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Program description: Safe Families is a home-based, comprehensive education program where parents with minor children are able to remain together. Adults learn the skills necessary to become strong parents, leading to safe children and long-term stability for families. Through long-term (up to one year) intensive (at least weekly) visits from parent educators, families learn positive parenting techniques and family -friendly role modeling. The Program is designed to: teach families to reduce risk factors associated with abuse and neglect and to increase the protective factors associated with non -abusive, caring and stable families. Collaboration: Devereux CBC; Children's Home Society/Family Preservation Services, Healthy Families; Department of Children and Families, Hibiscus Children's Center; Harvest Food Center. Safe Families Indian River County - 2015-2016 Fourth Quarter Results Goal #1: Reduce risk factors associated with child abuse by at least two for 98% of families who have been enrolled in Safe Families for at least 90 days. Outcome: Through the 4th Quarter, 58 of 58 families (100%) did improve their parenting skills. (The goal is 95% of families.) Goal #2: Increase protective factors associated with stable, healthy, resilient families by at least two for 98% of families who have been enrolled in Safe Families for at least 90 days. Outcome: Through the 4th Quarter, 58 of 58 families (100 %) improved family communication. (The goal is 90%.) Goal #3: 98% of families who successfully complete the Safe Families program will have no confirmed reports or re -reports of abuse for up to one year after completing services. Outcome: Through the 4th Quarter, 100% of families who successfully completed the Safe Families program had no report or re -reports of abuse for up to two years after completing service. CASTLE submitted the names of 100 families to Devereux CBC to check through the Department of Children and Families database for reports of confirmed abuse or reports of re -abuse. Of these families, zero out of 100 had a re - abuse report. (The goal is 97.5%.) Goal #4: 100% of families will, after successfully completing Safe Families, show improvement on at least two of the five Scales of the AAPI test. The scales are: Appropriate Expectations, High Level of Empathy, Values, and Alternatives to Corporal Punishment, Appropriate Family Roles, and Values Power -Independence. Outcome: Through the 4th Quarter, 58 of the 58 families (100%) who have completed the Safe Families program improved on at least two of the five scales of the AAPI. (The goal is 98%.) Service Capacity: Through the 4th Quarter of the 2015-2016 contract year, Safe Families has served the following: P177