93 | Inside Arizonas Investment in Evidence-Based Foster Care Prevention
On this episode, we discuss the Family First Prevention Services Act in the context of one state\u2019s efforts to build evidence for a parent education program thought to prevent child abuse and neglect.\n\nKatherine Guffey, Meg Dygert, and Allon Kalisher discuss a parent education program in Arizona that Mathematica evaluated, the Family First law, and the long-term implications of the law\u2019s provisions around prevention services and evidence of effectiveness. Guffey is the executive consultant to the director of the Arizona Department of Child Safety. Dygert is the senior policy associate for child and family well-being at the American Public Human Services Association. Kalisher is a senior researcher at Mathematica.\n\nFind a full transcript of the episode at https://www.mathematica.org/blogs/inside-arizonas-efforts-to-invest-in-evidence-based-foster-care-prevention-services. \n\nRead Mathematica\u2019s evaluation of Arizona\u2019s the Nurturing Skills for Families program: https://mathematica.org/publications/impact-evaluation-of-the-nurturing-parenting-program-nurturing-skills-for-families\n\nRead a policy brief from the American Public Human Services Association on unlocking the \u201cprevention services\u201d in the Family First Prevention Services Act: https://files.constantcontact.com/391325ca001/09019575-0805-4650-b3c5-4a6c58769a38.pdf\n\nLearn more about our live podcast with Tina Rosenberg about the role of evidence in solutions journalism on May 2, 2023 at 2 p.m. ET: https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:7049466439790956544/\n\nTo submit comments or questions in advance of the LinkedIn Live event, email info@mathematica-mpr.com or call Mathematica's On the Evidence podcast to leave a voicemail at (609) 945-6600.