Service: Participatory Evaluation

Evaluation of MassHealth’s Competency-Based Training Program

ICH is the evaluator for the MassHealth Competency-Based Training Program, which aims to build the capacity of the frontline healthcare workforce to perform effectively within team-based care models.

ICH is the evaluator for the MassHealth Competency-Based Training Program, which aims to build the capacity of the frontline healthcare workforce to perform effectively within team-based care models.

Voices for Health Justice 1.0

ICH evaluated the Voices for Health Justice 1.0 program. Voices seeks to build power in communities experiencing health inequities to improve the health care system’s accessibility, affordability, and ability to treat all people with dignity.

ICH evaluated the Voices for Health Justice 1.0 program. Voices seeks to build power in communities experiencing health inequities to improve the health care system’s accessibility, affordability, and ability to treat all people with dignity.

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.

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.

Evaluation of the MAICEI Program

ICH worked with the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE) to evaluate the MAICEI program, which offers grants to support students with intellectual disabilities to be included in college and university communities of learners.

ICH is working with the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE) to conduct an evaluation of the successes and challenges college students with disabilities enrolled in the MAICEI program experienced with remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.