ABOUT
About
Fostering Healthy Futures® (FHF) began as a mentoring and skills training program for preadolescent children in out-of-home care. It was developed at the Kempe Center, University of Colorado, in 2002 and ran for 10 years in partnership with Denver, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties. Rigorous research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, was conducted to examine the impact of the program. Results have been published in leading scholarly journals and the research remains ongoing. A 10-year follow-up study, funded by the National Institute of Justice, was recently completed.
In 2012, following FHF’s designation as an evidence-based program, the Fostering Healthy Futures for Teen’s (FHF-T) program was developed. It is currently supported by both the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work and the Kempe Center. The FHF-T program uses individualized mentoring and teen workshops to support youth with open child welfare cases. Mentors and teens work together to develop goals and practice achieving these goals through skill development. The research on the FHF-T program is ongoing.
FHF has multiple clinical and research training opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. In addition, FHF program staff provide consultation to implement the FHF model and to other mentoring programs wishing to strengthen their programs, practices, and/or evaluation.
Fostering Healthy Futures® and the associated logo are registered trademarks of the Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate.