Core Intervention Components: Identifying And Operationalizing What Makes Programs Work Research Brief

This research brief is part of a four-part series that explores key implementation considerations when replicating evidence-based programs for children and youth. It focuses on the importance of identifying, operationalizing, and implementing the "core components" of evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions that are critical to producing positive outcomes. The brief offers a definition of "core components," discusses challenges and processes related to identifying and validating them, highlights rationales for the importance of operationalizing core components, and explores implications for selecting, funding, implementing, scaling up, and evaluating programs.