Potential return on investment of a family-centered early childhood intervention: a cost-effectiveness analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 2 ParentCorps Costs [2005-2014]

	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3+
Training	15 trainees	3 new trainees	2 new trainees
ParentCorps FUNdamentals (4-day) + Program Training (1 day for Friends School/3 days for Parenting Program) (56 h training +16 h prep)	$12,000	$4000	$3000
Manuals & handouts	$2000	$975	$975
School Staff Stipends	$5760	$1080	$1080
Total - Training	19,760	$6055	$5055
Implementation Materials	2 group series	3 group series	3 group series
Brochures, Guides	$1500	$1500	$1500
ParentCorps Program Materials	$3600	$3850	$3850
Equipment	$2000	$0	$0
Healthy Meals	$5830	$6850	$6850
School Staff Time (14 weeks x 3 h/week at per session rates)	$11,000	$11,000	$11,000
Total Implementation Materials	$23,930	$23,200	$23,200
Coaching	2 group series	3 group series	3 group series
Coaching for High-Quality Program Implementation	$60,500	$60,500	$11,500
Grand Total	$104,190	$89,755	$39,755

NOTE: Costs are calculated including data from 2005 to 2014 for capacity and implementation of ParentCorps in a large school (72 students per year; 4 classrooms). The costs below include capacity building and implementation. Capacity building costs includes ParentCorps FUNdamentals, and Training and Coaching for high-quality ParentCorps program implementation. Implementation assumes 2 series of the Parenting Programs in the first year (1 program delivered during the school day and 1 program during after-school hours with a parallel program for pre-k students) and 3 series in the second year and beyond (2 programs during the school day and 1 program during after-school hours). Each program serves 15 to 20 families. Implementation costs include materials, meals and school staff time for after-school programming and coaching. Implementation costs in year three and beyond are consistent with year two with the exception of reduced coaching time and costs

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