This tudy will examine the proportion
of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities grantees that are
implementing research-based programs and practices that are found
to be effective and the proportion of these programs that are
implementing the research with a high degree of fidelity.
Specifically the study will investigate the following two research
questions: (1) What proportion of drug and/or violence prevention
programs nationally, and in the SDFSC program, are implementing
research-based drug and/or violence prevention programs and
practices that scientific....
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