Source: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY submitted to
CLEARINGHOUSE FOR MILITARY FAMILY READINESS AT PENN STATE
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
TERMINATED
Funding Source
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1024124
Grant No.
2020-48709-32817
Project No.
PENW-2020-08375
Proposal No.
2020-08375
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Program Code
CMFR
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2020
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2023
Grant Year
2020
Project Director
Perkins, D. F.
Recipient Organization
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
408 Old Main
UNIVERSITY PARK,PA 16802-1505
Performing Department
Agricultural Economics, Sociol
Non Technical Summary
The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness has been located at the Pennsylvania State University (Clearinghouse) for the last 10 years. This continuation funding represents the next phase of work for the Clearinghouse Operations, Resource Center for Improving Family Health Behaviors, the THRIVE Parenting Initiative, Department of Defense (DoD) Family Advocacy Program (FAP) Support, a vetting system for online resources, Army FAP Prevention and Research Project, and Army NPSP.The Clearinghouse is an applied research center committed to advancing the health and well-being of service members, veterans, and their families. This focus is essential and promotes family resilience, which is a significant predictor of military readiness, that is, the ability of service members to effectively execute their missions. Family satisfaction with the military is the strongest predictor of Service member retention. Thus, resilient military families are essential to national security, the stability of the armed forces, and the health and well-being of millions of military children. the health and well-being of service members and their families.The Clearinghouse takes a solution-oriented approach that includes writing research reports, conducting applied research studies, building workforce expertise through training and resource provision, implementing and evaluating evidence-informed programs and practices, and delivering objective data and policy-relevant findings so that decisions are based on the most rigorous science and evidence available.
Animal Health Component
0%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
75%
Developmental
25%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
80260203070100%
Goals / Objectives
The work of the Clearinghouse for the next 5 years, specifically, the objectives of this project are noted below.A. Maintain a Repository of Programs and Implementation SupportB. Continue to Develop Eductaional Products Related to the Resource Center for Improving Family Health BehaviorsC. Continue the Child Development Program EvaluationD. Further Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Parenting Programs Within the THRIVE Universal Parenting ProgramE. Provide applied research and implementation support to DoD Family Advocacy Program
Project Methods
The Clearinghouse employs various methods to conduct applied research and evaluation. The method inolve quantative and qualititative designs to gather information with relevance to effectiveness of Military Family Programs and Services and increasing tehir implmentation quality.

