Family Empowerment Intervention

Foreword Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Need for Effective, Cost-Efficient Intervention Services for High-Risk Youths Strengths and Limitations of Case Management and Referral Services A Study of Preliminary Screening The Importance of Family Interventions with an Ecological Focus Criteria for Evaluating Intervention Programs Organization of Report Chapter 2. Overview of Family Empowerment Intervention Theoretical Foundations Goals Structural Intervention Strategies Phases of the Intervention Categories of Families Served by the FEI Involving Families and Moving Them Through the FEI to Graduation The Field Consultants Roles and Responsibilities of Key Supervisory Personnel Clinical Policies Ensuring the Integrity of Intervention Services Implementing the FEI Chapter 3. Youths and Families Involved in the Youth Support Project Setting for the YSP Selecting Youths and Families for Enrollment in the YSP Data-Collection Procedures Characteristics of Youths at Baseline Interview Summary Chapter 4. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Crime Case Type Official Record Outcomes Self-Reported Delinquency Influence of Change in Project’s Clinical Leadership on Outcomes Chapter 5. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Alcohol and Other Drug Use Short-Term Impact on Alcohol/Other Drug Use Long-Term Impact on Alcohol/Other Drug Use Influence of Change in Project’s Clinical Leadership on Outcomes Chapter 6. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Emotional/Psychological Functioning Short-Term Impact on Emotional/Psychological Functioning Long-Term Impact on Emotional Psychological Functioning Influence of Change in Project’s Clinical Leadership on Outcomes Summary of Findings Chapter 7. Conclusions and Directions for the Future Short-Term Impact of the FEI Long-Term Impact of the FEI Could Project Referrals to Services Account for Its Impact, Not the FEI? Cost-Saving Benefits of the FEI How Could the FEI Be Improved? Next Steps Appendix A. Time 1 Summary Measures for Six Sets of Major Variables Appendix B. Parent-Adolescent Communication (Adolescent and Mother Form) Appendix C. Publications Resulting from the Youth Support Project and Family Empowerment Intervention Appendix D. Percentage of ESI Youths, FEI Noncompleters, and FEI Completers Who Reported Receiving Various Services During the Second Follow-Up Period Appendix E. Percentage of ESI Youths, FEI Noncompleters, and FEI Completers Who Reported Receiving Various Services During the Third Follow-Up Period References Index Reference Notes Included