States that opt to provide Title IVE Prevention Programs must submit a five-year plan for review and approval by the HHS Children’s Bureau. States have broad discretion in designing their Prevention Programs. They can include services and programs that have been approved by the clearinghouse.
Additionally, they can request in their five-year plans to receive “transitional payments” for specific evidence-based services and programs that have not yet been rated by the Clearinghouse and provide findings from their own independent systematic review that sufficiently demonstrate that these services meet the required evidentiary standards.