Success in Stages® Program

This is a school program to prevent and reduce bullying among students.
The intervention is carried out in three sessions:
1) Initially, an assessment of the students’ behavior and roles in relation to bullying is carried out by accessing the program’s website. The system generates individualized feedback, both in text and graphic forms, informing the student of the next stage of change.

Fourth R Curriculum

This is a health promotion program implemented at school, including a module for the prevention of dating violence.
It is developed in 21 group sessions of 75 minutes each with students in the ninth grade. The content is structured in manuals, including lesson plans, audiovisual material, role-play exercises, topics, and leaflets.
The intervention is implemented by a teacher trained in healthy relationships and dating violence. The emphasis is on social skills to promote safer decision-making with an intimate partner.

Child-Parent Center Program (Chicago, IL)

This is a child-centered early intervention program that provides educational services and support to socially vulnerable families.
The centers are located near early childhood education institutions and seek to increase parental involvement in the school to improve parent-child interactions and attachment to the school.
The program includes:
1) Activities to promote educational and social success;
2) A parent program to promote participation in the school;
3) Outreach activities, including home visits; and

Örebro Prevention Program

This is a family-centered school program to prevent alcoholism and criminal behavior among teenagers aged 13 to 16.
The program takes place every semester during parent meetings at the school, through a structured 20-minute presentation. The program team presents information about alcohol consumption and its possible short- and long-term consequences, such as violence, drug abuse, and unprotected sex.

Multidimensional Family Recovery (MDFR)

This is a community and home-based intervention aimed at families with a history of drug abuse and child maltreatment, under the supervision of administrative or judicial child protection institutions.
The objective is to reduce drug abuse through treatment, strengthen the bond between parents and children, promote the safety and protection of children by teaching parenting skills, and assistance services to prevent future involvement with child protection institutions or the criminal justice system.
The program includes six components:
1) Parent-centeredness;

Treatment Foster Care Oregon

This is a therapy program that provides intensive intervention for adolescents ages 12 to 17 with behavioral problems who are living in residential alternative care systems, or in foster families. The goal is to develop skills and behavioral guidelines for adolescents to live in a family environment while helping adult caregivers develop competencies for effective parenting in problematic situations.

Program for the Elimination of Drug-Related Crimes in Low-Income Residential Areas

This is an inter-agency collaborative program aimed at empowering low-income tenants to promote a better quality of life and safety around their homes and to combat drug abuse.
The key points of the program are:
1) Organization of meetings focused on problem-solving among neighborhood stakeholders;
2) Development of a neighborhood improvement committee;
3) Hiring a local resource coordinator to mediate collaboration between residents and other program participants;
4) Coordination of crime prevention education programs;

Portland (OR) Burglary Prevention Project

This is a civilian-run program to mobilize neighborhood residents to help develop a community strategy to prevent burglaries in high-crime areas.
Resident participation was voluntary, and recommendations were shared on techniques to protect homes, such as locks, alarms, and exterior lighting; removal of fences to increase visibility; and special care during vacations. Residents were also encouraged to use cameras and place a sticker on their homes to indicate that they were protected.

Promotor Pathway Program

This is a community mentoring program for low-income youth of African descent and/or immigrants, ages 14 to 24. The objective is to offer assistance, counseling, and accompaniment to prevent antisocial and risky behaviors, and to improve academic performance, employability, and social skills.

Joint Law Enforcement-Social Services Approach in New York City

This is a joint approach program between police and social protection services to reduce the recurrence of domestic violence.
Families who reported domestic incidents in two public housing areas in New York were randomly assigned to receive or not an initial follow-up response by patrol (the follow-up visit was conducted by a police officer and a social worker).
In addition, households in the same area were randomly assigned to receive or not public education on domestic violence.