfdN)
Insufficient Evidence

A home-visiting program designed to improve parenting skills to aid parents in coping with stress and improve child development.

Noncadiamointrappola (web-based bullying-prevention)
Insufficient Evidence

A web-based bullying prevention program that aims to reduce the perpetration and victimization of bullying and cyber-bullying through peer education.

NOT (Not On Tobacco)
Insufficient Evidence

A smoking cessation program to help youth to quit smoking or, at least, reduce usage and improve healthy lifestyle behaviors (physical activity and nutrition) and life skills (stress management, decision-making, coping, interpersonal skills).

NoTrap! (Let’s not fall into the trap!) [Noncadiamointrappola!]
Insufficient Evidence

A school-based, peer-led intervention that intends to prevent and reduce both traditional bullying and cyber bullying.

Nuestras Familias: Andando Entre Culturas (Our Families: Moving Between Cultures)
Insufficient Evidence

A parent training program for Spanish-speaking Hispanic or Latino families with middle school-aged youth residing in the United States in an emerging immigration context to help their adolescent children respond effectively to the risks of substance use and unsafe sexual behavior.

Numbershire Gaming Intervention
Insufficient Evidence

A computer game-based mathematics intervention designed to help struggling 1st grade students develop better whole number skills and other basic math operational knowledge.

Nuremberg Alliance against Depression (NAD)
Insufficient Evidence

A community-based program designed to improve the awareness of depression and the care of patients with depression and subsequently reduce levels of suicides and suicide attempts.

Nutrition on the Go
Inconclusive Evidence

A school-based program that aims to maintain the Body Mass Index (BMI) values and curb the growth of obesity in school children.

Oakland Beat Health
Inconclusive Evidence

A civil remedy program designed to reduce and prevent crime in certain areas by changing the appearance of the area.

Obesity Intervention Program (China)
Insufficient Evidence

A school-based program designed to prevent and reduce obesity among primary school children in Beijing, China through nutrition education and physical education curricula.

One Act
Insufficient Evidence

A training program designed to prevent sexual assault, stalking, dating violence and intimate partner violence by interrupting the bystander effect and taking action.

One Summer Plus (OSP)
Not Dissemination Ready

A youth employment program designed to reduce adolescent crime by providing youth with summertime work and socio-emotional learning opportunities.

Only You Decide Who You Are / Alleen Jij Bepaalt Wie Je Bent (AJB)
Insufficient Evidence

A community-based sports program intervention to prevent delinquency among at-risk youth.

Op Volle Kracht
Inconclusive Evidence

A school-based program designed to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety and increase happiness, coping, and self-efficacy among adolescents.

Open Circle (Reach Out to Schools: Social Competency Program)
Inconclusive Evidence

A school-based program designed to enhance students’ social competency and problem-solving skills.

Opening Doors
Insufficient Evidence

A multifaceted prevention program designed for at-risk youth and their parents to prevent and reduce alcohol and drug use, school drop-out, and other behavioral problems among at-risk adolescents.

Opening Doors Learning Communities
Inconclusive Evidence

The program aims to improve the success of community college students entering their freshman year by creating learning communities that integrate students into the social and academic life of college.

Opening the World of Learning (OWL) Building Blocks PreKindergarten Program
Under Review

A prekindergarten program designed to improve children’s mathematics, language, literacy, executive function, and emotional skills.

Operation SAVE KIDS
Insufficient Evidence

To reduce truancy and instill a sense of responsibility in students and their parents.

Operation Swordfish
Inconclusive Evidence

An adult crime prevention program designed to reduce residential burglary through police-led target-hardening of previously burgled homes.

OPTIONS Program to Prevent Adolescent Aggression
Insufficient Evidence

A community-based program designed to prevent violent behavior among at-risk youth by developing interventions for youth and their parents and generating alternatives to arrest, detention, and prosecution.

