Strategies

Provide home visiting services to low income, first time mothers and their babies, starting during pregnancy and continuing through a child’s second birthday

Promote abstinence from sexual activity, generally only with mention of condoms and birth control to highlight failure rates

Place severely and chronically delinquent youth in foster families that are trained in structured behavior management and connected to TFCO program staff; formerly called Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care

Provide assistance to families with low incomes to make their homes more energy efficient and to permanently reduce their energy bills