Family First:  Prevention Clearinghouse Posts New Ratings

The IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse has posted new ratings for 13 prevention services.  This brings the number of rated interventions to 117, 55 of which “do not meet criteria.”  Only 16 are “well-supported,” 17 are “supported,” and 29 are “promising.” 

When Congress returns from its mid-term election break, we’ll track FY 2023 appropriations for which, if any, policy changes may be made to requirements for use of IV-E prevention funds.  As reported earlier, the President’s FY 2023 budget request would make permanent the current requirement that states spend at least 50% of prevention funds for services with a Clearinghouse rating of “supported” or “well-supported,” rather than applying that spending limitation to programs meeting the “well-supported” rating only.  Another proposal in his budget would allow up to 15% of a state’s prevention funds to be spent on emerging or developing services that do not currently meet the ratings criteria, but states would be required to evaluate the services and either modify or cease using title IV-E funding if the evaluation showed a service to be ineffective.  A third proposal is to increase funding for the Prevention Services Clearinghouse and related evaluation and technical assistance from $2.75 million to $10 million per year and allow for increased tribal and cultural adaptations of approved prevention services programs.

NACBH’s chart of interventions that have been reviewed or are currently in the queue is available here , and we will continue to update it to provide the big picture at a glance.