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Message ID: 10474

Date: 2018-06-25

Author:Andres Arroyo

Subject:Request for public comment: Decisions Related to the Development of a Clearinghouse of Evidence (FFPSA)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Decisions Related to the Development of a Clearinghouse of Evidence-based Practices in Accordance with the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, HHS. ACTION: Request for public comment. View Federal Register Announcement: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-13420 The Administration for Children and Families, HHS, solicits comments by July 22, 2018 on initial criteria and potential candidate programs and services for review in a Clearinghouse of evidence-based practices in accordance with the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018. The Clearinghouse will identify promising, supported, and well-supported practices for mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment programs, in-home parent skill-based programs, and kinship navigator programs appropriate for children who are candidates for foster care pregnant or parenting foster youth, and the parents or kin caregivers of those children and youth. This Notice (1) identifies and requests comment on potential initial criteria for (a) identifying eligible programs and services for review by the Clearinghouse, (b) prioritizing eligible programs and services for review, (c) identifying eligible studies aligned with prioritized programs and services, (d) prioritizing eligible studies for rating, (e) rating studies, and (f) rating programs and services as promising, supported, and well-supported practices. This Notice (2) requests comment on potential programs and services that may meet the aforementioned criteria and that should be considered as candidates for systematic review. After comments are received, HHS will revise and publish the initial criteria and a preliminary list of candidate programs and services to be considered for review; and begin to conduct reviews. This Notice is one step in ensuring that activities associated with the development of a Clearinghouse are transparent and build from the existing knowledge of States, federal agencies, researchers, evaluators, program and service developers, key stakeholders and experts, and the general public. ---------- Andres Arroyo, Archiving Assistant National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) Cornell University, Beebe Hall -BCTR, Ithaca NY 14853 Telephone: 607-255-7799 Web site: www.ndacan.cornell.edu

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Decisions Related to the Development of a Clearinghouse of Evidence-based Practices in Accordance with the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, HHS. ACTION: Request for public comment. View Federal Register Announcement: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-13420 The Administration for Children and Families, HHS, solicits comments by July 22, 2018 on initial criteria and potential candidate programs and services for review in a Clearinghouse of evidence-based practices in accordance with the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018. The Clearinghouse will identify promising, supported, and well-supported practices for mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment programs, in-home parent skill-based programs, and kinship navigator programs appropriate for children who are candidates for foster care pregnant or parenting foster youth, and the parents or kin caregivers of those children and youth. This Notice (1) identifies and requests comment on potential initial criteria for (a) identifying eligible programs and services for review by the Clearinghouse, (b) prioritizing eligible programs and services for review, (c) identifying eligible studies aligned with prioritized programs and services, (d) prioritizing eligible studies for rating, (e) rating studies, and (f) rating programs and services as promising, supported, and well-supported practices. This Notice (2) requests comment on potential programs and services that may meet the aforementioned criteria and that should be considered as candidates for systematic review. After comments are received, HHS will revise and publish the initial criteria and a preliminary list of candidate programs and services to be considered for review; and begin to conduct reviews. This Notice is one step in ensuring that activities associated with the development of a Clearinghouse are transparent and build from the existing knowledge of States, federal agencies, researchers, evaluators, program and service developers, key stakeholders and experts, and the general public. ---------- Andres Arroyo, Archiving Assistant National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) Cornell University, Beebe Hall -BCTR, Ithaca NY 14853 Telephone: 607-255-7799 Web site: www.ndacan.cornell.edu