Overview
PROSPER, or PROmoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience, supports the delivery of evidence-based programs for middle-school students and their families. PROSPER is backed by science: our partnership approach to implementing evidence-based programs has been tested and proven to help prevent alcohol and other substance use, aggression, and delinquency by giving kids and parents the skills they need.
PROSPER was designed by scientists at Penn State and Iowa State Universities in 2001. Penn State continues to deliver PROSPER programs across Pennsylvania’s communities today. PROSPER partnerships between schools, communities, and Penn State guarantee that communities and schools are supported so that the prevention programs received by kids and their families are high quality, every time.
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Level(s) of Analysis
Overview
PROSPER, or PROmoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience, supports the delivery of evidence-based programs for middle-school students and their families. PROSPER is backed by science: our partnership approach to implementing evidence-based programs has been tested and proven to help prevent alcohol and other substance use, aggression, and delinquency by giving kids and parents the skills they need.
PROSPER was designed by scientists at Penn State and Iowa State Universities in 2001. Penn State continues to deliver PROSPER programs across Pennsylvania’s communities today. PROSPER partnerships between schools, communities, and Penn State guarantee that communities and schools are supported so that the prevention programs received by kids and their families are high quality, every time.
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Level(s) of Analysis
Our Team
Janet Welsh Research Professor
Daniel F. Perkins Professor of Family and Youth Resiliency and Policy; Principal Scientist and Founder, Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
Sarah Chilenski Associate Research Professor of Health and Human Development
Melissa Tomascik Youth and Family Prevention Specialist
Mark E. Feinberg Research Professor
Greg Fosco Professor, Human Development and Family Studies; Edna P. Bennett Faculty Fellow in Prevention Research
Max Crowley PRC Director; C. Eugene Bennett Chair in Prevention; Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Public Policy; Director, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Damon Jones Associate Research Professor
Related Projects
Investing in prevention infrastructure: Economic evaluation of the PROSPER delivery and support system 
Expanding PROSPER to Address Increasing Mental Health Needs 
Building Interconnected Prevention Systems to Address Substance Misuse Using PROSPER 
Randomized Trial of a Data-driven Technical Assistance System for Drug Prevention Coalitions (Coalition CheckUp) 
Growing Evidence-Based Prevention in Pennsylvania to Address Opioid Misuse 
Health Promotion in Rural Pennsylvania: The PROSPER Program 
Partnership Model for Diffusion of Proven Prevention (PROSPER III) 
Pathways to Health from Adolescence through Young Adulthood (PROSPER 2nd Generation) 
A Low-Cost RCT for Evaluating the Impact of a Universal Substance Abuse Prevention Model on the Medicaid System 
Support Low-Cost Randomized Controlled Trial of Prevention Program Impact on Medicaid Burden
In the News
Related Publications
Feinberg, M. E., & Osgood, D. W. (Eds.). (2023). Oxford University Press.
Fang, S., Fosco, G., & Feinberg, M. E. (2023). Development and Psychopathology. Online advance publication.
Fosco, G. M., Feinberg, M. E., Fang, S., & Sloan, C. J. (2023). Health Psychology. Advance online publication.
Feinberg, M. E., Gedaly, L., Mogle, J., Hostetler, M. L., Cifelli, J. A., Tornello, S. L., Lee, J. K., & Jones, D. E. (2021). Family Process. Advance online publication.
Fosco, G.M., Sloan, C. J., Fang, S., & Feinberg M.E. (2021). The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Advance online publication.
Spoth, R., Redmond, C., Shin, C., Greenberg, M. T., Feinberg, M. E., & Trudeau, L. (2017). Psychological Medicine, 47(13), 2246-2259. PMID:28399955
Russell, M., Schlomer, G. L., Cleveland, H. H., Vandenbergh, D. J., Feinberg, M. E., Greenberg, M. T., Spoth, R., & Redmond, C. (2017). Prevention Science, 19(1), 1-11. PMCID: PMC5552492
Chilenski, S., Welsh, J. A., Perkins, D. F., Feinberg, M. E., & Greenberg, M. T. (2016). American Journal of Community Psychology, 57(12), 819. doi: 00910562
Welsh, J. A., Chilenski, S., Johnson, L., Greenberg, M. T., & Spoth, R. L. (2016). The Journal of Primary Prevention, 37(3), 263-286. doi: 0278095X
Our Team
- Janet Welsh Research Professor
- Daniel F. Perkins Professor of Family and Youth Resiliency and Policy; Principal Scientist and Founder, Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
- Sarah Chilenski Associate Research Professor of Health and Human Development
- Melissa Tomascik Youth and Family Prevention Specialist
- Mark E. Feinberg Research Professor
- Greg Fosco Professor, Human Development and Family Studies; Edna P. Bennett Faculty Fellow in Prevention Research
- Max Crowley PRC Director; C. Eugene Bennett Chair in Prevention; Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Public Policy; Director, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
- Damon Jones Associate Research Professor
Related Projects
- Investing in prevention infrastructure: Economic evaluation of the PROSPER delivery and support system
- Expanding PROSPER to Address Increasing Mental Health Needs
- Building Interconnected Prevention Systems to Address Substance Misuse Using PROSPER
- Randomized Trial of a Data-driven Technical Assistance System for Drug Prevention Coalitions (Coalition CheckUp)
- Growing Evidence-Based Prevention in Pennsylvania to Address Opioid Misuse
- Health Promotion in Rural Pennsylvania: The PROSPER Program
- Partnership Model for Diffusion of Proven Prevention (PROSPER III)
- Pathways to Health from Adolescence through Young Adulthood (PROSPER 2nd Generation)
- A Low-Cost RCT for Evaluating the Impact of a Universal Substance Abuse Prevention Model on the Medicaid System
- Support Low-Cost Randomized Controlled Trial of Prevention Program Impact on Medicaid Burden
In the News
Related Publications
Feinberg, M. E., & Osgood, D. W. (Eds.). (2023). Oxford University Press.
Fang, S., Fosco, G., & Feinberg, M. E. (2023). Development and Psychopathology. Online advance publication.
Fosco, G. M., Feinberg, M. E., Fang, S., & Sloan, C. J. (2023). Health Psychology. Advance online publication.
Feinberg, M. E., Gedaly, L., Mogle, J., Hostetler, M. L., Cifelli, J. A., Tornello, S. L., Lee, J. K., & Jones, D. E. (2021). Family Process. Advance online publication.
Fosco, G.M., Sloan, C. J., Fang, S., & Feinberg M.E. (2021). The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Advance online publication.
Spoth, R., Redmond, C., Shin, C., Greenberg, M. T., Feinberg, M. E., & Trudeau, L. (2017). Psychological Medicine, 47(13), 2246-2259. PMID:28399955
Russell, M., Schlomer, G. L., Cleveland, H. H., Vandenbergh, D. J., Feinberg, M. E., Greenberg, M. T., Spoth, R., & Redmond, C. (2017). Prevention Science, 19(1), 1-11. PMCID: PMC5552492
Chilenski, S., Welsh, J. A., Perkins, D. F., Feinberg, M. E., & Greenberg, M. T. (2016). American Journal of Community Psychology, 57(12), 819. doi: 00910562
Welsh, J. A., Chilenski, S., Johnson, L., Greenberg, M. T., & Spoth, R. L. (2016). The Journal of Primary Prevention, 37(3), 263-286. doi: 0278095X
