Safecare | Center for Native Child and Family Resilience

Summary

Intervention Name SafeCare Augmented

Summary

SafeCare is an evidence-based, parent-training curriculum for parents who are at risk or have been reported for child maltreatment with a child from birth to age five.

Program Description

SafeCare is an evidence-based, parent-training curriculum for parents who are at risk or have been reported for child maltreatment with a child from birth to age 5. Through SafeCare, trained professionals work with at risk families in their home environments to improve parents' skills in several domains. Retrieved from https://www.casey.org/safecare-home-visiting-model-address-child-neglec…

Contact

Contact Information

14 Marietta Street, Suite 200

Atlanta, GA 30303

www.safecare.org

Details

Self-described Outcomes

The Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness review of SafeCare, found at https://web.archive.org/web/20170125091604/https://homvee.acf.hhs.gov/Effects/1/SafeCare/18/Reductions-in-Child-Maltreatment/4/4/, determined that SafeCare and the SafeCare Augmented adaptation had favorable effects in the areas of linkages and referrals, reductions of child maltreatment, child development and school readiness, positive parenting practices, and maternal health.

Level of Adaptation Promising, not adapted

Focus Areas

Child
Family

Risk Factors

Child disability
Child perceived as problem by parents
Child temperament or behavior
Conviction of a violent crime (in a non-Tribal court)
Exposure to conflict or violence (family or otherwise)
History of child abuse and neglect/Use of corporal punishment
Mental health problems
Parental temperament
Physical health problems
Substance abuse

Resilience/Protective Factors

Attachment to parent(s)
Concrete support for parents
Family functioning
Knowledge of parenting and child development
Relational skills
Social and emotional competence

Cultural/Resiliance Factors

Access to services
Increasing coping skills

Tribal Role Setting