The Carey Guides are designed to equip justice system and behavioral health professionals with the information, evidence-based strategies, and tools they need to support change among their clients.
The Carey Guides include 33 handbooks: 14 Blue Guides that specifically address people's criminogenic needs and 19 Red Guides that address common case management issues. Each Guide follows a consistent format. Background information provides staff with important research findings and contextual information to support the application of evidence-based approaches. Each Guide also contains two to five tools (worksheets). These tools are designed for use by clients—with the assistance of staff—to understand and address risk factors, triggers, and other conditions that are essential to their success. In total, the Guides contain 100 tools that staff can use as they help people build skills and make positive changes in their lives.