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Author Archives: Patrick Lester
SAMHSA Issues Statement on Evidence, But Still No Word on Its Clearinghouse
Perhaps to mollify critics of its decision to stop work on its evidence clearinghouse, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced two new sources of technical assistance to help communities that are grappling with opioids and … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Trump Administration’s First Work-based Medicaid Waiver May Produce Little New Evidence
A new waiver policy intended to promote work by Medicaid recipients drew substantial criticism when it was announced by the Trump administration earlier this week. But will it generate any valuable new evidence of what works? It is too early to … Continue reading
Posted in Children and Families, Health
House Committees Explore Possible Welfare Changes
Despite a weekend retreat between President Trump and GOP congressional leaders that seemingly put partisan welfare changes on the backburner, several House leaders are looking at ways to push forward anyway. According to Reuters: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, … Continue reading
Posted in Children and Families
Trump Administration Terminates SAMHSA Evidence Clearinghouse Amid Questions About Its Objectivity
A Trump administration decision to terminate the contract of one of the federal government’s top evidence clearinghouses, the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), has raised questions about its ongoing commitment to evidence. But the decision may have actually … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Trump Administration’s Plan B for Evidence-based Welfare Reform? Medicaid Waivers
Just days after a weekend retreat at Camp David, where President Trump and the Republican congressional leadership agreed to set aside House Speaker Paul Ryan’s ideas for welfare reform, a Plan B appears to be emerging. The goal? Encourage more … Continue reading
Posted in Children and Families, Health
Is a Bipartisan Evidence-based Welfare Bill Still Possible This Year?
Early news reports from a weekend retreat at Camp David between President Trump, Sen. Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker Paul Ryan suggest that a Ryan-backed plan to revamp the nation’s welfare laws along partisan lines is now dead. Little noticed … Continue reading
Posted in Children and Families
GAO Finds Federal Use of Evaluation Appears Unchanged Since 2013
A GAO report released in late September has found that that fewer than half (40 percent) of surveyed federal managers say that an evaluation had been completed within the past 5 years of any program, operation, or project they were … Continue reading
Posted in Evidence
Evidence Commission Recommendations Generate Pushback in House Hearing
A hearing today by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform appeared to generate more questions than support for the recommendations of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. The hearing’s four witnesses, all of whom served on the commission (including the … Continue reading
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What Does the Federal Evidence Infrastructure Look Like?
What is needed at the federal level to expand the use of evidence? Where are we? What else do we need to do? Earlier this month, the Forum for Youth Investment released a very good report that answers these questions. … Continue reading
Posted in Evidence