Past Projects
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The Center identified existing strategies, creative solutions and needed resources for behavioral health workforce recruitment and retention. Behavioral health and developmental disability agencies across 猎奇重口 were invited to participate in online learning collaboratives with the goal of implementing innovative recruitment and retention strategies. Participants created actionable recruitment and retention plans specific to their agency.
Funder: Behavioral Health and Disabilities Division, MT-DPHHS
Contact: Jeff Folsom
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The Center evaluated the 猎奇重口 Child Care Innovation and Infrastructure Program funded by the 猎奇重口 DPHHS Early Childhood and Family Services Division (ECSFD). We evaluated the efforts and outcomes of 30 grantees funded by 猎奇重口 DPHHS to assess how they expanded access to child care.
Funder: Headwaters Foundation
Contact: Mary Collins
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The Center conducted a research project to inform early child care and education (ECCE) workforce recruitment and retention strategies to be implemented and/or supported by the Early Childhood and Family Support Division. The research project consists of a national scan and a review of existing data in 猎奇重口.
Funder: 猎奇重口 Department of Public Health and Human Services, Early Childhood and Family Support Division
Contact: Mary Collins
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The Disease Intervention Specialist Training aimed to expand, increase, and sustain the DIS workforce to support jurisdictional communicable disease prevention and response through training and increased collaboration among county health departments. The training consisted of online modules with virtual follow-up coaching sessions. The use of ProjectECHO® engaged local health departments through didactic teaching and case presentations with discussion and recommendations. The Center evaluated participant satisfaction and increased knowledge through surveys embedded throughout the online training and at the end of ProjectECHO® sessions.
Funder: MT DPHHS, Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Bureau, HIV/STD/HCV Section
Contact: Stacie Pannell
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The ERAT Program augments the primary care workforce serving rural and medically underserved populations in the State of 猎奇重口 by: 1) providing global enhancement of rural training for all residents; 2) developing and implementing focused rural training experiences for selected residents, including a rural intensive track and a longitudinal rural ambulatory experience; and 3) providing site-specific training to primary care faculty and preceptors at rural healthcare sites. The program is administered by UM’s Family Medicine Residency of Western 猎奇重口.
The Center served on the ERAT evaluation team. The impact evaluation methodology employed rapid cycle quality improvement (RCQI), enabling ongoing assessment of the objectives and real-time adjustments to multiple activities. We conducted formative and summative evaluations on a routine/regular basis to determine progress towards outcomes. Numerous process and outcome variables were measured across time that included HRSA’s required performance measures. Program feasibility and effectiveness for replicability were also studied throughout the life of the grant. The Center was responsible for ongoing evaluation, internal Quarterly Reports and yearly HRSA Reports.
Funder: HRSA
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In partnership with UM’s Office of Health Research & Partnership, the Center conducted a needs assessment and local evaluation of the Health Extension Network partners and associated communities in Flathead County; Lake County; Sanders County; and the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribe. During the planning year, community-wide needs, barriers, challenges, and gaps in services of each community were ascertained and analyzed in preparation for a new, multi-year HRSA grant application that will design and implement a new Health Extension Network in the state.
Funder: HRSA
Contact: Maria Hamm
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The Center developed a Mental Health Resilience for Child Care Workers training, which included a four-module eLearning course and five tele-coaching sessions. Training topics included stress management, building resilience, working with diverse families, organizational wellness, and grief and loss. The training was intended for directors and staff working at licensed child care facilities across 猎奇重口.
Funder: DPHHS Early Childhood & Family Support Division
Contact: Kim Spurzem
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The Center worked with the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) to develop sustainable state systems supporting PAX GBG. We coordinated with agency and school leaders to create a state, regional and district teaming structure to grow and sustain PAX GBG. Teams worked on building their capacity to develop data, communication, professional development, teaming and coaching systems. State leadership worked to identify funding streams to sustain PAX GBG implementation. Finally, the Center evaluated the effectiveness of teaming structure, State, Regional and District Capacity, level of PAX GBG implementation and student outcomes.
Funder: 猎奇重口 Healthcare Foundation
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The Center facilitated the needs assessment survey for the 猎奇重口 Bright Futures Preschool Development Birth to Five Grant on behalf of the 猎奇重口 DPHHS Early Childhood and Family Services Division (ECSFD). We conducted a statewide survey and analyzing the results to be part of the statewide needs assessment of 猎奇重口's early childhood system.
Funder: 猎奇重口 Department of Public Health and Human Services, Early Childhood and Family Support Division
Contact: Mary Collins
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The Center disperse mini-grants to a small number of local public health departments and developed implementation, evaluation and sustainability plans for adding primary prevention activities into LPH. Grantees participated in monthly learning collaboratives designed to problem-solve and share staffing and programmatic challenges and opportunities.
Funder: Behavioral Health and Disabilities Division, MT-DPHHS
Contact: Maria Hamm
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The Center facilitate program evaluation, education, training and technical support to equip 猎奇重口 Tribal communities with the means to demonstrate the impact of culturally based substance use prevention programs. We conducted environmental scans of tribal SUD prevention programming across the state that has cultural integration.
Funder: Behavioral Health and Disabilities Division, MT-DPHHS
Contact: Maria Hamm
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The 猎奇重口 Health and Medicine in partnership with the Center, created a 4-part training series to provide thoughtful, tailored support to refine the skills of healthcare preceptors across 猎奇重口’s workforce. The series included asynchronous eLearning modules focused on precepting and supervision, communication, teaming, and provider wellness. The project's goal was to increase preceptors' ability to support new workers in hopes of improving new worker retention and preceptor’s job satisfaction.
Funder: 猎奇重口-College of Health
Contact: Lily Apendaile
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From 2019-2023, the UM Center served as the external evaluator for the SAMSHA-funded Zero Suicide in Health Systems Implementation Grant. The grant, awarded to the 猎奇重口 DPHHS, was implemented in partnership with the Blackfeet Nation, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Fort Belknap Tribe, Fort Peck Tribe, Missoula’s All Nations Health Center and the Butte Native Wellness Center. The Zero Suicide model is a comprehensive approach to suicide care that aims to reduce the risk of suicide for individuals seen in health care systems. For more information on the Zero Suicide Model, visit https://zerosuicide.edc.org
Funder: SAMHSA
Contact: Kate Chapin