The Nurturing Parenting Programs are a family-centered, trauma-informed initiative designed to build nurturing parenting skills as an alternative to abusive and neglecting parenting and child-rearing practices. By teaching positive parenting behaviors, the long-term goals are to prevent recidivism in families receiving social services, lower the rate of multi-parent teenage pregnancies, reduce juvenile delinquency and alcohol abuse, and stop the intergenerational cycle of child abuse. The Nurturing Parenting Program is recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the National Registry for Evidence-based Parenting Programs (NREPP).