Clearinghouse Ratings

SafeCare is rated as Supported by the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse. As defined by Abt Associates, a program is rated as supported if it has a study carried out in an usual care or practice setting that achieves a rating of moderate or high on design and execution and demonstrates a sustained favorable effect of at least 6 months beyond the end of treatment on at least one target outcome. Programs and services can be rated as well-supported, supported, promising, or does not currently meet criteria. For more information on the Prevention Services Clearinghouse, please click here.

The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program strengthens families and communities by providing resources to evidence-based home visiting programs and services which improve outcomes for children and their families. Programs and services must demonstrate continued effectiveness by meeting at least four of six evidence-based benchmarks. SafeCare Augmented is a version of SafeCare that is approved for funding through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. This version includes training in the evidence-based practice of Motivational Interviewing and training on Domestic Violence. For more information, on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Clearinghouse please click here. For more information on SafeCare augmented, please click here.

The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse (CEBC) provides ratings based on the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse Scientific Rating scale on various topic areas for programs with effective evidence-based applications. In addition, the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse provides a Child Welfare System Relevance level for each of the topic areas. The CEBC identified 6 Topic Areas with SafeCare. Five of these topic areas are rates with a Scientific Rating of Supported by Research Evidence and one of the Topic Areas is rated with a Scientific Rating of Promising Research Evidence. For all Topic Areas, the Child Welfare Relevance Level is High. For more information about the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse please, click here.

The Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness was launched by the Department of Health and Human Services to thoroughly review and assess early childhood home visiting models. SafeCare Augmented is a version of SafeCare that has met the Department of Health and Human Services criteria as an evidence-based early childhood home visiting service delivery model. This version includes training in the evidence-based practice of Motivational Interviewing and training on Domestic Violence. For more information on SafeCare augmented, please click here. For more information on implementing SafeCare Augmented by the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness, please click here.

SafeCare is rated as highly cost-effective. A cost benefit analysis conducted by the independent Washington State Institute for Public Policy concluded that SafeCare returns $20.82 in benefit for every dollar it costs to implement.

Ongoing costs to maintain SafeCare are minimal. There is an annual agency accreditation and, an annual Trainer Certification Maintenance process for sites that opt for SafeCare training at the highest level of sustainability. For more information on the Benefit-Cost Analysis of SafeCare by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, please click here.