Research
Project
Keeping Families Together Pilot Study
Start Dates: 2014
PI(s): Richard F. Catalano
Project Director: Amy M. Salazar
Funding: Casey Family Programs, Oregon Department of Human Services, Children's Trust Fund of Oregon, Oregon Community Foundation, Ford Family Foundation
Project Description
The Keeping Families Together pilot study is evaluating an adaptation of the Communities That Care community mobilization model. The study is assessing whether this adapted approach will lead to improvements in child well-being and reductions in child-related problems including abuse and neglect in families with children aged 0 to 10. This pilot is taking place in two communities in Oregon.