Program Directory

The Program Directory is a searchable database of evidence-based, federally-funded youth programs. You can search for programs by risk factor, protective factor, or keyword.

The Background & Methodology page describes how the Program Directory was developed, and how programs are evaluated and categorized. This section also includes a description of the meaning of the level assigned to each program.

The Research page describes risk and protective factors and how those factors are relevant to youth programs. It includes a bibliography of recent research.


The Nominate a Program page explains the process of requesting a program be included in the program.



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Level Program Name Age Range
Level 2 Academic Tutoring and Social Skills Training 9 - 10       
Level 3 Across Ages 10 - 12       
Level 2 Adolescent Transitions Program 11 - 18       
Level 2 Aggression Replacement Training® (ART®) 12 - 17       
Level 2 Al’s Pals 3 - 8       
Level 3 Albuquerque Victim–Offender Mediation Program 10 - 19       
Level 2 Alcohol Misuse Prevention Study 10 - 18       
Level 3 All Children Excel 6 - 15       
Level 3 All Stars™ 11 - 15       
Level 2 American Indian Life Skills Development 11 - 19       
Level 3 Anchorage Youth Court 7 - 18       
Level 3 Athletes Targeting Healthy Exercise & Nutrition Alternatives (ATHENA) 0 - 21       
Level 1 Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS) 13 - 19       
Level 2 Baton Rouge Partnership for the Prevention of Juvenile Gun Violence 17 - 21       
Level 3 Be a Star 5 - 12       
Level 2 Bethlehem Police Family Group Conferencing Project 5 - 18       
Level 2 Bicultural Competence Skills Approach 12 - 18       
Level 1 Big Brothers Big Sisters 6 - 16       
Level 2 Bigs in Schools 9 - 16       
Level 3 Boys and Girls Club Gang Prevention Through Targeted Outreach 6 - 18       
Level 2 Boys and Girls Club Project Learn 7 - 18       
Level 3 Boys Town 11 - 18       
Level 1 Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students (BASICS) 18 - 24       
Level 2 Brief Strategic Family Therapy 8 - 18       
Level 3 Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development Program (BUILD) 10 - 17       
Level 2 Career Academy 13 - 18       
Level 2 Career Beginnings 16 - 18       
Level 2 Caring School Community Program 5 - 12       
Level 2 CASASTART 8 - 13       
Level 3 CeaseFire—Chicago 0 - 21       
Level 2 Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy 5 - 35       
Level 2 Child–Parent Center 3 - 9       
Level 3 Children in the Middle 3 - 15       
Level 2 Children of Divorce Intervention Program (CODIP) 5 - 13       
Level 3 Chronic Truancy Initiative 6 - 11       
Level 3 Club HERO (Helping Everyone Reach Out) 10 - 12       
Level 1 Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) 10 - 14       
Level 3 Common Sense Parenting (CSP) 6 - 16       
Level 2 Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol 18 - 24       
Level 2 Community Trials Intervention to Reduce High-Risk Drinking 12 - 54       
Level 2 Comprehensive Gang Model 12 - 25       
Level 2 Connections 8 - 18       
Level 2 Consistency Management & Cooperative Discipline® 3 - 18       
Level 1 Coping Power Program 9 - 11       
Level 2 Creating Lasting Family Connections 9 - 17       
Level 1 DARE To Be You 2 - 5       
Level 3 Delaware Juvenile Drug Court Diversion Program 11 - 19       
Level 1 Early Risers ‘Skills for Success’ Program 6 - 10       
Level 3 East Texas Experiential Learning Center 12 - 13       
Level 3 Extended-Service Schools Initiative 6 - 14       
Level 3 Facing History and Ourselves 12 - 19       
Level 1 Families And Schools Together (FAST) 4 - 12       
Level 2 Families in Action 11 - 14       
Level 3 Family Centered Treatment® (FCT®) 0 - 21       
Level 3 Family Effectiveness Training 6 - 12       
Level 3 Family Health Promotion 3 - 8       
Level 2 Family Integrated Transitions (FIT) 10 - 17       
Level 1 Family Matters 12 - 14       
Level 3 Family Solutions Program 12 - 15       
Level 1 Fast Track 5 - 15       
