P.I.P.P.I.: The Program of Intervention for the Prevention of Institutionalization: Integrating Intervention, Training, Research, and Policy to Support Families and Professionals.

The article presents an overview of the Program of Intervention for the Prevention of Institutionalization (P.I.P.P.I.), an Italian national research-training-intervention programed aimed at looking at child neglect and families living in vulnerable situations. P.I.P.P.I. is funded and promoted by the Italian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in cooperation with the Lab of Research and Intervention in Family Education (LabRIEF) at the University of Padua. Details relating to its theoretical background are also offered.