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But features of the prevailing research paradigm thwart achieving HV\u2019s potential as a prevention strategy. These include treating an HV model as a single intervention rather than a set of interventions; conducting single-model rather than cross-model\u00a0studies; estimating average effects rather than testing for mediation and moderation; and describing HV interventions, mediators, and moderators using general and inconsistent terminology rather than a clear common language across models and studies. The field must shift to a precision research paradigm to learn how to tailor services to optimize benefits across diverse families and communities. A precision research framework focuses on HV interventions at a granular level and considers mediators and moderators of impacts on outcomes. A precision research paradigm also uses a precise common language, as in information science, to facilitate learning across HV models and across studies. Research partnerships with governmental agencies are critical for shifting to a precision paradigm. This commentary argues that, as partners, government agencies and researchers can carry out studies more consequential than those they could carry out alone. It grounds this argument in highlights of over 30\u00a0years of experience, accomplishments, and challenges of partnering with state and national government agencies in the USA. 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