Hello! I am Shari Hutchison, MS, PMP, Project Director at Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, UPMC Insurance Services (Community Care). Many organizations struggle to maintain evidence-based and best practices after training because the skills learned during training are not reinforced, there is staff turnover, or trainees go back to old ways that are more familiar. At …
Hello, I’m Marian Bussey, LCSW, PhD., Associate Professor Emerita in the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, and a mostly-retired evaluator for a small foundation that supports school-based child sexual abuse prevention. Technically, my title is Academic Consultant, and each of the three agencies we’ve funded over the past several years does its …
Greetings. I’m David Shern, the Senior Public Health Advisor for the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors and Chair of the science committee for the Campaign for Trauma Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP). Last year, CTIPP tracked the inclusion of trauma informed practices in the opioid bill passed by Congress that included reference …
My name is Dr. Elizabeth Oyer, and I am Vice President of Applied Research and Evaluation at Choices Coordinated Care Solutions. I am also the Program Chair for AEA’s Behavior Health Topical Interest Group, the sponsor of this week’s AEA 365 blog postings. Our focus this week is on evidence-based programs or practices (EBPs), advantages …
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Hi! I’m Sindy Bolaños-Sacoman, Evaluator and President of SBS Consulting in the State of New Mexico. As a contractor with the University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, we just completed a five-year evaluation on a SAMHSA funded SBIRT project. We collaborated with several primary care, urgent care, tribal …
Hello! My name is Jennifer Battis and I am a Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator (TTAC) at the Center for Social Innovation in Needham, MA. As a TTAC, I have been providing trainings on how to use and make the most of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Performance Accountability and Reporting …
Hi everyone, Terry here again, owner of Terrence R. Tutchings, Ph.D. & Associates, a consulting company in which we provide training and support of evidence-based processes, services and data for management and accountability related to substance abuse intervention and treatment, HIV interventions, and public health campaigns and inter-group relations. In my blog yesterday, I discussed …
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Hi, I’m Terrence (Terry) Tutchings, owner of Terrence R. Tutchings, Ph.D. & Associates, a consulting company that provides training and support of evidence-based processes, services and data for management and accountability related to substance abuse intervention and treatment, HIV interventions, and public health campaigns and inter-group relations. In this blog, I emphasize that it is …
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Hi, I’m Lisa Melchior, President of The Measurement Group LLC, a consulting firm focused on evaluation of health, behavioral health, and social services for at-risk and vulnerable populations. I’m delighted to share some thoughts about the role of federal performance data and reporting requirements as they pertain to local evaluation. Since the inception of the …
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Greetings! We’re Kathleen Ferreira and Roger Boothroyd, Co-Chairs of AEA’s Behavioral Health Topical Interest Group (TIG). The Behavioral Health TIG is pleased to sponsor this week’s blogs for AEA365. We have chosen to draw upon our members’ experience, expertise, and thoughts as it applies to GPRA, the Government Performance and Results Act. As you will read more …
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