Program Profile: CASASTART

This is a neighborhood-based, intensive case-management approach to prevent drug use and delinquency for high-risk adolescents living in distressed neighborhoods.

Evidence Rating: No Effects | One study

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Date Modified: May 1, 2022

In 2012, CASASTART received a final program rating of No Effects, based on the reviews of studies by Harrell, Cavanagh, and Sridharan (1999), Mihalic and colleagues (2011), and Perdue and Ethier (n.d.). In May 2022, CrimeSolutions conducted a re-review of these three studies, using the updated CrimeSolutions Program Scoring Instrument. The program maintained the rating of No Effects.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 11 - 13

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Asian/Pacific Islander

Geography: Suburban Urban

Setting (Delivery): School, Other Community Setting, Home

Program Type: Alcohol and Drug Prevention, Afterschool/Recreation, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, Family Therapy, Leadership and Youth Development, Parent Training, Truancy Prevention

Targeted Population: Truants/Dropouts

Current Program Status: Active