Progress 09/01/22 to 08/31/23

Outputs
Target Audience:Clearinghouse originated in 2010. The mission of the Clearinghouse is to foster and support interdisciplinary applied research and evaluation, translational and implementation science, and outreach efforts that advance the health and well-being of Service members, veterans, and their families. The Clearinghouse main audiience includes all professionals serving military families (e.g., DoD and Servicespolicy analysts and program staff, civilian providers, military spouses and partners, and mility family researchers). Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?PSB-CY Non-Clinical Referral Tool (NCRT) -Conducted Training on the PSB-CY NCRT through Live Online Training (31 Live Trainings conducted) or the Online Learning Module with FAP, Child Development and Youth Program (CD/YP), and Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) personnel Total of FAP personnel trained: 1,805 Total of CD/YP personnel trained: 2,925 Total of DoDEA personnel trained: 665 Continued to host and monitor the PSB-CY NCRT Support Website and have a total of 6,022 registered users Handled 567 training and implementation support requests from FAP, CD/YP, and DoDEA personnel related to the PSB-CY NCRT. Tracked all training participants and sent Service HQs Point of Contacts How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Yes, significant and frequent meetings, reports, presentatations have been shared with all key stakeholders. For instance from the IDC project, the following reports and products were completed and disseminated. Completed and finalized the Interim Report detailing results of listening to IDCs without medical providers seated on board, and impact of COVID-19 upon FAP IDC processes. Completed and finalized the CCSM Assessment Report. Completed the Standardization Tool Pilot Report, finalization is pending. Completed the Incident Severity Scales Assessment Report, finalization is pending. Completed the Case Preparation Assessment Report, finalization is pending. Completed a Guide to Assessing Strangulation for FAP. Completed a rapid literature review on Family Engagement Strategies. Completed a rapid literature review Barriers to Reporting Abuse. Completed a rapid literature review on Adult Learning Methods. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Next year Thrive Parenting Initiative -For the upcoming year (October 2023-April 2024), the Clearinghouse Team will involve the development of at least three additional parent-education supplemental modules, at least three professional development opportunities through the Thrive Educational Series, piloting the GSS curriculum with Services, and the ongoing pilot evaluation of TRHV with the Marine Corps and the Navy. In addition, team members will continue to provide project and program technical assistance and implementation support for professionals through email, Zoom/Teams, and telephone conference. Here is a bulleted list of upcoming tasks. Incident Severity Scales -For this upcoming year, we will: finalize ISS report; develop and implement ISS Service-wide training; collaborate with DMDC to make recommended changes to tool for strangulation and sexual abuse and DMDC as they arise in the field. Incident Determination Committee Quality Assurance project -We are now entering into the implementation of the quality-assurance plan that includes training, procedures, and tools based on evidence-informed continuous quality-improvement practices. The following are what is expected for the next year.? Once final protocols are approved by MCA -begin conducting CCSM trainings in Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps using new Standardization Tool. Once final protocols are approved by MCA-begin conducting IDC Case Preparation Trainings in Navy and Marine Corps using new Standardization Tool. Once final protocols are approved by MCA-begin conducting IDC Role-based Trainings in Navy and Marine Corps using new Standardization Tool. Problem Sexual Behavior in Children and Youth project -The Clearinghouse will focus on advancement of the PSB-CY effort by: discussing next steps for supporting FAP, DoDEA, and CD/YP as they utilize the PSB-CY NCRT with FAP, DoDEA & CD/YP HQ Leadership; continue to track those who completed the Learning Module and Live Online Training; continue to provide implementation support to PSB-CY NCRT users, continue to conduct weekly/bi-weekly calls with partners; continue to update PSB-CY Process MAPs, as needed; continue to develop and provide tools and resources to assist with the implementation of the NCRT and delivery of services related to PSB-CY;host Learning Conversations/Support calls to support FAP, DoDEA, and CD/YP as they implement and train on the PSB-CY NCRT. Harmful behavior project - The Clearinghouse will continue to review relevant literature, programs, and reports to assist with the identification of next steps. Further refinement of the to the Process Map and Logic Model as the process for handling these behaviors at the installation level will continue. Ongoing check-in calls will continue with partners to discuss needsand next steps for advancing the effort. Additional relevant literature reviews and identification of new resources to assist with identifying best practiceswill continue. Focus will be on developing evidence-informed resources and/or tools to support the process of handling these behaviors. Finally, the Clearinghouse will support partners in the piloting of the process once clear guidance is provided on how these behaviors will be handled at the installation level. FAP Staffing Tool project -the Clearinghouse FAP Staffing Tool team will continue conducting introductory calls with our VA and Educator refinement sites. Once introductory calls are completed and sites have returned their data collection forms, we will analyze the data, create refined tools, and schedule tool presentationsduringFall 2023. We will also work to finalizeour plan for implementation, which is scheduled to begin in Spring 2024. Finally, the team is in the process of recruiting a new research project support specialist to assist with projectwork. Navy and Marine Take Root Home Visitation -Thisyear will be full implementation of the pilot study.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? From October 2022 to September 2023, the Continuum team vetted 55 new Clearinghouse programs and completed accompanying fact sheets. In addition, 144 Clearinghouse programs and 68 obesity programs that were previously vetted were reevaluated, and fact sheets were reviewed and updated. In collaboration with the Technical Assistance (TA) team and the Learning Design and Communications (LDC) team, content was created for a website pertaining to the selection and use of apps. Since October 2022, the following have been developed/completed: three supplemental parent-education modules (including parent toolkit resources), nine mini-booster video modules for parents/caregivers, two online learning modules for professionals, two presentations for military professionals, full GSS curriculum content, and the start of the TRHV evaluation with the Marine Corps. From May 2023 to October 2023, the following are slated to be developed/completed: three supplemental parent-education modules, one professional online learning module, three presentations for military professionals, design of the GSS manual and online platform, planning for the pilot evaluation of GSS, the ongoing pilot evaluation of TRHV with the Marine Corps, and beginning the pilot evaluation of TRHV with the Navy. In addition, team members provide(d) project and program technical assistance and implementation support for professionals through email, Zoom/Teams, and telephone conference. Here is a bulleted list of accomplishments: · Web-based Supplemental Parent-Education Modules o Adolescent Mental Health: Parenting to Wellness (September 2022) o Parental Absence: Parenting through Family Separation (November 2022) o Coparenting: Coordinated. Cooperative. United. (January 2023) · Mini-booster Video Modules for Parents/Caregivers o Effective Discipline (November 2022) o Listening to Your Baby (November 2022) o Taking Care of You (November 2022) o Actively Listening (January 2023) o Communicating with Adolescents and Teens (January 2023) o Establishing Routines with your Preschool Age Child (January 2023) o Setting Boundaries and Expectations (January 2023) o Positive Parenting in Everyday Moments (February 2023) o Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Families (February 2023) · Online Learning Modules for Professionals/Professional Development Opportunities o Trauma-Informed Care in Parent Education o Motivational Interviewing and Values Clarification o Thrive Educational Series -Supporting the Behavior Change Process: Adding Motivational Interviewing and Values Clarification to your Facilitator Toolbox (January 17, 2023) -The Mental Health Challenges of Military-Connected Children (and How the Adults in their Lives can Help) (April 3, 2023)

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2023 Citation: Chesnut, R. P., Rudy, T. L., Welsh, J. A., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Delivering Take Root to military families with a child 0- to 3-years-old: Examining feasibility and proof-of-concept. Military Behavioral Health, 10, 156-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2021.1977203
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2023 Citation: Kaye, M. P., Aronson, K. R., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Factors predicting family violence recidivism among Army families with child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 27, 423-433. doi/pdf/10.1177/10775595211008997


Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/23

Outputs
Target Audience:The Clearinghouse supports military families by building the capacity of professionals who serve those families. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? For the FAP PSB-CY project, the Clearinghouse conducted face-to-face trainings (total participants: 977), implementation support activities (126 implementation support calls), and master reviews of all completed referral tools from pilot sites (total submitted referral tools: 107), and the Clearinghouse is currently refining an online training related to the referral tool. For the Army NPSP evaluation, the Clearinghouse has provided 320 instances of implementation support andfacilitated66implementation support calls andtwo transition preparation callsto directly support Army NPSP home visitorsand Army FAP leadership. The Clearinghouse presented the Digital Empowerment Resource On a MFLN webinar and has recorded one podcast to communicate the availability of the resource. Moreover, the Thrive team has held four presentations to communicate the availability of the online Thrive programming and resources. Relative to Thrive secondary prevention programming, the Clearinghouse adapted the 2-day (14-hour) face-to-face training into a 7-day (17-hour) virtual training to train Army home visitors (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Since October 2020, the Clearinghouse has trained an additional 35 Army home visitors virtually (71 total Army home visitors have been trained). In addition, to assist home visitors who were absent from the field due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Clearinghouse developed and held a 3-hour virtual refresher training for 15 home visitors who were previously trained in Take Root Home Visitation. 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Moreover, from October of 2020 through August of 2021, the TA team participated in 305 technical assistance requests (40 Phone, 60 Email, 24 Live Chat, 7 Social Media, 1 In-Person Meeting and 173 Follow-ups). @font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} @font-face { panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1342208091 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4; mso-font-alt:"?? ??"; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:12.0pt; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0in; text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-fareast- mso-bidi-}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-fareast- mso-hansi-}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? This continuation funding represents the next phase of work for the Clearinghouse Operations, the THRIVE Parenting Initiative, Department of Defense (DoD) Family Advocacy Program (FAP) Support, finalization of a vetting system for online resources, Navy and Marine Take Root Home Visitation Pilot, as well as several Family Advocacy Program projects (Quality Assurance of Incident Determination Committee Process, Problem Sexual Behavior in Children and Youth, Staffing Tool Development). For instance, for it standard operations, the Clearinghouse will vet 75 new programs and re-vet 275 existing programs. For this current proposal, the Clearinghouse will continue to provide real-time and significant implementation support to professionals who serve military-connected families through its TA efforts. The Clearinghouse is an applied research center committed to advancing the health and well-being of service members, veterans, and their families. This focus is essential and promotes family resilience, which is a significant predictor of military readiness, that is, the ability of service members to effectively execute their missions. Family satisfaction with the military is the strongest predictor of Service member retention. 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Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The Clearinghouse actively facilitates and collaborates to foster the use of evidence-based programs and practices, improve awareness of and access to these approaches, decrease real and perceived barriers to their use, increase the use of evaluation as part of program implementation, and reduce the lag time between the creation of scientific knowledge in prevention/intervention and evaluation sciences and their translation to the field. Thus, the Clearinghouse promotes the ability of military families to adapt effectively to the unique challenges that military life can present. The Clearinghouse has continued to expand the objective repository of information on the evidence base of prevention and treatment programs (Perkins et al., 2015; Kare et al., 2017). Over the last 10 years, since 2011, more than 1,500 programs have been reviewed and placed on the Continuum by masters- and doctorate-level researchers. From October 2020 through September 2021, 27 new obesity programs and 52 other programs were vetted, corresponding fact sheets were completed, and 192 previously placed programs were re-evaluated. Programs are placed on the Continuum of Evidence (Continuum), which was developed by scientists at the Clearinghouse. Programs in the repository cover a wide range of topics, some are specific to military life; others are common to military families and civilians as military families face both types of challenges. The vetting process includes the development of a detailed fact sheet that outlines program specifics. These fact sheets are available for use by practitioners to assist them in making informed decisions for their target audience and their audiences' needs. Finally, the Clearinghouse completed the Military Spouse Licensure Transportability at the request of the Office of Military Community and Family Policy. @font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-alt:"????????t MS"; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;. In 2014, the Clearinghouse partnered with the USDA and the office of Military Community and Family Policy to initiate the development of the Thrive Initiative which is a continuum of evidence-informed parenting programs. Relative to Thrive universal programming, content has been developed for the Branch Out online program and manuals are currently being developed for the hybrid implementation of Take Root online, Sprout online, and Grow online. Content has been written for two supplemental modules that will accompany the universal Thrive programming - Exceptional Families: Blossoming with Developmental Differences (for parents of children with special needs) and PROSPERing Grandfamilies with 10 to- 14-year-olds. Research efforts are underway for the Sprout online parenting program with the Armed Services YMCA. Moreover, as part of Thrive, a Digital Empowerment Resource was completed in January 2021, and a webinar presentation was completed on MFLN and has recorded one podcast to communicate the availability of the resource. For our work with Family Advocacy Program (FAP) the follow efforts were completed. First, The Clearinghouse pilot tested a referral tool for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) and Child and Youth personnel to apply in determining whether an incident of PSB had occurred. Second, the Clearinghouse is currently in the assessment phase Quality Assurance IDC project. Thus far, the Clearinghouse Team had listened to 93 IDC meetings across participating Army, Navy, and Air Force installations. Third, for phase II of the FAP staffing tool development, the Clearinghouse Team developed process maps for each position within each Service then iteratively refined them with feedback from installation staff in those positions. The Clearinghouse also collected data related to staffing and time allocation from 16 installations (four per Service). Finally, for Incident Severity Scales work within FAP, The Clearinghouse conducted a quality-assurance check-in with HQ-level managers on ISS training, usage, monitoring, and fidelity to assist with discovering emergent needs or areas of implementation assistance needed for the ISS tool; and updating ISS Learning Module in Articulate Storyline in the Clearinghouse ISS Support Website; offering support to clinicians as they use the FAPISS; and monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting issues to DoD FAP and DMDC as they arise in the field. @font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} @font-face { panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4; mso-font-alt:"?? ??"; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kaye, M. P., Ferrara, A. M., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Practitioner and military family perspectives of child maltreatment risk and protective factors during COVID-19: A multimethod approach. APSAC Advisor.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kaye, M. P., Aronson, K. R., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Factors predicting family violence recidivism among Army families with child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Materia, F. T. , Chesnut , R. P., Czymoniewicz-Klippel, M. T., DiNallo, J. M., & Perkins, D. F. (2020): Examining Implementation Feasibility of a Multicomponent Parenting and Health Promotion Program for Military Families, Military Behavioral Health, DOI:10.1080/21635781.2020.1792012


