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Centerstone’s Institute works to support the organization’s mission of delivering care that changes people’s lives by generating knowledge that transforms behavioral healthcare and translating that knowledge meaningfully into behavioral healthcare practice

Why We Are Here

Closing the gap between science and practice
Our main goal is closing the research-to-practice gap so our clients can receive excellent behavioral healthcare and achieve their best outcomes. Given the significant challenges in adapting, implementing, and sustaining evidence-based practices, we bring technology, innovation, and multidisciplinary approaches to the forefront in all we do. We aim to set standards for the mental health care field as a whole.  We look forward to talking with you—clinicians, educators, managers, researchers, and other leaders in mental health—about ways we can collaborate to translate science to practice in behavioral health.

Who We Are

We have broad expertise along the spectrum of translational science
Centerstone’s Institute conducts innovative research and program evaluation, leads quality improvement initiatives, creates supportive environments for change, and provides state-of-the-art clinical education to prevent and treat mental illness and addiction.  With departments in Clinical Education, Clinical Research, Clinical Transformation and Quality, Implementation Science, and Program Evaluation, we work to translate science into evidence-based clinical practice, thereby reducing the research-to-practice gap.  We are an interdisciplinary workforce composed of psychologists, implementation scientists, counselor educators, program evaluators, social workers, public health advisors, statisticians, data analyst and architects, clinical transformation specialists, quality improvement professionals, and design thinking experts.

Partnerships

We work with stakeholders and collaborators, internally and externally, to accelerate action
We help Centerstone provide quality care for 140,000+ clients per year, most of whom represent underserved populations.  In addition to supporting clinical work internally, we do collaborative research with medical schools, universities, statewide mental health and public health departments, veteran-serving institutions, and federal mental health and substance use agencies.  Our resources and partnerships help cultivate sustainable clinical research, clinical education, implementation of evidence-based approaches to care, and quality improvement.  We use data-driven approaches to assess effectiveness of services, tailor care to client needs, develop actionable tools for decision making and performance, and disseminate lessons learned by leading national discussions to improve well-being.  We build and maintain capacity for clinical transformation by addressing implementation barriers and developing processes to sustain organizational change and accountability.

Our Experience

We are prepared to work with you
We have extensive experience in grant writing and leading federally funded projects from institutions such as ACF, HRSA, NIMH, PCORI, and SAMHSA.  Specific to program evaluation, CARF and SAMHSA recently recognized Centerstone’s Institute for accomplishments in evaluation methods, winning the People’s Choice for Excellence in Communication and Community Outreach Award and Science and Service Award. We have conducted research and evaluation for nearly two decades, completing more than 160 evaluations and studies with funding from 60 local, state, and federal agencies. We have collaborated with dozens of external partners to implement and study evidence-based programs, and we currently oversee nearly 50 projects. We also offer consultation and technological resources for improving translation of research to practice and performance management.  Wherever you are in your journey of improving care, whatever phase in your project’s life cycle, we can partner with you. Whether we collaborate to refine your needs and project objectives, develop evidence-based clinical models tailored to your context, train your workforce, overcome barriers to change, build data systems and infrastructure, or conduct research or evaluation, we are here to help.