The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) was developed in 1982 by Dr. Karol Kumpfer, Ph.D., and associates, with funding from the National Institute of Drug Abuse. It is an evidence-based parenting program designed to help parents and teens develop happier family relationships, improve mental health outcomes, and decrease youth alcohol and drug use, violence, and delinquent behavior.
SFP consist of an 11 week, two-hour skills course with lessons and family practice sessions. SFP skills are for all families; they are not special skills for deficient families. (In SFP, a "family" is defined as one or more adults responsible for one or more teenagers; a "parent" is an adult with that responsibility.) It has been updated in recent years and proven effective by families in all 50 states and 38 foreign countries.
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