Progress 09/01/21 to 08/31/22

Outputs
Target Audience:The Clearinghouse supports military families by working directy to build the capacity of professionals who serve those families. Thus, we work with DoD personnel, DoDEA personnel, civilian organization serving military families. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?From September 2021 to July 2022, the Clearinghouse's Thrive team held the following presentations, trainings, and webinars to communicate the development, evaluation, and availability of the Thrive programming resources: -Rudy, T. L., & Chesnut, R. P. (2022, June 16).Thrive parent-education programming.Presentation given via Zoom during the PROSPER Statewide meeting, University Park, PA. -Rudy, T. L., & Nusom, H. R. (2022, May 11).Everyday moments in military family life.Presentation given via Zoom during the Virtual Military Spouse Symposium, University Park, PA.https://myseco.militaryonesource.mil/portal/archived/9 -Saathoff-Wells, T., & Rudy, T. L. (2022, April 27).Grow Safe and Secure: Reducing child maltreatment risk through intensive parent education.Presentation given via Zoom to representatives from the Department of Defense's Family Advocacy Program, University Park, PA. -Shulte, J., White, L., Rudy, T. L., Pytel, K. F., Banks, G., & Perkins, D. F. (2022, April 26).Clearinghouse FAP-related projects.Presentation given via Teams to Marine Corps Family Advocacy Program team members during the Marine Corps FAST Course, University Park, PA. -Rudy, T. L., & Perkins, D. F. (2022, April 25).Thrive: Branch Out.Facebook live presentation given during the Department of Defense's Month of the Military Child, University Park, PA. -Rudy, T. L. (2022, February 2).Thrive overview.Presentation given via Zoom to representatives from the Curragh Family Resource Center, University Park, PA. In addition, we conducted a face-to-face presentation entilted,Veteran issues and current research trends. PowerPoint presentation for Timeless Parallels: Classical Literature and Veteran Experiences through the National Endowment for the Humanities, State College, Pennsylvania. For the FAP PSB-CY project, the Clearinghouse conducted trainings on the updated version of the PSB-CY NCRT. Training FAP Non-Pilot Sites across all Services on the finalized version of the PSB-CY NCRT through: synchronous Live Online Training (total trainings: 14); or an asynchronous Learning Module housed on the Clearinghouse PSB-CY NCRT Support Website Total Trained, thus far: 1,324 How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have had 2,090,000 unique visitors to our website in since October 2021. Moreover, fromOctober of 2021 through July of 2022, the TA team participated in 253 Technical Assistance requests (97 Phone, 27 Email, 14 Live Chat, 1 Social Media, 114 Follow-ups). We continue to deliver reports related to FAP projects to DoD Headquarter staff. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?This continuation funding represents the next phase of work for the Clearinghouse Operations, the THRIVE Parenting Initiative, Department of Defense (DoD) Family Advocacy Program (FAP) Support, finalization of a vetting system for online resources, Navy and Marine Take Root Home Visitation Pilot, as well as several Family Advocacy Program projects (Quality Assurance of Incident Determination Committee Process, Problem Sexual Behavior in Children and Youth, Staffing Tool Development). For instance, for it standard operations, the Clearinghouse will vet 75 new programs and re-vet 275 existing programs. For this current proposal, the Clearinghouse will continue to provide real-time and significant implementation support to professionals who serve military-connected families through its TA efforts. Moreover, for the FAP PSB-CY NCRT, we will address the following: Conduct the initial training for DoDEA and CD/YP to assist with allowing FAP to get used to utilizing the tool before having to take over the task of training DoDEA and CD/YP on the NCRT Develop materials for the FAP to utilize when training DoDEA and/or CD/YP Continue to track those who completed the Learning Module and Live Online Training Provide participant numbers to FAP, CD/YP, and DoDEA Service HQ leads to assist with tracking training on the PSB-CY NCRT Continue to provide implementation support to PSB-CY NCRT users Continue to conduct weekly/bi-weekly calls with partners Continue to update PSB-CY Process MAPs, as needed Continue to develop and provide tools and resources to assist with the implementation of the NCRT and delivery of services related to PSB-CY Host Learning Conversations/Support calls to support FAP as they implement and train on the PSB-CY NCRT

