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Baltimore City Public Behavioral Health System Analysis
We’re working with the City of Baltimore and Behavioral Health System Baltimore (a nonprofit) to identify and address gaps in Baltimore’s public behavioral health system. Read More
Multnomah County Mental Health System Analysis
Multnomah County is focused on providing accessible and effective mental health services—connecting people to the right care at the right time. We’re conducting a deep systems analysis for the County, engaging with community stakeholders, reviewing previous studies, examining funding and reimbursement mechanisms, and focusing on touchpoints between systems, where individuals in need might fall through the cracks. Read More
North Dakota Comprehensive Behavioral Health System Analysis
We are working with the North Dakota Department of Human Services to understand community behavioral health needs and existing services, provide recommendations for closing gaps between community need and current resources, and supporting implementation of systems change activities. Read More
Minnesota Waiver Reimagine
Along with our project partners, we’re working with the Disability Services Division (DSD) of Minnesota’s Department of Human Services to make its system more person-centered, improving system structures to give people more choice and control over the services they receive. Read More
Evaluation of the Capacity of the New Hampshire Behavioral Health System
The New Hampshire Legislature called for a comprehensive system evaluation to identify statewide behavioral health system needs, gaps, and recommendations. Under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services, HSRI used a mixed methods approach that consisted of three main elements: reviewing existing documents and reports, conducting interviews with a range of key informants, and analyzing data provided by DHHS and other stakeholders. Read More
Substance Use Disorder Providers and Insurance Reimbursement
With funding from ASPE, we examined and documented state policies and strategies around substance use disorder treatment—including provider licensing and credentialing requirements, reimbursements for services, and the innovative methods states are using to expand their provider networks. Read More
SAMHSA/CSAP’s Program Evaluation for Prevention Contract (PEP-C)
Partnering with RTI International, we help evaluate multiple nationwide prevention interventions funded by SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and we lead an annual evaluation of Minority AIDS Initiative programs and outcomes. Read More
Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Peer Respite Program
People with their own experience of mental illness have a unique expertise to help others manage behavioral health conditions in ways that facilitate recovery and reduce hospitalization, involvement in the criminal justice system, and homelessness. Working with the Santa Cruz County behavioral health department, we evaluated the effects of Second Story, a peer-run crisis respite program, on clients’ long-term recovery and well-being. Read More
Demonstration and Evaluation of Self-Direction in Mental Health
Working with Applied Self Direction and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New York State Health Foundation with support from SAMHSA, we are leading an evaluation of mental health self-direction in six states, charting best practices and exploring its impacts at the individual and system level. Read More
Jail Diversion Cost Simulation Model
We developed and tested a cost simulation model that projects the utilization, consumer outcomes, costs, and potential cost savings of jail diversion programs for justice-involved individuals with a mental illness and oftentimes a co-occurring substance use disorder. Read More