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 | ||
|---|---|---|
Kids’ Club and The Moms’ Group: Community-Based Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence |
Insufficient Evidence | A program to prevent children who have experienced or witnessed family violence from developing external and internal emotional and behavioral problems through group counseling. The program also includes training for mothers who have experienced intimate partner abuse. |
Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS) |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based intervention focusing on diet and activity to reduce body fat and obesity in children. A secondary, family-based component offers families of overweight children in-home consultations to help them reduce body fat and maintain healthy lifestyles. |
KIPP Charter Schools – Elementary |
Insufficient Evidence | The charter schools, which may include both pre-K and elementary students, emphasize rigorous academics and character instruction, with the ultimate goal of preparing students to succeed in college and beyond. |
KnowConflict |
Insufficient Evidence | An online, interactive conflict resolution program designed to reduce teen violence. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
LEAD |
Insufficient Evidence | A community-based program that seeks to reduce juvenile delinquency among African American youth. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 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 |
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. |
LENA Grow |
Insufficient Evidence | A language-based program for early childhood teachers aimed at increasing language acquisition for children from low-income households. |
LENA Start™ |
Insufficient Evidence | A parent group intervention aimed at increasing language acquisition for their young children. |
Let’s Talk |
Insufficient Evidence | An interactive reading intervention designed to improve preschool children’s oral language abilities. |
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. |
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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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 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. |
Lifelines |
Insufficient Evidence | A curriculum that teaches students appropriate ways to respond to suicidal peers and resources that they can utilize in such encounters. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Lunch Buddy |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based bullying prevention program designed to reduce victimization by paring bullied children with college-aged mentors during lunch. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Make Parenting a Pleasure (MPAP) |
Insufficient Evidence | A parent training program that aims to increase positive parenting skills and decrease perceived stress in low-income parents. |
Making Choices and Strong Families Programs |
Insufficient Evidence | Programs designed to reduce peer rejection and problems associated with conduct disorder in children and to improve parenting skills in parents of the same children. |
Making Pre-K Count |
Insufficient Evidence | A teacher training program that aims to improve mathematical knowledge for low-income preschool students. |
Making the Smart Choice |
Insufficient Evidence | A training program designed for students suspended for committing a violent act at school and their family that aims to reduce school-based violence by focusing on areas of conflict resolution, anger management, and communication. |
Mandatory Prison Diversion Programs for Drug Offenders/ Senate Bill 123 (SB 123) |
Insufficient Evidence | A senate bill that aims to reduce prison overpopulation and recidivism rates by diverting first-time drug felony offenders to community corrections supervision in lieu of a prison sentence. |
Marte Meo |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based program that aims to enhance teachers’ ability to support children with externalizing behavior. |
Martial Arts Program |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based program that aims at reducing violent and inappropriate classroom behaviors and delinquency among high risk middle school-aged boys through ego-building, discipline-rich traditional martial arts training. |
Maryland Opportunities Through Vouchers Experiment |
Insufficient Evidence | A transitional community-based program that aims to reduce crime and recidivism among individuals who were recently released from prison by providing a subsidy for 6-months of free housing to move to a new city. |
Mass Media Intervention to Reduce Early Adolescent Alcohol Use |
Insufficient Evidence | A media campaign designed to reduce alcohol use by early adolescents. |
Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program |
Insufficient Evidence | A tobacco control program that aims at: 1) preventing young people from using tobacco products by educating them and reducing their access to tobacco products; 2) persuading and helping smokers to quit smoking; and 3) protecting non-smokers by reducing their exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). |
Math Expressions |
Insufficient Evidence | A curriculum that combines student-centered and teacher-centered approaches to increase the math achievement of kindergarten through fifth grade children. |
Mathalicious + Project Groundswell |
Insufficient Evidence | A math curriculum designed to explore multiple facts of real-world questions in making mathematics concepts more clear and boosting math achievement. |
Media aggression intervention |
Insufficient Evidence | A classroom-based program designed to reduce the use of media violence and aggressive behavior among adolescents. |
Media Detective |
Insufficient Evidence | A brief school-based media literacy education and substance use prevention program. |
Media Detective Family Program |
Insufficient Evidence | A computer-based program that aims to reduce use of alcohol and tobacco by elementary-school aged children in rural areas through increased media literacy of both parents and children. |
Media Literacy Health Education |
Insufficient Evidence | A school-based media literacy program targeting the specific topic of performance and appearance enhancing substances among high school students. |
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