Working together to strengthen family-centered support for children and communities.
NPS is grounded in a strong network of partners across research, innovation, and statewide initiatives. These collaborations help us expand access to evidence-based supports, strengthen practitioner training, and continue developing tools that make it easier for schools and agencies to deliver the Family Check-Up® model.
In 2024–2025, NPS partnered with 16 new agencies across Maryland to implement the Family Check-Up® In-Person model. This work is part of a statewide initiative to expand school-based behavioral health services and strengthen wraparound supports for children and families.
Across 2024–2025, NPS partnered with schools, agencies, and practitioners across the U.S. and abroad to strengthen family-centered support. From growing district engagement in Wisconsin to sharing FCU® insights at national and international conferences, this year brought meaningful opportunities to learn, collaborate, and highlight the impact of the Family Check-Up®. Below are a few moments that capture the work and momentum of the past year.
The University of Oregon has received an $11 million federal grant to launch a new national children’s mental health center through its Prevention Science Institute.
On KGW’s Straight Talk, experts including Dr. Beth Stormshak discussed the escalating youth mental health crisis
Beth Stormshak, PhD will discuss her groundbreaking work on the Family Check-Up Online (FCU-O), an innovative eHealth adaptation of the evidence-based FCU program that provides family-centered prevention services through a web-based platform. She will share how this digital intervention helps overcome traditional implementation barriers in schools and communities, particularly focusing on its success in improving parental self-efficacy and child behavior through features like online assessments, personalized feedback, and skills-based learning modules, while also highlighting its potential for reaching families in remote and rural areas.
Theory of Change and Developmental Model Guided by a developmental model of adaptation and risk behavior, the FCU is grounded in literature that focuses on parenting practices and family relationships as the core protective factors for preventing mental health distress and the later development of problem behavior through adolescence (e.g., Fosco et al., 2012). Decades …
“In all of my work, someone is getting a service; they’re getting something that can improve their lives. That is a really great way to pair something that I’m passionate about with my work at the university teaching and training students.” — Beth Stormshak The Family Check-Up, a parenting skills and support program designed and …
Researchers at the University of Oregon say a new online parenting skills program has helped improve mental health for rural Oregon families. After using the app, called Family Check-Up, for three months, parents reported a decrease in depression symptoms and increased confidence in their parenting. Kate Hails, research associate for the Prevention Science Institute at the University …
The Family Check-Up (FCU) is a brief, cost-effective, and strengths-based parenting intervention that is individually tailored to the needs of families (Dishion & Stormshak, 2007). Parents take part in an ecological assessment, which consists of standardized questions about parenting and family management skills, as well as important contextual factors such as stress, social support, and...
Founder Dr. Beth Stormshak shares how the evidence-based Online Model of the Family Check-Up can be used by Schools, School Districts, and ESDs to support families with children age 2-17.
An online parenting skills program developed at the University of Oregon can help parents in rural areas who struggle with substance use or mental health and may have limited access to community resources.
Parents who engaged with the program, known as the Family Check-Up, via their smartphones reported fewer symptoms of depression and improved parenting effectiveness compared with a group of parents who did not participate in the program, a new study shows.