Evaluation of a Family Strengthening Program Evaluation in Sierra Leone to Prevent Family Separation

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. Dyads must consist of a principal child (the one whose situation initiated their involvement with the Child Reintegration Centre) and their primary caregiver (as defined by the Child Reintegration Centre as the person in the family primarily responsible for the health and wellbeing of the principal child and is noted as such in their case file)
• •2. Primary child is ages 9-13
• •3. Dyad is actively participating in Child Reintegration Centre services (i.e., child must have been seen by the case manager in the last month)
• •4. Dyad lives in the Bo area.
• •Exclusion criterion:
• •(1) Family has been assessed by the Child Reintegration Centre to be in active crisis, i.e., specific concerns about the child being at-risk or unsafe (suspicions of abuse or neglect).