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
C4BHI has been engaged in evaluating an innovative program for holistically serving youth with substance use and mental health challenges, many of whom have involvement with the legal system. The following brief highlights findings from the end of the … Read More
C4BHI’s Jody Kamon and Lisa Natkin created a subgroup of SCENE along with Cindy Char, Jennifer Jewiss, and Qing Ren. Together they explored equity in data visualization by reading and discussing: 1. Unfair Comparisons: How Visualizing Social Inequality Can Make … Read More
Vermont’s Youth SBIRT has expanded to working with middle and high schools in Vermont. Here is an infographic from one high school that has found the process to be helpful in identifying strengths and needs among their students. Part of … Read More
C4BHI is evaluating the EQuITY program at Outreach Development Corporation in New York City. EQuITY is a SAMHSA-funded program designed to provide evidence-based services to Transition-Aged Youths (16-25-year-olds). C4BHI’s evaluation staff interviewed involved youth and their caregivers to better understand … Read More
C4BHI is the external evaluator on HRSA’s Pediatric Mental Health Care Access grant. In partnership with the State of Vermont Department of Mental Health, Vermont Department of Health, Community Health Centers, and Vermont Child Health Improvement Program, the grant started … Read More
C4BHI collaborated with several community partners in Central Vermont to conduct a pilot evaluation for the ROAD program – Refocus On Alcohol Dependence. The ROAD program is a community treatment pathway that can help people quit or reduce risky drinking. … Read More
Patrick Kinner shares notes from a session he attended at the recent American Evaluation Association conference in New Orleans: Evaluation is such a unique and diverse discipline, and most evaluation work is done in conjunction with people running programs rather … Read More
C4BHI Co-Owner, Dr. Jody Kamon, delivered a workshop on Motivational Interviewing for Vermont’s annual conference for Guardian ad Litems. There were close to 100 attendees! We feel so grateful to support groups like these who do such important work in our … Read More
We put together an infographic summarizing 4 years of screening for cannabis use in schools, community settings, and hospitals. We are excited to share what we have learned from the 14,000 screens included in this summary. Topics we describe include: … Read More