Behavioral Health

Projects

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  Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) National Evaluation for Systems of Care

  ICF was awarded a series of contracts by SAMHSA to conduct the national evaluation of the Children’s Mental Health Initiative, which was designed to respond to a critical lack of available treatment services for children affected by serious emotional disorders.

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  SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC)

  ICF assists SAMHSA in improving and broadening the range of overall technical assistance and public sector capacity for behavioral health crisis preparedness, response, and recovery.

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  Knowledge Applications and Transfer (KAT) Program

  This project involves supporting six SAMHSA programs related to youth violence and suicide prevention. ICF provides the clearinghouse of information for public consumption.

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  Youth Suicide Prevention Evaluation

  ICF is conducting the cross-site evaluation for both the Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Program and the Campus Suicide Prevention Program, as mandated by the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.

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  National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative

  ICF International was awarded a contract to design and implement a multimethod cross-site evaluation of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI). The purpose of the cross-site evaluation is to assess the impact of the multilevel National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) on access to care and quality of care for children exposed to trauma.

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  CSAP Health Communication and Marketing

  ICF International provides SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) with multifaceted communications support in an effort to convey to its stakeholders that prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover.

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  SAMHSA Marketing Development and Marketing Support Contract

  For the past seven years, ICF has provided full-service materials development and marketing support (MDMS) to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Office of Communications (OC).

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  Native Aspirations

  ICF is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to conduct a cross-site evaluation of the Native Aspirations project. The project was created in 2005 to address the excessively high rates of youth suicide, substance abuse, bullying, and school violence in 25 American Indian and Alaska Native communities in the United States and its territories through the implementation of culturally appropriate, evidence-based interventions.

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  CSAP Underage Drinking Prevention Education Initiatives

  Through the Underage Drinking Public Education Initiatives (UADPEI) contract, ICF manages the implementation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s underage drinking prevention campaigns such as Too Smart to Start and Reach Out Now Teach-Ins. UADPEI serves as the agency’s focal point for efforts to strengthen the capacity of communities to deliver effective underage drinking prevention programs.

Experts

• Dr. Scott Green

  Principal

• Dr. April Naturale

  Senior Technical Specialist

Insights

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  Promoting Recovery and Resilience for Children and Youth Involved in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems - Short Report: Released on National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day 2012

  ICF International authored a Short Report of findings from the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program (also called the Children's Mental Health Initiative, or CMHI) conducted by Children’s Mental Health, Trauma, and Suicide (CMHTS) in a Capitol Hill briefing. Released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), this year’s report was the result of a team effort between CMHI and SAMHSA’s National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI), also evaluated by CMHTS.

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  Reducing Drinking Among Junior Enlisted Air Force Members in Five Communities - Early Findings of the EUDL Program’s Influence on Self-Reported Drinking Behaviors

  The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded discretionary grants as part of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) initiative to design and implement a set of interventions using an environmental strategies approach to reduce drinking and associated alcohol-related misconducts among active-duty Air Force members ages 18-25. The goal of the evaluation is to measure the effectiveness of the interventions on drinking behavior and associated alcohol-related misconducts by active-duty personnel.