C4BHI recently partnered with the Vermont Department of Health to develop a toolkit for completing Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs). CHNAs are an ACA requirement for all non-profit hospitals. They are done every three years by hospitals and healthcare systems … Read More
Our final Youth SBIRT report is completed and we are so excited about it! 24,348 individuals were screened during this grant at many different sites across Vermont. Data on mental health, substance use, sleep, screen time, and intervention delivery were … Read More
We are working with a community behavior health and substance use provider in New York City to check how their implementation of evidence-based interventions is going. Part of evaluating the implementation of evidence-based treatment programs is tracking appropriateness of fit, … Read More
Over the last year, C4BHI has partnered with the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) to collect information about the health needs of Vermonters. This took the form of dozens of focus group and individual interviews with community members and subject … Read More
Project ENTER is a CSAT funded collaboration between Education Alliance, NY Agency of Children’s Services, and C4BHI. The project uniquely embeds youth wellness mentors (YWMs) to engage youth involved in NY Agency of Children’s Services (as illustrated in the chart … Read More
Baptist Healthcare’s Center of Excellence in Addiction Medicine (BH-CEAM) and the West Tennessee Addiction Network’s (WTAN -Rural Communities Opioid Response Program -RCORP) is a multi-year initiative funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The WTAN Project is aimed … Read More
Our team member, Dr. Lisa Natkin, serves as the external evaluator for Vermont’s Department of Mental Health’s (DMH) HRSA’s Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program. Part of the grant funds the Vermont’s Child Psychiatry Access Program (CPAP), which is a consultation line for medical … Read More
The YSBIRT team presented the attached poster at the American College Health Association in Atlanta last month. C4BHI continues to be seen as a national exemplary model for how to engage youth and young adults into health screening and motivational … Read More
We recently wrapped up a large Community Engagement project we did for the Vermont Department of Health, in support of their development of the State Health Assessment and the State Health Improvement Plan. The State Health Improvement plan includes five-year … Read More
On April 1st, Jody Kamon, one of C4BHI’s founders, presented with colleagues from West Virginia and Virginia on the implementation of the CATALIST model – a holistic approach to providing a range of evidence-based interventions to support youth at risk … Read More
C4BHI was asked by the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) to conduct an Environmental Scan as part of VDH’s development of their new State Health Assessment. An Environmental Scan involves reviewing all publicly available data to answer broad public health … Read More
C4BHI is supporting Virginia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the University of Baltimore’s Center for Advancing Prevention Excellence in a multi-regional implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment services for youth. We are providing evaluation … Read More