TY - JOUR
T1 - A state agency-university partnership for translational research and the dissemination of evidence-based prevention and intervention
AU - Bumbarger, Brian K.
AU - Campbell, Elizabeth Morey
N1 - Funding Information:
The EPISCenter is overseen by a multi-agency steering committee (the Resource Center Steering Committee for Evidence-based Programs and Practices) that includes representation from the primary funders: the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) and the Department of Public Welfare, as well as the state Departments of Education and Health (including the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs), and the Juvenile Court Judges Commission (a cabinet-level state agency with responsibility for the juvenile court and probation). This multi-agency oversight is important because it represents essentially all of the sources of prevention and intervention funding that impact local communities. The Resource Center Steering Committee also provides oversight to a related initiative operated through the National Center for Juvenile Justice, aimed at identifying promising juvenile justice programs and practices that haven’t yet been rigorously evaluated. Funding for both efforts comes jointly from PCCD and the Department of Public Welfare through a combination of state budget and federal pass-through funds. The Resource Center Steering Committee meets quarterly with the EPISCenter and the National
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - This article describes a decade-long partnership between the Prevention Research Center at Penn State and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. This partnership has evolved into a multi-agency initiative supporting the implementation of nearly 200 replications of evidence-based prevention and intervention programs, and a series of studies indicating a significant and sustained impact on youth outcomes and more efficient utilization of system resources. We describe how the collaboration has developed into a sophisticated prevention support infrastructure, discuss the partnership and policy lessons learned throughout this journey, and identify remaining issues in promoting this type of research-policy partnership.
AB - This article describes a decade-long partnership between the Prevention Research Center at Penn State and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. This partnership has evolved into a multi-agency initiative supporting the implementation of nearly 200 replications of evidence-based prevention and intervention programs, and a series of studies indicating a significant and sustained impact on youth outcomes and more efficient utilization of system resources. We describe how the collaboration has developed into a sophisticated prevention support infrastructure, discuss the partnership and policy lessons learned throughout this journey, and identify remaining issues in promoting this type of research-policy partnership.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10488-011-0372-x
DO - 10.1007/s10488-011-0372-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21901440
AN - SCOPUS:84864916921
SN - 0894-587X
VL - 39
SP - 268
EP - 277
JO - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
JF - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
IS - 4
ER -