The Institute for Innovation & Implementation

Happy ! Today, we celebrate those who dare to be true to themselves and to live with intention and integrity. Let us continue to raise our voices and unite in our fight for LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance. 🤩

's Dr. Laurie Graham and Dr. Kyla Liggett-Creel have been awarded a grant from the Black Mental Health Alliance for Education & Consultation with funding from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance to evaluate an innovative community-based violence prevention program that aims to reduce and prevent violent crime and promote community healing in the Baltimore City Upton/Druid Heights neighborhoods.

New Resource for Maximizing the Success of the CCBHC Model!

CCBHCs: A Vision for the Future of Community Behavioral Health Care outlines a national vision for excellence in community mental health and substance use care and describes how organizations can leverage their CCBHC status to transform the experience of accessing care.

Download here, https://ow.ly/nVSe50PTeQt

Longitudinal Data System (MLDS) Center Research Series Virtual Brown Bag

10/20 - "Entry and Exit of Baltimore City Teachers Before and After COVID"

Learn about how MLDS data were used to investigate whether City schools experienced changes in teacher supply during . Register today: https://ow.ly/T9ga50PS2Jf.

We are excited to announce that we are hiring a Senior Training Specialist who will serve as a Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Expert, https://ow.ly/Mu2i50PS16I.

Providing a welcoming and safe space gives youth the confidence to use their voice. Empower youth with these resources to lead conversations about their identity and permanency needs.

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We're Hiring - Executive Director (Institute Administrator)!

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offers a comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes wellness, work/life balance, and professional development.

New Webinar: Empowering Youth: Finding Points of Connection | 9/28

This webinar will highlight the importance of permanency for teens in foster care and help adoption professionals know how to empower youth and work with them in finding connections and achieving permanency. Participants will hear from fellow professionals and young adults who were adopted as teens.

Register, https://ow.ly/vFUV50PKJXT

Join SCRR and Youth Move National for an interactive workshop! They will explore how to hold your own listening sessions with your students and alums to tap into the reflective wisdom of community members years after a crisis to glean insight into what could have helped and what may have further harmed so that we can be voice and data-driven to inform our current crisis readiness and response work.

Student voice is a foundational and often missing element in school crisis recovery & renewal work. As school leaders, it is imperative to listen and learn from and with young people to gain a deeper understanding of how adults and systems can create the cultures and conditions that center recovery & renewal.

Register, https://ow.ly/JvXu50PKKjr

A new report highlights that Black youth, particularly Black youth, are at disproportionate risk for su***de, and the prevalence of fi****ms only heightens this risk. Learn more at https://ow.ly/sMPz50PKJRy.

Join the National Council for Mental Wellbeing and Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant) on Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. ET for Understanding the #988 Lifeline + Landscape.

Learn the current status of LGBTQI+ mental health in the U.S., including the specific needs of the LGBTQI+ population and how the need for the subnetwork was identified. Register today, https://ow.ly/VX3u50PKHmo.

Working with families of + youth? This tip sheet is for you! Learn more at https://ow.ly/zZqb50PKIJ1.