Evidence-Based Programs in Action: Policy and Practice Insights from A Success Story

This brief profiles the Partnership for Results, a model of local governance designed to implement a broad spectrum of evidence-based programs for the benefit of youth at risk. For a decade, it has operated in Cayuga County in Central New York. The brief describes the Partnership and its results; the elements of its model; obstacles to creating a continuum of evidence-based programs; and principles for replicating the Partnership's governance model.