Programs that Work
The PPN site features descriptions of evaluated programs that improve outcomes for children. Below is a complete list of all programs on the PPN site listed according to their evidence level.
View Programs by Evidence Level
Programs are reviewed and assigned to one of the evidence level categories shown below, according to a number of evidence criteria. All of the programs on the PPN site have been screened for quality and to ensure that they have evidence of positive effects.
Proven Programs
Promising Programs
Proven/Promising Programs
Other Reviewed Programs
What does it mean when a program is listed as Proven, Promising, or Other Reviewed Programs? Read more about the criteria used to evaluate programs.
Proven Programs
Adolescent Coping with Depression Course
Attachment-Based Family Therapy
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Class Wide Peer Tutoring Program
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)
The Effective Learning Program
Healthy Families New York (HFNY)
HighScope Perry Preschool Program
Midwestern Prevention Project/Project STAR
National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program
Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)
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Promising Programs
Accelerated Academics Academy (AAA)
Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS)
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Teacher Training Workshop
Cognitive Relaxation Coping Skills
Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)
Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition
Creating Lasting Family Connections
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)
Father/Male Involvement Preschool Teacher Education Program
Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
Healthy Steps for Young Children
New York City's Small Schools of Choice
Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS)
Postponing Sexual Involvement/Human Sexuality Educational Series
Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Training
Reaching Educators, Children, and Parents (RECAP)
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP)
Seattle Social Development Project
Second Step Violence Prevention
Self Center (School-Linked Reproductive Health Services)
Social Decision Making / Problem Solving
Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE)
Syracuse Family Development Research Program
Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI)
Team Accelerated Instruction: Math
Proven / Promising Programs
Family Support and Parenting Education in the Home
Other Reviewed Programs
Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success
Aggression Replacement Training
Aggressors, Victims, and Bystanders: Thinking and Acting to Prevent Violence
Al's Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices
Behavioral Monitoring and Reinforcement Program
Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA)
Community Trials Intervention to Reduce High-Risk Drinking (RHRD)
Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP)
Early Risers 'Skills for Success' Program
Families And Schools Together (FAST)
Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)
I CAN Learn Pre-Algebra and Algebra
Instructional Conversations and Literature Logs
Interactive Shared Book Reading
Keepin' it R.E.A.L. (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave)
Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP)
Let Each One Teach One Mentor Program
Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT)
Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence
Lions-Quest Working Toward Peace
Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health Education
Minnesota Smoking Prevention Program
Multidimensional Family Therapy
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
Parent Child Development Center
Parenting With Love and Limits
The Peacemakers Program: Violence Prevention for Students in Grades 4-8
Phonological Awareness Training
Phonological Awareness Training plus Letter Knowledge Training
Project Toward No Drug Abuse (Project TND)
Project Toward No Tobacco Use (Project TNT)
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS)
Protecting You / Protecting Me
Residential Student Assistance Program
Resources, Education, and Care in the Home (REACH)
Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP)
School Transitional Environmental Program
Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children)
SMARTteam (Students Managing Anger and Resolution Together)
SNAP (Stop Now And Plan) Under 12 Outreach Project (SNAP ORP)
Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously (STARS) for Families
Strengthening Families Program
Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14
Strong African American Families (SAAF) Program
Teaching Students to be Peacemakers
Teenage Health Teaching Modules
Too Good for Drugs and Violence
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) Algebra
Vocabulary Improvement Program for English Language Learners and Their Classmates