Promising programs are programs that have been evaluated to show significant effects but have not yet met the most rigorous standard for effectiveness. 

• The CDC’s Promising-Evidence Interventions includes a profile of each program, the audiences it has been tested with, its components, its effects, and contact information for program developers.
• A National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse brief authored by Child Trends, Promising Teen Fatherhood Programs: Initial Evidence Lessons from Evidence-Based Research, identifies ten common features of "model" and "promising" programs for teen fathers.  Eighteen fatherhood programs were assessed and, of these, one was identified as a "model" program and three as "promising" programs.
  

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