MIPS Project Detail:

CARE-2, LLC

Establish Predictive Validity of Care-2 Assessment

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Company

CARE-2, LLC

Salisbury

Wicomico

County

, Maryland

Founded:

2009

Website:

http://care2systems.com

Company Description:

CARE-2 has developed the CARE-2 Risk & Needs Assessment, a 57-item assessment form that measures the risk factors associated with youth violence, as well as protective factors. Areas covered include youth characteristics, peer relationships, school and education issues, family dynamics and protective factors. Clinicians can complete the assessment and score the form in 15-30 minutes. The scored assessment form is then used to complete the Case Management Planning Form. This form helps clinicians gauge the intensity of potential behavior problems and identify the appropriate level and types of interventions needed. CARE-2 is the only risk assessment tool to provide this added feature.

MIPS Project

Establish Predictive Validity of Care-2 Assessment

Project #

5207.25

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MIPS Round

55 |

Starting Date:

Feb 2015

MIPS Project Challenge:
The overall goals of this two-phase MIPS project are to test the predictive validity of the CARE-2 Assessment and improve its efficacy.

Project Scope:
During Phase I of this MIPS project, researchers planned to test the predictive validity of the CARE-2 instrument. During Phase II, researchers were slated to carry out additional analyses and re-test the instrument to make recommendations for improving its overall predictive validity.

Without the help of MIPS, research to increase validity of the CARE-2 by the University would have been impossible.

Mary Kathryn Seifert, CEO, CARE-2, LLC

Results:

The CARE-2, which was originally an assessment completed on paper only, can now be administered online and via a mobile phone. There are two CARE-2 screeners for adolescent males and females available for both Apple or Android phones. The online version for teen females in the original CARE-2 has been updated to reflect Tossey’s research findings. A MIPS-funded plan for an email campaign was developed and carried out, raising awareness of the CARE-2. Seifert has appeared on several news outlets, online, on TV and radio explaining the importance of well-researched risk assessments for the identification of risk for violence and the use of preventive services. A trademark for CARE-2 has been applied for and is near approval.

There are now multiple versions of the CARE-2 assessment available in multiple formats: paper, online, and via mobile phone. The email campaign increased the awareness of professionals of the merits of the CARE-2.