Greetings – Through its Child and Family Well-Being program area, The Duke Endowment works with public agencies and private organizations to ensure that all children in the Carolinas grow up in families safe from maltreatment and supported by nurturing parents and caring adults, enabling them to live successful lives.
 
Information shared through this periodic e-newsletter is intended to help inform policies and practices that enhance the lives of children.
 
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Phil Redmond, Director; Tamika Williams, Associate Director
Child & Family Well-Being, The Duke Endowment

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Child and Family Well-Being Insights
The Youth Villages Intercept model reduces entry into foster care and supports reunification by providing in-home services to children up to 18 years old. A 2021 grant from The Duke Endowment provides implementation support to bring Intercept to seven North Carolina counties. This PBS Newshour segment highlights the program's notable impact in East Tennessee.
Parents as Teachers, an evidence-based, 24-month home visiting model for children age 0-5, helps prevent child abuse and neglect by teaching parenting skills. With promising survey findings supporting the model, a Duke Endowment and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-funded project conducted in partnership with South Carolina First Steps will now assess the effectiveness of PAT with families participating in family preservation services through DSS. More than half of participants will be families of color. 
The Pathways to Permanency Project bridges the gap between child welfare and behavioral health systems so youth in foster care have access to high quality behavioral health services within their communities. This blog post shares insights from project facilitators on what works. 
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