Learning Collaboratives

Hosted by our partners at the Alliance for Rights and Recovery, our virtual Learning Collaborative is for peer specialists, clinical providers, administrators, system leaders — anyone invested in accessible, recovery-oriented care. Together, we will explore how to build a more peer-ready workforce and create lasting, systemic change.

• June 17, 2-3:30 p.m. ET
  Session 1: Organizational Self-assessment for Peer Readiness

• June 18, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET
  Session 2: Peer Recruitment and Hiring

• July 8, 2-3:30 p.m. ET
  Session 3: Retention Strategies that Support Wellness and Belonging

• July 10, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET
  Session 4: Effective Supervision and Peer Role Clarity

• August 13, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET
  Session 5: Career Advancement and Professional Development Pathways

• August 19, 2-3:30 p.m. ET
  Session 6: Multidisciplinary Collaboration and System Integration

This series is open to professionals across sectors who are committed to improving the integration and impact of peer support in behavioral health and primary care. Whether you’re just beginning to explore peer support or are leading workforce efforts, your participation will have a meaningful impact. Register for any combination of sessions that align with your professional interests and availability.

If you have questions, please reach out to us at integration@thenationalcouncil.org.

Thank you for your interest in this program. This learning collaborative has concluded.

Lead: Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions

The goal of the CHI Framework evaluation collaborative is to determine the degree to which the CHI Framework serves its intended function as an “integratedness” self-assessment tool for health care provider organizations. Participating organization’s suggested improvements to the CHI Framework and feedback on using the Framework with one or more different types of adult and/or child health provider clinics (including physical health, mental health, and substance use disorder services), will help the National Council evaluate its clarity and utility for use in a variety of settings.

If you have questions, please reach out to us at integration@thenationalcouncil.org.

Thank you for your interest in this program. This learning collaborative has concluded.   

Lead: Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions   

The goal of this collaborative is to develop and scale innovative solutions for addressing the workforce barriers that integrated care organizations face from the on-going pandemic as the demands increase for integrated mental health and substance use treatment services.    

For more information, see our Frequently Asked Questions and visit the Workforce Innovations in Integrated Care webpage.

If you have questions, please reach out to us at integration@thenationalcouncil.org.   

Thank you for your interest in this program. This learning collaborative has concluded.   

Lead: Hosted jointly by the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions & Montefiore Care Management  

This 12-month learning collaborative launching in early 2021 will bring together behavioral health organizations interested in implementing the General Health Integration Framework to share challenges, opportunities and ideas through a peer-to-peer learning format. 

For more information, please contact us at integration@thenationalcouncil.org.  

Thank you for your interest in this program. We have reached capacity, please contact integration@thenationalcouncil.org to learn more about similar opportunities.

Lead: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD)

The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), in partnership with the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions, has launched a nine-month Learning Collaborative focused on advancing recovery support integration across multiple substance use disorder provider settings, such as peer recovery support services, vocational services, housing support, etc. This collaborative includes representation from approximately 31 states and their respective recovery support services leads from state alcohol and other drug agencies. Additional representatives may include: state SSA, state Treatment Coordinator, leaders of the substance use provider and recovery support systems, hospital and healthcare systems, recovery community organizations, criminal justice systems, family and child welfare organizations, housing and homeless services providers, collegiate of high school recovery programs, and other recovery oriented providers.

This learning collaborative has concluded. Session recordings and presentations can be accessed here and on the PCDC series page.

Lead: Primary Care Development Corporation

With 100 million+ Americans living with diabetes, more providers than ever before recognize chronic disease screening and management as a best practice of integrated primary and behavioral health care. In this virtual learning series, national experts will guide you through 7 multifaceted sessions — each addressing a different aspect of team-based care to improve diabetes screening and management, ranging from behavioral treatment to reimbursement and operational decision making.

Both learning collaboratives have concluded. Session recordings and presentations can be accessed here.

Lead: John Kern, MD

Collaborative Care ECHO Group 1 – Behavioral Health in Primary Care

Provision of behavioral health services in the primary setting has proven to be an effective means of addressing the universal problem of treatment access for behavioral health disorders. A structured, measurement-based process has been shown to be the most effective way of providing this care. Assistance with the implementation of this modality of care is nearly always necessary, though not always readily available. For providers with a strong interest in implementing a model of behavioral health in primary care settings, the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions is offering this ongoing learning opportunity – Collaborative Care ECHO; Behavioral Health in Primary Care.

Collaborative Care ECHO Group 2 – Primary Care in Behavioral Health

Helping to address the gap in survival of people with serious mental illness (SMI) has become a task for the behavioral health agency. A structured, measurement-based, team-based process has been shown to be the most effective way of providing this care. Assistance with the implementation of this new modality of care is nearly always necessary, though not always readily available. For providers with a strong interest in implementing support for physical health for their clients living with SMI, the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions is offering an ongoing learning opportunity – Collaborative Care ECHO; Primary Care in Behavioral Health.

This learning collaborative has concluded. For more information, please contact integration@thenationalcouncil.org.

Lead: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD)

The Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions has partnered with the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) to develop a six-month learning collaborative to assist Single State Agencies (SSAs) for alcohol and other drug services and their primary care partners in advancing integration efforts between specialty substance use and primary care systems. The learning collaborative will focus on integration with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). This learning collaborative will run from January- July 2020. States who participate will have the opportunity to connect with both their own multi-disciplinary team, and teams from other states, participate in knowledge-building sessions, and receive individual coaching to advance their integration efforts. At the end of the collaborative, teams will have a plan to advance integration in their state.