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CHAPTER 5: Scientific Research <strong>and</strong> Developmentlocal stakeholders, <strong>and</strong> providing minigrants tocommunity <strong>and</strong> faith-based organizations to assistwith their outreach efforts. Second, a continuingeducation curriculum has been developed for nurseson safe sleep guidelines <strong>and</strong> effective ways to conveythe risk reduction message. This curriculum will beimplemented at regional <strong>and</strong> national conferences.Evidence-Based PracticesSeveral HHS operating divisions support grantprograms that facilitate the utilization <strong>of</strong> evidencebasedapproaches. SAMHSA’s Strategic PreventionFramework State Incentive Grants, e.g., require Stategrantees <strong>and</strong> their subrecipients to identify theirsubstance use-related problems <strong>and</strong> to develop <strong>and</strong>implement evidence-based programs, policies, <strong>and</strong>practices that have been proven effective in addressingthese issues. AoA funds a grant program <strong>and</strong> public/private partnership to increase older people’s accessto programs that have proven to be effective inreducing their risk <strong>of</strong> disease, disability, <strong>and</strong> injury.The partnership involves a variety <strong>of</strong> Federal agencies<strong>and</strong> private foundations that are coordinating theirefforts to support the implementation <strong>of</strong> evidencebaseddisease prevention programs at the State <strong>and</strong>community levels.In addition, the President’s Budget for FY 2008 requests$10 million in new funding under the Child AbusePrevention <strong>and</strong> Treatment Act to fund competitive grants.These grants will support the development <strong>of</strong> a statewideinfrastructure to implement, monitor, <strong>and</strong> sustain highquality,evidence-based nurse home visitation programs.Funds will be used to support <strong>and</strong> enhance collaboration<strong>and</strong> coordination across multiple State <strong>and</strong> private agenciesthat already receive Federal or State funding to implementvarious home visitation models. This new funding willbe used for investments in cross-agency collaboration,program development, quality-assurance systems, training,technical assistance, workforce recruitment <strong>and</strong> retention,evaluation, <strong>and</strong> other administrative mechanisms neededto successfully implement <strong>and</strong> sustain high-quality,evidence-based home visitation programs that have strongfidelity to proven effective models.126 HHS Strategic Plan FY 2007-2012

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