Photo above from Lutheran Child & Family Services (LCFS-Illinois)
USA – Newsletter Nov/Dec 2025
In 2025, ICDP-USA, founded within the Changing Children’s Worlds Foundation (CCWF), completed its transition into two parallel entities:
1). ICDP-USA founder and trainer Kimberly Svevo, Ph.D (on photo above), will continue to advance ICDP-USA with new partners and communities as of October 2025. She will continue to partner and train new “ICDP-Best Start for Families” facilitators to implement and expand community-based ICDP parenting programme support. She will also partner with and train new “Best Start-All About YOUth” coaches to implement programming for children and youth. Finally, she will partner with community leaders to offer the ICDP-USA based “ACE Interface: Transforming from Trauma to Resilience & Hope” training, offered to over 100 professionals/community leaders statewide in 2025. Recently Kimberly represented ICDP-USA in the November and December ICDP-International training conversations, attended by many ICDP programme leaders from around the world. The topic focus was on the Regulative dialogue, and the conversation and sharing of experiences were rich, informative and inspiring.
2). Lutheran Child & Family Services (LCFS-Illinois) will continue to implement a state-wide strategy to offer the “ICDP-Best Start for Families” as their commitment to increase the number of families served within the Illinois child welfare system. They will also implement “Best Start-All About YOUth” programming through schools and with foster youth. In 2024-25, the LCFS Best Start for Families Dept., led by Kimberly Svevo and Rachel Fuentes, trained new professional resource persons state-wide, partly funded by a significant federal grant through the Department of Child and Family Services. The Best Start for Families Dept. offers ICDP through a range of weekly group services for caregivers, youth and children, and also including individual parent coaching for parents with deeper struggles. The Best Start for Families (BSFF) Department also provides the All About YOUth (AAY) Programme for middle school students through the Aurora School District.
Feedback from caregivers continues to reflect their wonderment in the change of the quality of confidence and joy they find in parenting.
Youth are an important focus for ICDP-USA, and we are exploring exciting new opportunities for 2026!
The need to combine the benefits of supporting caregivers, and their children / youth, are just beginning to be understood. We hope this continues with all our ICDP partners!
STATISTICS ICDP-USA Overall July 2012- July 2025:
3,000+ Caregivers Served
10,000+ Children Supported directly and through Caregivers and Facilitators
825 ICDP-USA Best Start Parenting Programme Facilitators trained
75 ICDP-USA Best Start for Youth Programme Coaches trained
250 ACE Interface Training Workshop – professional and community leaders
Final note, the ICDP-USA best practice community model consists of an integrated approach. This occurs when we combine:
1a) Train Professionals/Community Leaders as Parenting Programme Facilitators
1b) Implement Parenting Programmes for Birth & Foster Parents/Extended Families (and coaching where helpful)
1c) Offer Children’s Social/Emotional programming in parallel or through parents at home for children 3-15 years.
2a) Train Youth Coaches/Mentors of All About YOUth Programmes
2b) Implement All About YOUth Programs for Youth (12-21 years)
3) Provide ACE Interface Training for broad communities of professionals and community leaders.