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here's a full url: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-just-say-no-doesnt-work&WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook Research now shows that the D.A.R.E. model doesn't work to prevent drug abuse in youth; characteristics of programs that ARE successful are listed -- "A few clues to D.A.R.E.'s deficiencies come from psychologist Pim Cuijpers of the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction in Utrecht. In a review of 30 studies published in 2002, she attempted to pinpoint the common elements of successful programs. Cuijpers reported that the most effective ones involve substantial amounts of interaction between instructors and students."

Good practices on establishing new families with extended kin and building a culture of permanancy (published November 2007)

Useful information about Fayette County from the collaborative site supported by Casey Family Programs, the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services, and Kentucky Youth Advocates (KYA)

Citizens Review Panels (CRP) are citizen-volunteers who are federally mandataed to conduct an evaluation of their state's child protective services agency; the site includes each state's annual reports training materials and other information