
3rd Annual Conference of the Early Childhood Social Impact Performance Advisors
The Annual Conference of the Early Childhood Social Impact Performance Advisors was held June 22-24 in Denver, Colorado.This is the third...

National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Recognize the PEPR Network's Success
In a recent consensus report on Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families, the...

National Academies Releases Consensus Report on the Use of Economic Evidence for Investing in Childr
In recent years, the U.S. federal government has invested approximately $463 billion annually in interventions that affect the overall...

Paper Outlining the Scientific Study of Financing Prevention
Prevention advocates often make the case that preventive intervention not only improves public health and welfare but also can save...

Pilot of New Model Supporting the Use of Prevention Evidence by Federal Legislative Offices
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation through the National Prevention Science Coalition has funded a pilot project to evaluate the impact...

Understanding the Value of 'Noncognitive' Skills. New Paper in JBCA
The prospect of improving "noncognitive" skills through intervention increases the need to understand how to represent them in...

Special Issue of JBCA on Benefit-Cost Analysis of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Youth and
The Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis has published a special issue on Benefit-Cost Analysis of Prevention and Intervention Programs for...

NIDA Funds Project on Optimizing Prevention of Early Adult Outcomes
The National Institue on Drug Abuse has funded a new multi-year project on optimzing prevention of early adult outcomes. The aims of this...

New CTC BCA Released!
In a new BCA of the Communities That Care program designed to determine whether the CTC prevention system is a cost-beneficial...