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Using NREPP

SAMHSA encourages NREPP users to keep the following guidance in mind:

NREPP can be a first step to promoting informed decisionmaking.

The information in NREPP intervention summaries is provided to help you begin to determine whether a particular intervention may meet your needs.
Direct conversations with intervention developers and others listed as contacts are advised before making any decisions regarding selection or implementation of an intervention.
A list of potential questions to ask developers is available from NREPP to facilitate these conversations.

NREPP rates the quality of the research supporting intervention outcomes and the quality and availability of training and implementation materials.

NREPP ratings do not reflect an intervention's effectiveness. Users should carefully read the Key Findings sections in the intervention summary to understand the research results for each outcome.

NREPP does not provide an exhaustive list of interventions or endorsements of specific interventions.

Use of NREPP as an exhaustive list of interventions is not appropriate, since NREPP has not reviewed all interventions.
Policymakers and funders in particular are discouraged from limiting contracted providers and/or potential grantees to selecting only among NREPP interventions.
Review of interventions and their posting on the NREPP Web site do not constitute an endorsement, promotion, or approval of these interventions by NREPP or SAMHSA.