Evidence Based Social Programs gives the reader a comprehensive view of the type of social programs that are most effective - those based on real, testable evidence. Evidence based practice ensures that all social efforts come from a legitimate basis by requiring both research and constant monitoring to constantly bring practitioners and their work in line with their individual program's goals. Evidence based practice can be applied on a ground-up basis, in the creation of new programs, or can be applied to existing programs through careful evaluation in order to assess their performance objectively. This book will demonstrate how to do so. After giving a methodical overview of the definition, principles, and methods behind understanding and implementing evidence based practice, Evidence Based Social Programs proceeds to undertake thorough discussion of the huge variety of these types of programs that exist worldwide, on nearly every earthly continent, beginning with detailed exploration of these program in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, and moving on to cover locations as diverse as South Africa, South America, Russia, and the Middle East. Indirectly, covering these programs serves to give a snapshot of the social problems unique to every country in which they take place, by describing the methods, based on sound evidence, various governmental and nongovernmental bodies use to cope with them. From management of dire living conditions among indigenous communities in Australia, to the complexities of the American Social Security system, Evidence Based Social Programs shows some of the best ways of systematically managing social ills.