Topic Area: Behavioral health and substance use

Pilot Evaluation of Recovery-Based Reentry Services for Black and Latino Men

ICH and the Crime and Justice Institute are evaluating a BSAS-funded intervention that is being piloted in five Massachusetts communities to support recovery-based reentry services for Black and Latino Men.

ICH and the Crime and Justice Institute are evaluating a BSAS-funded intervention that is being piloted in five Massachusetts communities to support recovery-based reentry services for Black and Latino Men.

Community-engaged research to explore the impact of the Everett casino in surrounding communities

ICH is working with NORC on a community-based participatory research (CBPR) study to explore the impacts of the Encore Boston Harbor Casino on the surrounding communities.

ICH is working with NORC on a community-based participatory research (CBPR) study to explore the impacts of the Encore Boston Harbor Casino on the surrounding communities.

Evaluation of MelroseWakefield Hospital’s DON CHI Grant-Making Initiative

ICH served as the evaluator of MelroseWakefield Hospital’s (MelroseWakefield) Determination of Need (DON) Community-Based Health Initiative (CHI) grant-making program that funded initiatives focused on improving behavioral health-related outcomes.

ICH is evaluating Melrose Wakefield Healthcare’s Determination of Need Community-Based Health Initiative grant-making program, which has awarded eight grants to improve behavioral health-related outcomes.

Guiding Strategic Assessment and Planning for RIZE Massachusetts Foundation

ICH worked with RIZE Massachusetts Foundations to develop strategies for evaluating progress towards goals and tools to support data-informed planning and decision-making.

ICH worked with RIZE Massachusetts Foundations to develop strategies for evaluating progress towards goals and tools to support data-informed planning and decision-making.

Evaluation of the LUK Building Resiliency in Youth and Caregivers (BRYC) and Developing Resilience and Well-being (DRAW) programs

ICH worked with LUK to evaluate two programs that built capacity among mental health, early education, and youth-serving organizations to deliver evidence-based treatments and trauma-informed care to children and families.

ICH is working with LUK, Inc. to evaluate two programs that aim to build capacity among mental health, early education, and childcare providers to deliver evidence-based treatments and trauma-informed care to children and families.

Development of family-driven quality measures for families with pre-natal opioid exposure

The Perinatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts (PNQIN), together with the Health Policy Commission, engaged with ICH to develop novel family-driven quality measures of hospital care for families who experienced prenatal opioid exposure.

The Perinatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts (PNQIN), together with the Health Policy Commission, engaged with ICH to develop novel family-driven quality measures of hospital care for families who experienced prenatal opioid exposure.