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Fact Sheet- The Review Process: Navigating Timeline Challenges, Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 1.0

This Fact Sheet provides an overview of how a program or service moves through the Clearinghouse’s systematic review process and identifies possible detours that can influence the review process timeline.

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Research Questions

  1. How does a program or service move through the review process?

  2. What influences the time it takes to review a program or service?

  3. How can study authors and program or service developers help support the review process?

Introduction

The Prevention Services Clearinghouse conducts objective, independent, and transparent reviews of research on programs and services intended to provide enhanced support to children and families and prevent foster care placements. This Fact Sheet provides an overview of how a program or service moves through the Clearinghouse’s systematic review process and identifies possible detours that can influence the review process timeline.

Purpose

The Fact Sheet aims to (1) describe factors that influence the Clearinghouse review process timeline and (2) identify steps that study authors and program or service developers can take to help ensure a timely review process.

Citation

Jackson, C., Wilson, S. J., & Glenn, M. (2022). The Review Process: Navigating Timeline Challenges, OPRE Report 2022-103, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.