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? We have addressed each goal as noted below: A.In the time period from September 2021 through July 2022, the Continuum team completed all scheduled vetting for new programs, re-reviews of programs from 2017, and special requests that were received.This effort included the review of over 900 websites and close to 400 peer-reviewed articles. B. Resource Center for Improving Family Health Behaviors (Resource Center. the Resource Center continues to vet obesity-related programs for placement on the Continuum of Evidence. From the period of September 2021 through July 2022, there were 3new obesity programs vetted with fact sheets completed and 103 previously placed programs that were revaluated. C. The evaluation was completed in January 2022. An evaluation report and infographic were completed. D. Programs and projects that fall under the Resource Center for the period of September 2021 to July 2022 include the Thrive Initiative (i.e., Take Root, Sprout, Grow, Branch Out, Supplemental Parent-Education Modules, Take Root Home Visitation, Grow Safe and Secure), and 5210 Healthy Military Children and 5210 Healthy Children. In addition, the Clearinghouse continues to maintain the Learning Management system that houses the following online training modules: Take Root Online Sprout Online Grow Online Branch Out Online Supplemental Parent-Education Online Modules General Facilitation Training Grow Face-to-Face Facilitation Training 5210 Point-of-Contact (POC) Training Modules E.For PSB-CY Non-Clinical Referral Tool -Developed Service specific PSB-CY Process Maps outlining the overall case flow process for receiving referrals, screening, assessing, and treating children and youth impacted and exhibiting PSB. -Developed two-page info graphic that describes the different organizations involved in the PSB-CY effort -Developed the PSB-CY NCRT Pilot Site Results Report - Finalized the PSB-CY NCRT based on the results and recommendations in the Pilot Site report - The PSB-CY NCRT is an official form and housed on the DoD Forms website as DD FORM 3179 and on the Clearinghouse PSB-CY NCRT Support Website -Finalized the PSB-CY NCRT Support Website and have a total of 1422 registered users -Developed the FAP Facilitator Toolkit for training DoDEA and Child Development/Youth Program on the PSB-CY NCRT that is housed on the PSB-CY NCRT Support Website. -Provided support for418 support requests related to the PSB-CY NCRT, requests include: Support for Registration/Logging-In: 96;Accessing Training: 85; Training Resources/Questions: 189; NCRT Implementation: 5 ; PSB-CY Resources: 5; PSB-CY Referral Process: 1; andOther: 367.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kaye, M. P., Ferrara, A. M., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Practitioner and military family perspectives of child maltreatment risk and protective factors during COVID-19: A multimethod approach. APSAC Advisor.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kaye, M. P., Aronson, K. R., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Factors predicting family violence recidivism among Army families with child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Chesnut, R. P., Rudy, T. L., Welsh, J. A., & Perkins, D. F. (2021, September 20). Delivering Take Root to military families with a child 0-to-3-years-old: Examining feasibility and proof-of-concept. Military Behavioral Health, DOI: 10.1080/21635781.2021.1977203
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2021 Citation: Papas, S., Smith, J., & Perkins, D. F. (2021, November). Toxic exposures in the military [Literature Review]. Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2022 Citation: Papas, S., Smith, J., & Perkins, D. F. (2022, January). Evaluation assistance: Westover Air Reserve Bases implementation of the Four Lenses Training. Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2022 Citation: Papas, S., Smith, J., & Perkins, D. F. (2022, March). Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing: Considerations for the U.S. Military. Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Materia, F. T. , Chesnut , R. P., Czymoniewicz-Klippel, M. T., DiNallo, J. M., & Perkins, D. F. (2020): Examining Implementation Feasibility of a Multicomponent Parenting and Health Promotion Program for Military Families, Military Behavioral Health, DOI:10.1080/21635781.2020.1792012


Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/22

Outputs
Target Audience:The Clearinghouse supports military families by building the capacity of professionals who serve those families. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? For the FAP PSB-CY project, the Clearinghouse conducted face-to-face trainings (total participants: 977), implementation support activities (126 implementation support calls), and master reviews of all completed referral tools from pilot sites (total submitted referral tools: 107), and the Clearinghouse is currently refining an online training related to the referral tool. For the Army NPSP evaluation, the Clearinghouse has provided 320 instances of implementation support andfacilitated66implementation support calls andtwo transition preparation callsto directly support Army NPSP home visitorsand Army FAP leadership. The Clearinghouse presented the Digital Empowerment Resource On a MFLN webinar and has recorded one podcast to communicate the availability of the resource. Moreover, the Thrive team has held four presentations to communicate the availability of the online Thrive programming and resources. Relative to Thrive secondary prevention programming, the Clearinghouse adapted the 2-day (14-hour) face-to-face training into a 7-day (17-hour) virtual training to train Army home visitors (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Since October 2020, the Clearinghouse has trained an additional 35 Army home visitors virtually (71 total Army home visitors have been trained). In addition, to assist home visitors who were absent from the field due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Clearinghouse developed and held a 3-hour virtual refresher training for 15 home visitors who were previously trained in Take Root Home Visitation. 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This continuation funding represents the next phase of work for the Clearinghouse Operations, the THRIVE Parenting Initiative, Department of Defense (DoD) Family Advocacy Program (FAP) Support, finalization of a vetting system for online resources, Navy and Marine Take Root Home Visitation Pilot, as well as several Family Advocacy Program projects (Quality Assurance of Incident Determination Committee Process, Problem Sexual Behavior in Children and Youth, Staffing Tool Development). For instance, for it standard operations, the Clearinghouse will vet 75 new programs and re-vet 275 existing programs. For this current proposal, the Clearinghouse will continue to provide real-time and significant implementation support to professionals who serve military-connected families through its TA efforts. The Clearinghouse is an applied research center committed to advancing the health and well-being of service members, veterans, and their families. This focus is essential and promotes family resilience, which is a significant predictor of military readiness, that is, the ability of service members to effectively execute their missions. Family satisfaction with the military is the strongest predictor of Service member retention. 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Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The Clearinghouse actively facilitates and collaborates to foster the use of evidence-based programs and practices, improve awareness of and access to these approaches, decrease real and perceived barriers to their use, increase the use of evaluation as part of program implementation, and reduce the lag time between the creation of scientific knowledge in prevention/intervention and evaluation sciences and their translation to the field. Thus, the Clearinghouse promotes the ability of military families to adapt effectively to the unique challenges that military life can present. The Clearinghouse has continued to expand the objective repository of information on the evidence base of prevention and treatment programs (Perkins et al., 2015; Kare et al., 2017). Over the last 10 years, since 2011, more than 1,500 programs have been reviewed and placed on the Continuum by masters- and doctorate-level researchers. From October 2020 through September 2021, 27 new obesity programs and 52 other programs were vetted, corresponding fact sheets were completed, and 192 previously placed programs were re-evaluated. Programs are placed on the Continuum of Evidence (Continuum), which was developed by scientists at the Clearinghouse. Programs in the repository cover a wide range of topics, some are specific to military life; others are common to military families and civilians as military families face both types of challenges. The vetting process includes the development of a detailed fact sheet that outlines program specifics. These fact sheets are available for use by practitioners to assist them in making informed decisions for their target audience and their audiences' needs. 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Moreover, as part of Thrive, a Digital Empowerment Resource was completed in January 2021, and a webinar presentation was completed on MFLN and has recorded one podcast to communicate the availability of the resource. For our work with Family Advocacy Program (FAP) the follow efforts were completed. First, The Clearinghouse pilot tested a referral tool for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) and Child and Youth personnel to apply in determining whether an incident of PSB had occurred. Second, the Clearinghouse is currently in the assessment phase Quality Assurance IDC project. Thus far, the Clearinghouse Team had listened to 93 IDC meetings across participating Army, Navy, and Air Force installations. Third, for phase II of the FAP staffing tool development, the Clearinghouse Team developed process maps for each position within each Service then iteratively refined them with feedback from installation staff in those positions. The Clearinghouse also collected data related to staffing and time allocation from 16 installations (four per Service). Finally, for Incident Severity Scales work within FAP, The Clearinghouse conducted a quality-assurance check-in with HQ-level managers on ISS training, usage, monitoring, and fidelity to assist with discovering emergent needs or areas of implementation assistance needed for the ISS tool; and updating ISS Learning Module in Articulate Storyline in the Clearinghouse ISS Support Website; offering support to clinicians as they use the FAPISS; and monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting issues to DoD FAP and DMDC as they arise in the field. @font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} @font-face { panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4; mso-font-alt:"?? ??"; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kaye, M. P., Ferrara, A. M., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Practitioner and military family perspectives of child maltreatment risk and protective factors during COVID-19: A multimethod approach. APSAC Advisor.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kaye, M. P., Aronson, K. R., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Factors predicting family violence recidivism among Army families with child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Materia, F. T. , Chesnut , R. P., Czymoniewicz-Klippel, M. T., DiNallo, J. M., & Perkins, D. F. (2020): Examining Implementation Feasibility of a Multicomponent Parenting and Health Promotion Program for Military Families, Military Behavioral Health, DOI:10.1080/21635781.2020.1792012


Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/21

Outputs
Target Audience:Extension Educators (FCS and 4-H) who serve military families, including National Guardvand Reserve, and their communities. Also support DoD and Service-level staff who support military families and veterans. This includes community based professionals, DoD and Service-level staff. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Conducted 28 trainings for FAP, Department of Defense Education Activity, and Child Development/Youth Program personnel on implementation of the PSB Non-Clinical Referral Tool (Total Participants Trained: 977) Conducted 126 implementation support check-in calls to our 20 pilot sites to support their implementation of the Referral Tool How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Reports have been sahred with DOd and Service-level staff as appropriate. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Develop an appp vetting process. Continue to vet programs Share practical tools through webinars

