Florida

Florida’s PK-20 Education Data Warehouse provides public access to data linked across elementary and secondary education, university, and workforce outcomes. This comprehensive longitudinal data system supports the state’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) plan’s commitments to evidence-based professional development and continuous improvement.

In 2022, the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration solicited a Request for Proposals for its Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) to Improve Behavioral Health Outcomes for Children and Youth in Florida’s Child Welfare System grant program. This program funds preventative interventions for children who are at-risk of entering foster care. Grantees must deliver the Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) intervention, deemed well-supported on the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse, which focuses on Medicaid-eligible children and their families.

Volunteer Florida, a nonprofit organization that administers state AmeriCorps funding, uses a tiered evidence framework from the AmeriCorps Evidence Exchange in allocating funding through the Florida AmeriCorps program. The 2022 and 2023 Request for Proposals prioritized evidence-based interventions with ‘Moderate’ or ‘Strong’ evidence for consideration by attributing points within Program Design (worth 50% of total points) towards evidence-based criteria, including Evidence Tier (worth 12%) and Evidence Quality (worth 8%).