Free To Grow realizes that researchers and practitioners often work on parallel, rather than intersecting tracks, making it difficult for prevention practitioners, community residents, journalists and policy makers to learn about the successful application of relevant research. To help address this situation, Free to Grow has compiled a research base of "best and promising practices" that you can find in our Research Page.

The Free to Grow approach rests on a solid research base showing that:

• Strengthening families and communities can improve results for children.
• Outcomes for children are affected both by the quality of the home environment and the ways that communities and families interact.
• Multi-faceted early intervention techniques hold promise for reducing the risk of substance abuse and other high-risk behaviors

• The Research Base: This section of the page contains studies that expand knowledge about the interaction of children, families and communities, with an emphasis on the factors that make them more resilient and less vulnerable to the adverse effects of substance abuse, child abuse and other high risk behaviors.
• Links: This section of the page contains links to the websites of other organizations engaged in relevant prevention and policy activities.
  
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