Level 2 First Step to Success 5 - 6       
Level 1 Focus on Families 3 - 14       
Level 1 Functional Family Therapy 11 - 18       
Level 2 Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) 13 - 14       
Level 3 Gang Resistance Is Paramount 7 - 16       
Level 3 Get Real About Violence 5 - 18       
Level 2 Girls Inc. Friendly PEERsuasion® 11 - 14       
Level 3 Girls Inc. Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy® 9 - 17       
Level 3 Girls’ Circle 9 - 18       
Level 1 Good Behavior Game 6 - 10       
Level 3 Great Body Shop 4 - 14       
Level 2 Growing Healthy 5 - 11       
Level 1 Guiding Good Choices 9 - 14       
Level 2 Hardcore Gang Investigations Unit—Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office 12 - 35       
Level 2 HeadOn 11 - 13       
Level 2 Healthy Families America 0 - 5       
Level 3 Helping the Noncompliant Child 2 - 7       
Level 3 HOMEBUILDERS 0 - 18       
Level 2 I Can Problem Solve 4 - 12       
Level 3 Independence Youth Court 7 - 16       
Level 2 Indianapolis Restorative Justice Project 0 - 14       
Level 3 Intensive Probation Supervision 14 - 18       
Level 3 Intensive Supervision Juvenile Probation Program 12 - 18       
Level 3 Jefferson County Juvenile Gun Court 0 - 17       
Level 2 Kansas City Gun Experiment 5 - 35       
Level 2 Keep A Clear Mind 8 - 12       
Level 1 keepin’ it R.E.A.L. (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave) 10 - 17       
Level 3 Kentucky Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Project 11 - 14       
Level 3 Know Your Body 5 - 12       
Level 3 Let Each One Teach One 11 - 13       
Level 1 LifeSkills® Training 8 - 14       
Level 1 Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT) 6 - 11       
Level 2 Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence 10 - 14       
Level 3 Lions-Quest Working Toward Peace 10 - 14       
Level 3 Maine Juvenile Drug Treatment Court 13 - 18       
Level 2 Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center 15 - 18       
Level 3 Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health Education 5 - 18       
Level 3 Michigan State Diversion Project 10 - 18       
Level 2 Midwestern Prevention Project 10 - 12       
Level 3 Minneapolis Center for Victim–Offender Mediation 10 - 18       
Level 3 Minnesota Smoking Prevention Program 9 - 13       
Level 3 Movimiento Ascendencia 8 - 19       
Level 2 Multidimensional Family Therapy 11 - 18       
Level 1 Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care 11 - 18       
Level 3 Multidisciplinary Team Home Run Program 0 - 17       
Level 3 Multimodal Substance Abuse Prevention 13 - 18       
Level 1 Multisystemic Therapy 12 - 17       
Level 3 Native American Prevention Project Against AIDS and Substance Abuse 12 - 18       
Level 2 Not-On-Tobacco (N–O–T) 14 - 19       
Level 1 Nurse–Family Partnership 0 - 4       
Level 3 Nurturing Parenting Program 0 - 18       
Level 3 Oakland Beat Health Program 5 - 35       
Level 3 Oakland Victim–Offender Reconciliation Program 7 - 15       
Level 2 Olweus Bullying Prevention Program 6 - 14       
Level 3 Open Circle Curriculum 5 - 10       
Level 3 Operation Ceasefire 15 - 24       
Level 2 Operation New Hope 12 - 25       
Level 3 Orange County Juvenile Substance Abuse Treatment Court 0 - 18       
Level 1 Parent Child Development Center 0 - 3       
Level 2 Parent–Child Assistance Program 0 - 3       
Level 3 Parenting Partnership 0 - 18       
Level 3 Parenting Wisely 6 - 18       
Level 1 Parenting With Love and Limits® 10 - 18       
Level 3 Parents as Teachers 0 - 5       
Level 3 Peace Works 4 - 18       
Level 1 PeaceBuilders 5 - 11       
Level 2 Peacemakers Program 9 - 14       
Level 3 Peers Making Peace 5 - 22       
Level 1 Perry Preschool Project 3 - 4       
Level 3 Philadelphia Youth Violence Reduction 14 - 19       
Level 2 Phoenix House 13 - 17       
Level 2 Positive Action 5 - 18       
Level 3 Preventive Alcohol Education Program 12 - 17       
Level 1 Preventive Treatment Program 7 - 9       
Level 3 Primary Project 4 - 9       
Level 3 Project ACHIEVE 3 - 14       
