Community Interventions
The following evidence-based community interventions come from the Guide to Community Preventive Services 
, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Adolescent Health: Person-to-Person Interventions to Improve Caregivers' Parenting Skills
Person-to-person interventions aim to modify adolescents’ risk/protective behaviors and health outcomes by improving their caregivers’ parenting skills.
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Early Childhood Development: Comprehensive, Center-Based Programs for Children of Low-Income Families
Comprehensive, center-based early childhood development programs are defined as publicly funded comprehensive preschool programs designed to improve the cognitive and social development of children, aged 3 to 5 years, at risk because of family poverty.
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Housing: Tenant-based Rental Assistance
Tenant-based rental assistance programs provide vouchers or direct cash assistance to allow low-income families more housing options than they could afford by themselves.
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School-based Programs to Reduce Violence
Universal school-based programs to reduce violence are designed to teach all students in a given school or grade about the problem of violence and its prevention or about one or more of the following topics or skills intended to reduce aggressive or violent behavior: emotional self-awareness, emotional control, self-esteem, positive social skills, social problem solving, conflict resolution, or team work.
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Therapeutic Foster Care to Reduce Violence
In therapeutic foster care programs, youth who cannot live at home because of behavioral or emotional problems are placed with foster parents who are specially trained to provide a structured environment for learning social and emotional skills.
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Consumer Information
The following consumer resources are from the Quick Guide to Healthy Living at healthfinder.gov.
Many kids don't tell an adult when they're being bullied. Use these tips to start a conversation with your child before you see signs of a problem.
Children ages 11 to 14 need to go to the doctor for a “well-child visit” once a year. Get the most out of your child's next visit by gathering important information to share with the doctor.
Teens ages 15 to 17 need to go to the doctor for a “well-child visit” once a year. Encourage your teen to get involved in doctors' visits.
Talk with your teen about how to build strong, respectful relationships.
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