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Featured Speakers

Jon Baron, Executive Director, Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy
Using Rigorous Evidence To Improve Government Effectiveness: An Introduction

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Brian Bumbarger, Director, Evidence-based Prevention and Intervention Support Center, Prevention Research Center, Penn State University
Taking Evidence-based Prevention to Scale: Impact, Cost-effectiveness, and Lessons Learned

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Kenneth Dodge, William McDougall Professor of Public Policy Studies, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Director, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
Evidence-based Policy: Strategies for Improving Outcomes and Accountability

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Robert Foss, Senior Research Scientist & Director, Center for the Study of Young Drivers, Highway Safety Research Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
Evidence-based Policy: Lessons from the North Carolina Graduated Licensing Program

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Michelle Hughes, Vice President for Programs, Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina
Successfully Implementing Evidence-Based Programs for Children and Families in North Carolina

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Charisse Johnson, Section Chief for Child Welfare Services, NC DHHS, Division of Social Services
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services

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Janelle Lynch, Executive Director ( R ), House Children and Youth Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Rhett Mabry, Director, Child Care, The Duke Endowment
The Duke Endowment: Spirit of Genius. Legacy of Hope

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Additional Chapters/Materials

Using Rigorous Evidence to Improve Government Effectiveness: An Introduction, by Katie Rosanbalm

Designing Better Pilot Programs: 10 Questions Policymakers Should Ask, by Kristopher Nordstrom

Using Research to Drive Public Policy: The Case of the North Carolina Graduated Driver Licensing System, by Robert Foss

Successfully Implementing Evidence-based Programs for Children and Families in North Carolina, by Katie Rosanbalm, Michelle Hughes, Charisse Johnson, Rhett Mabry, and Lauren Akers

The Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Taking Evidence-based Prevention to Scale: Lessons Learned from One State’s Experience, by Brian K. Bumbarger and Jenni Owen