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Building Collaborative Capacity Series: How to Develop Cross Systems Teams and Implement Collaborative Practices

Provides states and communities with strategies to create cross-systems collaborative teams, communication protocols, and practice innovations. Aims to improve screening, assessment, and engagement to best serve families affected by SUDs and child welfare service involvement.

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 1 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Developing the Structure of Collaborative Teams to Serve Families Affected by S...

Building  Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 1 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Developing the Structure of Collaborative Teams to Serve Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 1 describes how to establish and facilitate the structure of a multi-system... (Read More)

Module 2 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Examining Values and Developing Shared Principles and Trust in Collaborative Te...

Building  Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 2 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Addressing Values and Developing Shared Principles and Trust in Collaborative Teams

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 2 highlights how to identify the shared values and principles among... (Read More)

Module 3 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Establishing Practice-Level Communication Pathways and Information-Sharing Prot...

Building  Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 3 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Establishing Practice-Level Communication Pathways and Information-Sharing Protocols

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 3 describes how to develop communication pathways and information-sharing... (Read More)

Module 4 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Establishing Administrative-Level Data Sharing to Monitor and Evaluate Program ...

Building  Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 4 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Establishing Administrative-Level Data Sharing to Monitor and Evaluate Program Success

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 4 describes how collaborative initiatives can develop administrative-level... (Read More)

Module 5 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Developing Screening Protocols to Identify Parental Substance Use Disorders and Rela...

Building  Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 5 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Developing Screening Protocols to Identify Parental Substance Use Disorders and Related Child and Family Needs

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 5 provides an overview of the screening tools and processes that child welfare... (Read More)

Module 6 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Establishing Comprehensive Assessment Procedures and Promoting Family Engagement int...

Building  Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 6 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Establishing Comprehensive Assessment Procedures and Promoting Family Engagement into Services

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 6 outlines assessment tools and procedures to determine the nature and extent... (Read More)

Module 7 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Developing and Monitoring Joint Case Plans and Promoting Treatment Retention and Pos...

Building  Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 7 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Developing and Monitoring Joint Case Plans and Promoting Treatment Retention and Positive Family Outcomes

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 7 describes how cross-systems collaboratives can jointly develop and monitor... (Read More)