Summary: We're closing out this semester's season with a conversation about prevention and partnerships. We focus on a discussion between a long-standing collaborative relationship between Penn State and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth government, which targets interventions and prevention work targeted towards youth and families. Our episode covers a wide span of topics, including why prevention and implementation work are difficult, but critical; the changes that happen when there's a political transition, and much more.We spoke to Janet Welsh, PhD (https://prevention.psu.edu/person/janet-welsh/), Research Professor at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Center, and the Principal Investigator of the Evidence-based Prevention Intervention and Support program (EPIS) (https://epis.psu.edu/) and SPEP™ (Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol) (https://epis.psu.edu/juvenile/spep) at Penn State, and Geoff Kolchin, Deputy Director of Unit of Violence Prevention Initiatives in the Office of Justice Programs at the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) (https://www.pccd.pa.gov/Pages/Default.aspx), about their decades long collaboration between EPIS and PCCD.Resources and Additional Information* Wrong Pocket Problem (https://pfs.urban.org/faq/what-wrong-pockets-problem)* PAYS Reports (https://www.pccd.pa.gov/Juvenile-Justice/Pages/Pennsylvania-Youth-Survey-(PAYS)-2021.aspx)The transcript is available here (https://evidence2impact.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EIC-Podcast-Episode-22-EPIS-and-PCCD-Transcript-Updated-.pdf).
