New Science to Service Awards To Honor Evidence-based Practice December 12, 2006
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New Science to Service Awards will honor community-based organizations and coalitions evidence-based mental health and substance abuse interventions
Press Release: science-to-service-awards-release.doc
Application Instructions: Science to Service Award Application Instructions
To be eligible for a Science to Service Award, an organization must have successfully implemented a recognized evidence-based intervention. Recognized interventions include those that are published in the scientific literature and/or appear on a Federal and/or state registry of evidence-based interventions. The organization implementing the evidence-based intervention should be able to demonstrate positive outcomes from the intervention in at least one of the following categories: (1) Substance abuse prevention; (2) Treatment of substance abuse and recovery support services; (3) Mental health promotion; and (4) Treatment of mental illness and recovery support services.
Community-based organizations and/or coalitions wishing to voluntarily submit information regarding their implementation of one or more evidence-based interventions are eligible for award selection. Both public sector (State, local, territorial, tribal) and private sector organizations are eligible to compete for these awards. Interested organizations should use the format outlined below (in “Application Process”) to provide relevant information.
Developers of an evidence-based intervention, or their research collaborators, will not be eligible for these awards. In addition, Federal agencies and past winners of the Science to Service Award will not be eligible for these awards.