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? A. We have maintained the repository with more than 1400 programs vetted. This year 75 programs were vetted and 325 existing programs were vetted for their five year anniversary. We had more than 328 requested related to technical assistance. B. We have completed a pilot of 5210 and revised several educational materials related to 5210. C. CDC evaluation. We are completed data collection and are currently analyzing the data. The report writing has begun in earnest. D. The Thrive Initiative is a continuum of evidence-informed parenting programs that are designed to empower parents and caregivers as they nurture children from the prenatal period until 18 years of age. The Thrive Initiative is divided into developmentally age-appropriate areas and consists of four universal parenting programs that are available in an online format at no cost to military and civilian families: Take Root (0 to 3 years), Sprout (3 to 5 years), Grow (5 to 10 years), and Branch Out (10 to 18 years). These online, universal parenting programs are available to parents via the Thrive website: https://thrive.psu.edu. For the current year, the Clearinghouse Team has completed 50% of the hybrid implementation manuals for Take Root, Sprout, and Grow. Finally, the content has been developed for the Exceptional Families: Blossoming with Developmental Differences supplemental online training module. CIn January 2021, the we completed the development of DigitalEmpowerment: AResourcefor Professionals who work with Youth to help professionals provide support to children, youth, and families, so they can develop socially appropriate and responsible online behaviors. E. FAP projects. PSB-CY Non-Clinical Referral Tool Conducted master reviews of all completed referral tools from pilot sites to identify areas of misalignment and determine reliability of the tool, as well as to assist with training and referral tool improvements (Total Submitted Referral Tools: 107) Completed PSB Non-Clinical Referral Tool Pilot report(July 2021) Peer Harmful Behaviors between Children and Youth (HB-CY) Developed 2 rapid literature reviews related to peer harmful behaviors and de-escalation techniques in schools (conducted by TA Team) Identified a list of programs on the Continuum of Evidence related to peer harmful behaviors Began the development of a Process Map to assist with identifying the process for serious harmful behavior between children and youth Conducted a review of relevant literature and resources to assist with identifying considerations for best practices on how these types of behaviors are handled FAP IDC QA Obtained permission from DOD Human Reserarch Protections Office and PSU IRB for quality assurance (QA) effort examining IDC processes across all Services Recruited and provided training to 42 installations across all Services on quality assurance effort (QA) PSU team obtained master reviewer status on use of DTA in IDC voting process Team began in-field training and data collection in March 2021 As of end of June 2021, team had listened to 63 IDC meetings across participating Army, Navy and Air Force installations Data collection for Marines is anticipated to begin in August 2021

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2021 Citation: Ballard, J., Richmond, A., van den Hoogenhof, S., Borden, L., & Perkins, D. F. (2021). Missing data in research on youth and family programs. Psychological Reports. DOI: 10.1177/00332941211026851
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Heyman, R. E. Slep, A. M. S., Mitnick, D. M., Nichols, S. R., Cracknell, K. M., Tiberio, S. S., Kim, S., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Evaluation of two approaches for responding to allegations of family maltreatment in the U.S. Army: Coordinated community response impacts and costs. Military Medicine.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2021 Citation: Karre, J. K., Morgan, N. R., Bleser, J. A., & Perkins, D. F. (2021). Protective Factors for Military Veteran Fathers⿿ Parenting Functioning and Satisfaction. Journal of Family Issues. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X21993852
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2021 Citation: Morgan, N. M., Aronson, K. A., Perkins, D. F., Bleser, J. A., Davenport, K. E., Vogt, D., Copeland, L. A., Finley, E. P., Gilman, C. L., & Doucette, C. E. (2021). The interaction of exposure to adverse childhood and combat experiences on the current mental health of new post-9/11 veterans. Journal of Community Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22523
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2021 Citation: Vogt, D. S., King, M. W., Borowski, S., Finley, E. P., Perkins, D. F., & Copeland, L.A (2021). Identifying factors that contribute to military veterans⿿ post-military well-being. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 1-16.