Level 1 Project ALERT 11 - 14       
Level 3 Project Back-on-Track 9 - 17       
Level 3 Project Chrysalis 14 - 18       
Level 2 Project EX 14 - 19       
Level 2 Project Link 15 - 21       
Level 1 Project Northland—Class Action 14 - 18       
Level 3 Project PACE 9 - 10       
Level 3 Project PATHE (Positive Action Through Holistic Education) 11 - 18       
Level 1 Project Toward No Drug Abuse 14 - 19       
Level 1 Project Toward No Tobacco Use 10 - 14       
Level 1 Prolonged Exposure Therapy 15 - 70       
Level 1 Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS) 5 - 10       
Level 2 Protecting You/Protecting Me® 6 - 11       
Level 2 Raising a Thinking Child: I Can Problem Solve for Families 4 - 7       
Level 3 Reaffirming Young Sister’s Excellence (RYSE) 12 - 17       
Level 3 Repeat Offender Prevention Program 8 - 15       
Level 2 Residential Student Assistance Program 14 - 17       
Level 2 Resolving Conflict Creatively Program 6 - 13       
Level 1 Responding In Peaceful and Positive Ways 10 - 14       
Level 3 Responsive Classroom 5 - 11       
Level 2 Richmond Comprehensive Homicide Initiative 12 - 30       
Level 3 Rural Educational Achievement Project (REAP) 9 - 10       
Level 1 Safe Dates 14 - 15       
Level 2 SAFE–T 12 - 19       
Level 2 San Diego County Breaking Cycles 12 - 17       
Level 3 Saving Lives 5 - 35       
Level 3 Say It Straight 8 - 18       
Level 3 SCARE Program 6 - 18       
Level 2 School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program 6 - 17       
Level 2 Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children) 4 - 6       
Level 2 Second Step®: A Violence Prevention Curriculum 4 - 14       
Level 2 Sembrando Salud 11 - 16       
Level 3 SISTERS 0 - 50       
Level 2 Skills, Opportunities, and Recognition (SOAR) 5 - 14       
Level 2 SMART Leaders 13 - 17       
Level 2 SMART Team (Students Managing Anger and Resolution Together) 11 - 15       
Level 2 Social Competence Promotion Program for Young Adolescents 11 - 15       
Level 3 Social Decision Making/Problem Solving Program 5 - 14       
Level 3 Solution-Focused Brief Therapy 13 - 14       
Level 3 SOS Signs of Suicide® Program 14 - 18       
Level 2 Spit Tobacco Intervention for High School Athletes 14 - 18       
Level 2 STARS (Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously) for Families 11 - 14       
Level 2 Staying Connected with Your Teen 12 - 17       
Level 2 STEP (School Transitional Environmental Program) 12 - 18       
Level 2 Steps to Respect®: A Bullying Prevention Program 8 - 12       
Level 2 Stopping Teenage Addiction to Tobacco 11 - 17       
Level 1 Strengthening Families Program 3 - 17       
Level 1 Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10–14 10 - 14       
Level 3 Strengthening the Bonds of Chicano Youth and Families 9 - 16       
Level 2 Success For All 5 - 11       
Level 2 Success in Stages® 9 - 18       
Level 3 Supporting Adolescents with Guidance and Employment (SAGE) 12 - 16       
Level 2 Syracuse Family Development Research Program 5 - 10       
Level 3 Taking Charge 14 - 20       
Level 3 Teaching Students to Be Peacemakers 7 - 18       
Level 2 Teams–Games–Tournaments Alcohol Prevention 13 - 17       
Level 2 Teen Outreach 14 - 18       
Level 3 Teenage Health Teaching Modules 11 - 18       
Level 1 The Incredible Years 2 - 10       
Level 3 the truth® campaign 0 - 21       
Level 3 Too Good for Drugs 5 - 18       
Level 1 Too Good for Violence 5 - 18       
Level 1 Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 3 - 18       
Level 2 Tri-Agency Resource Gang Enforcement Team 15 - 24       
Level 3 Tribes 5 - 18       
Level 3 Truant Recovery Program 11 - 18       
Level 3 Urban Improv 8 - 11       
Level 3 Urban Women Against Substance Abuse 9 - 15       
Level 3 Violence Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents 12 - 18       
Level 2 VisionQuest 11 - 18       
Level 3 Washington, DC, Restitution Program 12 - 18       
Level 3 Wayne County Intensive Probation Program 12 - 17       
Level 3 Woodrock Youth Development Program 6 - 14       
Level 3 Wraparound Milwaukee 13 - 17