Orange County Juvenile Substance Abuse Treatment Court
Insufficient Evidence

A juvenile drug court/treatment program that focuses on breaking behavioral patterns of addiction, changing irrational thinking patterns, enhancing motivation for treatment, and providing exposure and access to supportive influences, as well as meeting educational and vocational needs and developing life skills.

Organizational Skills Training
Not Dissemination Ready

A clinic-based program designed to ameliorate organization, time management, and planning difficulties in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and thereby improve behavior and academic functioning.

OSTA
Insufficient Evidence

A community supervision and aftercare program designed to reduce suicide among an at-risk population by implementing a follow-up protocol that uses communication strategies to engage subjects with treatment.

Parent Aide Program
Insufficient Evidence

A parent training program that seeks to break the cycle of child maltreatment by providing free-of-charge in-home services to families referred by child protective services (CPS).

Parent Aide Services
Insufficient Evidence

A parent training program designed to reduce the risk of physical abuse and neglect by targeting parenting behavior and environmental challenges linked with child maltreatment risk.

Parent Based Intervention for College Students
Inconclusive Evidence

A parent-based alcohol prevention program designed to reduce alcohol use among incoming college students and sexual victimization as a result of heavy drinking by raising parental awareness of alcohol abuse and consequences among college students and increasing parental effort to address this issue with their teen.

Parent Child Mediation
Insufficient Evidence

A family therapy program designed for families with delinquent youth to support family functioning and improve academic progress while reducing substance use and delinquency among youth.

Parent Connectors
Inconclusive Evidence

A telephone-based parent support program designed to increase the engagement of parents of children with emotional disturbances in the education and mental health services their child receives, which, in return, increase the engagement of children in mental health services and improve child school functioning.

Parent Engagement Project (PEP) [Texting Parents]
Inconclusive Evidence

An after-school program designed to improve academic performance and attendance among secondary school students by keeping parents informed on their child’s school performance via text messages.

Parent Management Training – Online (PMT-O)
Insufficient Evidence

This is an 8-session online parent training program to reduce conduct problems in children.

Parent Management Training (PMT)
Insufficient Evidence

This is a 14-week parent training program to reduce oppositional/defiant behaviors in children.

Parent Panel
Inconclusive Evidence

A brief psycho-social intervention designed to train parents in how to communicate with their children about academics via a panel discussion session.

Parent Party Patrol (PPP)
Insufficient Evidence

A community-based drug prevention program designed to reduce adolescent involvement in unsupervised activities and substance use by providing parents with information about ways to increase monitoring and improve communication and family guidelines regarding substance use.

Parent-Adolescent Relationship Education (PARE) Program
Insufficient Evidence

A curriculum that attempts to delay initiation of sexual activity and promote safe-sex practices by fostering parental involvement in the education of their children aged between 12 and 14.

Parent-Child Assistance Program (P-CAP)
Insufficient Evidence

A home visitation program designed for high-risk substance-abusing women to assist them in obtaining substance abuse treatment, maintaining recovery, resolving problems associated with substance abuse, and fostering a safe environment for their children.

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy – Emotional Development (PCIT-ED)
Insufficient Evidence

A family therapy program designed to successfully treat early onset of depression among preschool children.

Parent-Delivered Early Language Enrichment Program
Inconclusive Evidence

A parent-delivered academic service to enhance language skills among preschool-aged children.

Parental Skills and Attachment in Early Childhood (CAPEDP)
Insufficient Evidence

A home-visitation program that aims to ultimately improve child mental health by preventing and reducing postnatal depression symptoms in mothers and improving the quality of the home environment.

Parental Training for Lone Mothers Guided by Educators (PALME)
Inconclusive Evidence

A parent training program designed for single mothers to reduce maternal depression, which helps to stabilize the mother-child relationship.

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Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development
University of Colorado Boulder
Institute of Behavioral Science
UCB 483, Boulder, CO 80309

Email: blueprints@colorado.edu

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