Progress 09/01/20 to 08/18/21

Outputs
Target Audience:The Clearinghouse supports military families by building the capacity of professionals who serve those families. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? For the FAP PSB-CY project, the Clearinghouse conducted face-to-face trainings (total participants: 977), implementation support activities (126 implementation support calls), and master reviews of all completed referral tools from pilot sites (total submitted referral tools: 107), and the Clearinghouse is currently refining an online training related to the referral tool. For the Army NPSP evaluation, the Clearinghouse has provided 320 instances of implementation support andfacilitated66implementation support calls andtwo transition preparation callsto directly support Army NPSP home visitorsand Army FAP leadership. The Clearinghouse presented the Digital Empowerment Resource On a MFLN webinar and has recorded one podcast to communicate the availability of the resource. Moreover, the Thrive team has held four presentations to communicate the availability of the online Thrive programming and resources. Relative to Thrive secondary prevention programming, the Clearinghouse adapted the 2-day (14-hour) face-to-face training into a 7-day (17-hour) virtual training to train Army home visitors (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Since October 2020, the Clearinghouse has trained an additional 35 Army home visitors virtually (71 total Army home visitors have been trained). In addition, to assist home visitors who were absent from the field due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Clearinghouse developed and held a 3-hour virtual refresher training for 15 home visitors who were previously trained in Take Root Home Visitation. 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This continuation funding represents the next phase of work for the Clearinghouse Operations, the THRIVE Parenting Initiative, Department of Defense (DoD) Family Advocacy Program (FAP) Support, finalization of a vetting system for online resources, Navy and Marine Take Root Home Visitation Pilot, as well as several Family Advocacy Program projects (Quality Assurance of Incident Determination Committee Process, Problem Sexual Behavior in Children and Youth, Staffing Tool Development). For instance, for it standard operations, the Clearinghouse will vet 75 new programs and re-vet 275 existing programs. For this current proposal, the Clearinghouse will continue to provide real-time and significant implementation support to professionals who serve military-connected families through its TA efforts. The Clearinghouse is an applied research center committed to advancing the health and well-being of service members, veterans, and their families. This focus is essential and promotes family resilience, which is a significant predictor of military readiness, that is, the ability of service members to effectively execute their missions. Family satisfaction with the military is the strongest predictor of Service member retention. 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Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The Clearinghouse actively facilitates and collaborates to foster the use of evidence-based programs and practices, improve awareness of and access to these approaches, decrease real and perceived barriers to their use, increase the use of evaluation as part of program implementation, and reduce the lag time between the creation of scientific knowledge in prevention/intervention and evaluation sciences and their translation to the field. Thus, the Clearinghouse promotes the ability of military families to adapt effectively to the unique challenges that military life can present. The Clearinghouse has continued to expand the objective repository of information on the evidence base of prevention and treatment programs (Perkins et al., 2015; Kare et al., 2017). Over the last 10 years, since 2011, more than 1,500 programs have been reviewed and placed on the Continuum by masters- and doctorate-level researchers. From October 2020 through September 2021, 27 new obesity programs and 52 other programs were vetted, corresponding fact sheets were completed, and 192 previously placed programs were re-evaluated. Programs are placed on the Continuum of Evidence (Continuum), which was developed by scientists at the Clearinghouse. Programs in the repository cover a wide range of topics, some are specific to military life; others are common to military families and civilians as military families face both types of challenges. The vetting process includes the development of a detailed fact sheet that outlines program specifics. These fact sheets are available for use by practitioners to assist them in making informed decisions for their target audience and their audiences' needs. Finally, the Clearinghouse completed the Military Spouse Licensure Transportability at the request of the Office of Military Community and Family Policy. @font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-alt:"????????t MS"; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;. In 2014, the Clearinghouse partnered with the USDA and the office of Military Community and Family Policy to initiate the development of the Thrive Initiative which is a continuum of evidence-informed parenting programs. Relative to Thrive universal programming, content has been developed for the Branch Out online program and manuals are currently being developed for the hybrid implementation of Take Root online, Sprout online, and Grow online. Content has been written for two supplemental modules that will accompany the universal Thrive programming - Exceptional Families: Blossoming with Developmental Differences (for parents of children with special needs) and PROSPERing Grandfamilies with 10 to- 14-year-olds. Research efforts are underway for the Sprout online parenting program with the Armed Services YMCA. Moreover, as part of Thrive, a Digital Empowerment Resource was completed in January 2021, and a webinar presentation was completed on MFLN and has recorded one podcast to communicate the availability of the resource. For our work with Family Advocacy Program (FAP) the follow efforts were completed. First, The Clearinghouse pilot tested a referral tool for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) and Child and Youth personnel to apply in determining whether an incident of PSB had occurred. Second, the Clearinghouse is currently in the assessment phase Quality Assurance IDC project. Thus far, the Clearinghouse Team had listened to 93 IDC meetings across participating Army, Navy, and Air Force installations. Third, for phase II of the FAP staffing tool development, the Clearinghouse Team developed process maps for each position within each Service then iteratively refined them with feedback from installation staff in those positions. The Clearinghouse also collected data related to staffing and time allocation from 16 installations (four per Service). Finally, for Incident Severity Scales work within FAP, The Clearinghouse conducted a quality-assurance check-in with HQ-level managers on ISS training, usage, monitoring, and fidelity to assist with discovering emergent needs or areas of implementation assistance needed for the ISS tool; and updating ISS Learning Module in Articulate Storyline in the Clearinghouse ISS Support Website; offering support to clinicians as they use the FAPISS; and monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting issues to DoD FAP and DMDC as they arise in the field. @font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} @font-face { panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4; mso-font-alt:"?? ??"; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}@font-face { panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kaye, M. P., Ferrara, A. M., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Practitioner and military family perspectives of child maltreatment risk and protective factors during COVID-19: A multimethod approach. APSAC Advisor.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kaye, M. P., Aronson, K. R., & Perkins, D. F. (in press). Factors predicting family violence recidivism among Army families with child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Materia, F. T. , Chesnut , R. P., Czymoniewicz-Klippel, M. T., DiNallo, J. M., & Perkins, D. F. (2020): Examining Implementation Feasibility of a Multicomponent Parenting and Health Promotion Program for Military Families, Military Behavioral Health, DOI:10.1080/21635781.2020.1792012