The Evidence-to-Impact Podcast's latest episode focuses on prevention and partnerships and features a discussion about a long-standing collaborative relationship between Penn State and Pennsylvania government and their prevention and intervention work targeting youth and families. The episode covers a wide span of topics, including why prevention and implementation work are difficult, but critical; the changes that happen when there’s a political transition, and much more.
We spoke to Janet Welsh, PhD, research professor at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Center and the principal investigator of the Evidence-based Prevention Intervention and Support program (EPIS) and SPEP™ (Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol) at Penn State, and Geoff Kolchin, deputy director of Unit of Violence Prevention Initiatives in the Office of Justice Programs at the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD), about their decades long collaboration between EPIS and PCCD.
Listen to the full episode here.
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