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
Conducting SBIRT on college campuses apart from the traditional student health setting is unchartered territory. This brief is a summary of what we observed and learned during a year of SBIRT in four Vermont colleges. Lessons learned include how to … Read More
The VT YSBIRT team worked with our 4 college implementation sites to collaborate on a presentation of findings from the past year. The presentation titled – Engaging Young Adults into Wellness Screening & Interventions: A New Era for SBIRT was accepted for the national SBIRT … Read More
This data brief includes all data from seven sites that have participated in VT YSBIRT from October 2020 to September 2021. These seven sites include Champlain College, Northwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Northeastern … Read More
C4BHI staff are providing technical assistance to help LSF Health Systems (LSF) in Jacksonville, Florida with a recently SAMHSA awarded SBIRT grant. The project aims to serve 23,500 youth and adults over five years. C4BHI is providing ongoing consultation and training focused on effective … Read More
C4BHI served as the lead evaluator for the SAMHSA-funded Virginia SBIRT effort and was one of the leads in the development of the attached report. We are so grateful to have been a part of this effort that touched more than … Read More
SBIRT seeks to deliver early screening and intervention services for persons at risk for or living with substance use disorders. Since we began collaborating with multiple sites to screen young adults through SBIRT VT, we have been able to support … Read More
NBC 5 reported on our efforts in VT trying to help young Vermonters who are struggling. The piece, titled “Vermont groups pushing schools to implement mental health tool” is available for your viewing here: https://www.mynbc5.com/article/vermont-groups-pushing-schools-to-implement-mental-health-tool/36184241
A great article in the Saint Albans Messanger tells the story of our collaboration with Spectrum and interviews Jody and Win on the immense value that our system is delivering to multiple colleges, schools, and health centers. From the article: … Read More
Our most recent publication from YSBIRT is out! In Our early implementation of YSBIRT, we added a screen-time question as a health indicator. With the help of one of our colleagues, Leigh Anne Cioffredi, Jody and Win were able to … Read More