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Abstract

The Birth & Beyond (B&B) Family Resource Center Initiative, an AmeriCorps State and National program, supports families at risk of child maltreatment with weekly home visits by AmeriCorps members. AmeriCorps members as home visitors employ the evidence-based parent education curriculum, the Nurturing Parenting Program (NPP), and assesses parents using the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI) to determine risk of child maltreatment. Family Nurturing Plans are developed conjointly between B&B clients and their home visitor that prescribes the content and number of NPP lessons and home visits the parent will receive. This study examines recurrence rates based on reentry into the Sacramento County Child Protective Services (CPS) system of B&B AmeriCorps Home Visiting program participants at the child level. This summary highlights key findings presented in this report: The quasi-experimental design (QED) portion of this evaluation compares substantiated recurrence of maltreatment between children receiving B&B AmeriCorps home visiting services and a matched set of children who had CPS involvement during a comparable time frame but did not receive B&B home visiting services.