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New York State Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Evaluation
Assisted Outpatient Treatment or AOT, also known as Kendra’s Law, is a system of civil commitment that mandates mental health services for people who have been determined to be at risk of harming themselves or others. Understanding the impact of AOT is a priority for state and local policymakers and the communities they serve. The […]
Vermont Transparency Tool Advising
Our team, along with project partners with NORC at the University of Chicago, examined the health care public reporting landscape both nationally and in Vermont for the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) and prepared a comprehensive report on the feasibility of developing a publicly available healthcare transparency website. In 2015, we examined potential options and […]
Pierce County Behavioral Health System Study
Working with the Pierce County Council, we helped create a comprehensive picture of the county’s behavioral health system and needs, and a roadmap for improvement. Pierce County commissioned a study to better understand the challenges for its behavioral health system and to identify areas where it could focus improvement efforts. The first step was to […]
SAMHSA/CSAP’s Program Evaluation for Prevention Contract (PEP-C)
Partnering with RTI International, we helped evaluate multiple nationwide prevention interventions funded by SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and we led an annual evaluation of Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) programs and outcomes. MAI grantees conduct a community needs assessment, strategically plan strategies to address the identified needs, implement evidence-based interventions and provide free […]
Personal Supports Budgets
For over a decade, we have worked with project partners (Burns & Associates and Davis Pier Consulting) and numerous states and Canadian provinces to reimagine the way they provide supports to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Personal Supports Budgets—individually tailored, needs-based service budgets—are key to these efforts; using this framework, policymakers apply limited funds […]
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 and partners at the Technical Assistance Collaborative used a mixed methods approach that consisted of three main elements: reviewing existing documents and reports, conducting […]
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 conducted a deep systems analysis for the county, engaging with community constituents, reviewing previous studies, examining funding and reimbursement mechanisms, and focusing on touchpoints between systems, where individuals in need could fall through […]
Evaluating SAMHSA’s Four Homelessness Programs and Resources
With our project partners (RTI International, Advocates for Human Potential, Technical Assistance Collaborative and Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research of the University of Pennsylvania), we worked to evaluate the effectiveness of and models of service delivery of four SAMHSA-funded programs that provide services to people who are experiencing homelessness and living with […]
iTips for Tuning In Mobile App Development
Working with the Vermont Child Welfare Training Partnership, we helped to develop a smartphone app to supplement a 12-week in-person trauma-informed training for child welfare resource parents. We believe content experts and local stakeholders are in the best position to inform the development of innovative approaches for supporting child welfare resource parents (kinship, foster, and […]
Evaluation of Colorado’s IV-E Waiver Demonstration
Working with the Colorado Department of Human Services, Colorado counties, and our project partners (Colorado State University Social Work Research Center and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago) we evaluated the effects of flexible funding through the Title IV-E Waiver demonstration. The waiver allows the state to use federal IV-E funds flexibly to protect […]