Ongoing and Future Healthy Steps Activities Following Up Families The evaluation team is now following up with the families who participated in the National Evaluation. The goals of this follow-up study, as children turn 5 1/2 years old, are to: Describe parenting practices for preschool children Study ongoing and new effects of the Healthy Steps program as children reach school age The on-going National Evaluation of Healthy Steps is being carried out with grants from The Commonwealth Fund and The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.  Return to the WCHPC Healthy Steps Home Page