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About the Safe Start Evaluation Project

Children who are exposed to violence can experience negative social and psychological effects both at the time of the exposure and throughout their life. Finding effective programs to improve children’s chances of future social and psychological well being is the goal of a new RAND project funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).

OJJDP has selected and funded 15 programs in cities around the country that are adapting evidence-based interventions to ameliorate the negative impacts of violence on children ages 0 to 12. The programs take a variety of different forms, with some providing services to children only while others serve both children and their families or primary care givers. The programs are targeted to various exposure levels of domestic violence, including exposure to community violence and experience of direct abuse.

RAND's evaluation will examine the implementation and outcomes of these programs, both individually and collectively. The results of the full evaluation are expected in 2011.

For more information please contact safe-start-evaluation@rand.org; for media inquiries, please contact the RAND Office of Media Relations at media@rand.org.