National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) is a program sponsored by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), that assists the public in identifying approaches to preventing and treating mental and/or substance use disorders that have been scientifically tested and that can be readily disseminated to the field. In May 2007, following an extensive independent review of the evidence supporting the PEARLS Program, NREPP added PEARLS to its searchable online registry of mental health and substance abuse interventions.
View the PEARLS Program listing on the NREPP site.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have included the PEARLS Program in its publication Addressing Depression in Older Adults: Selected Evidence-Based Programs, which is an issue brief intended to draw attention to evidence based programs for treating depression. The CDC seeks to increase awareness that depression is a public health issue and can be effectively addressed through community-based programs. The programs presented in this issue brief, of which the PEARLS Program is one, are all evidence-based and have been successfully replicated in other communities. They were also featured as part of the Effective Programs to Treat Depression in Older Adults conference held in May 2008, sponsored by the CDC Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network and the Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum.