Resources

Understanding and finding evidence based programs: use these resources to learn more about what an evidence based program is, as well as to learn about evidence based programs to address specific challenges.

• Social Programs that Work - This site summarizes the findings from a select group of well-designed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that, in our view, have particularly important policy implications -- because they show, for example, that an intervention has a major effect on life outcomes of participants, or because they show that a widely-used intervention has little or no effect.
• The Community Guide - reviews and assesses the quality of available evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of essential community preventive health services, and develops recommendations.
• The International Campbell Collaboration (C2) - is a non-profit organization that aims to help people make well-informed decisions about the effects of interventions in the social, behavioral and educational arenas.
• Blueprints for Violence Prevention - has identified 11 prevention and intervention programs that meet a strict scientific standard of program effectiveness.
• RANDS's The Promising Practices Network (PPN) - is dedicated to providing quality evidence-based information about what works to improve the lives of children, youth, and families.
• What Constitutes Strong Evidence of a Program's Effectiveness? - Read the federal government's white paper on this subject.