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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:

1460 Programs
Program Rating Brief Description
InsideTrack
Under Review

A program for college students that aims to promote academic engagement and retention through individualized mentoring delivered by coaches via phone, email, text messaging or social media.

INSIGHTS into Children's Temperament
Under Review

A multi-component school-based program that aims to support attentional and behavioral self-regulation and improve academic outcomes in children.

Making Proud Choices!
Under Review

A school program that aims to reduce risky sexual behavior that leads to pregnancy and STIs.

Moti-4
Under Review

A brief counseling program to reduce cannabis use among vulnerable youth and increase motivation to change their behavior.

Project TRAC (Talking about Risk and Adolescent Choices)
Under Review

A school-based, group intervention designed to improve emotion regulations skills and reduce risky sexual behavior in early adolescents with mental health symptoms.

Reach & Rise®
Under Review

A mentoring program aims to reduce delinquent and substance‑using behaviors and to strengthen school engagement and academic performance by supporting youth in adopting healthier thinking and behavior patterns.

Real Talk
Under Review

A program to reduce dating abuse perpetration among adolescents through a one-session, motivational interviewing-style brief intervention delivered in health care settings.

Second Step Early Learning
Under Review

A preschool-based school readiness curriculum developed to increase social emotional and executive functioning skills.

Teen Intervene
Under Review

A brief intervention designed to reduce alcohol and drug use in adolescents identified by the school as possibly using drugs or alcohol.

The Optimum Performance Program in Sports (TOPPS)
Under Review

A program to optimize athletes’ mental health and sport performance concurrently through a sport-specific, strength-based approach that reduces stigma and builds transferable life skills.

Contact

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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Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development is currently funded by the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy and historically has received funding from Arnold Ventures, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.