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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Violence Prevention: Therapeutic Foster Care – for Chronically Delinquent Juveniles

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: June 2002

Workgroups: Adolescent Health Workgroup, Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends therapeutic foster care for youth with a history of ongoing misbehavior. Therapeutic foster care places youth with people trained to provide social and emotional learning environments for them. These settings can help prevent violence among youth ages 12 to 18.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the rate of minors and young adults committing violent crimes — AH‑10
Baseline only

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2005) Violence Prevention: Therapeutic Foster Care – for Chronically Delinquent Juveniles. Retrieved from: https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/violence-therapeutic-foster-care-chronically-delinquent-juveniles