OPRE Insights Blog

Announcing the New Office of the Chief Data Officer and Office of Research and Evaluation within OPRE

We are excited to announce that this week we have taken a significant next step by formally creating two new offices under OPRE: the Office of Research and Evaluation  and the Office of the Chief Data Officer. 

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OPRE at APPAM 2024

OPRE is proud to be well-represented at APPAM’s 2024 multi-disciplinary fall research conference, being held in National Harbor, MD, November 21-23, 2024.

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HHS Scientific Integrity Policy and ACF Evaluation Policy

At OPRE and ACF, we work every day to help build evidence that is used to support policy and decision making. We are proud to guide our work by the five principles of the ACF Evaluation Policy: rigor, relevance, transparency, independence, and ethics. 

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Building Evidence to Address How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping the Nature of Work

AI has increasingly been at the forefront of policy and research conversations about the changing nature of work. Learn how OPRE will continue to sponsor rigorous research to address knowledge gaps and build evidence in the changing market.

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Hispanic Heritage Month: A Spotlight on Hispanic and Latino Youth in Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs

OPRE, in partnership with FYSB, helps programs collect performance measures data from SRAE programs through the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Performance Analysis Study (SRAE PAS). Explore a snapshot of Hispanic/Latino youth served by SRAE programming.

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Evidence-based Recommendations for Policy and Practice

Both peer reviewed articles and government reports aiming to inform policy or practice commonly include a recommendations section. Recommendations typically connect the findings from the literature or a particular study and what researchers think policy or practice should do in response. 

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Preventing and Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs: Spotlighting the Strategies To Respond to Intimate Violence Effectively (STRIVE) Project

OPRE is proud to spotlight our new Strategies To Respond to Intimate Violence Effectively (STRIVE) project. It aims to generate evidence and resources to address intimate partner violence (IPV) and teen dating violence (TDV) in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) program settings

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Leveraging Data to Improve Lives

ACF and OPRE are committed to recognizing and harnessing the power of data to help achieve our mission. Learn about the inaugural ACF Data Strategy.

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Shining a Spotlight on Evidence Capacity Solutions

Through the Evidence Capacity Support project, OPRE assists ACF offices in identifying specific programmatic needs for information and using data to answer their high-priority questions. Discover some of the lessons we've learn through this project.

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Building Bridges to Support Evidence Use Through Our Conferences

OPRE's RECS and NRCEC conferences support evidence use by ensuring research and evaluation is relevant to policy and practice; building trusted relationship networks between researchers, policymakers, and practitioners; and offering a regularly occurring opportunity to share and discuss findings.

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