The Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse was established by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to systematically review research on programs and services intended to provide enhanced support to children and families and prevent foster care placements. The Clearinghouse, developed in accordance with the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018, rates programs and services as promising, supported, and well-supported practices. These practices include mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services and in-home parent skill-based programs, as well as kinship navigator services.
The Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse is led by Abt Associates (Sandra Wilson as Project Director) and is conducted in partnership with the University of Colorado (Suzanne Kerns, Principal Investigator).
The ACF points of contact are Christine Fortunato, Laura Nerenberg, and Jenessa Malin.
Questions about the Clearinghouse can be directed to the Clearinghouse help desk: preventionservices@abtassoc.com .
This Fact Sheet provides an overview of how a program or service moves through the Clearinghouse’s systematic review process and identifies possible detours that can influence the review process timeline.
This Fact Sheet describes how the Clearinghouse determines whether a study of a particular program or service is eligible for review and identifies common reasons that studies are not eligible for review.
This Fact Sheet aims to address frequently asked questions about how the Clearinghouse rates the design and execution of studies it reviews, describe common reasons why studies may receive low ratings on the design and execution standards, and lay our possible approaches to design and execute studies in alignment with the standards.
The Prevention Services Clearinghouse Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0 replaces Handbook, Version 1.0.
This guide for study authors details the components of studies that the Prevention Services Clearinghouse uses to determine eligibility for review, assign design and execution ratings, and determine program or service ratings, as well as other recommended practices for research reporting.
The Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse was established by the Administration for Children and Families to perform systematic reviews of research and evaluation on programs and services intended to provide enhanced support to children and families and prevent foster care placements. The Prevention Services Clearinghouse.