EBP Group

Evidence Based Practices

The Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) Team at the Institute for Innovation and Implementation works with federal, state and local public and private agencies, and others in the community to increase equitable access to high quality treatment and supports for children, youth and families, particularly those experiencing marginalization and disproportionate involvement with child and family-serving systems.

We partner with child welfare, juvenile justice, and behavioral health systems to implement the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) and other state and federal policy through needs assessment, training, technical assistance, and participatory evaluation to support strong, long-lasting implementation. We additionally provide program development and startup support to evidence-based, evidence-informed, and promising programs.

Training and Coaching Consultation
  • Consult with leadership to plan for strong implementation of programs and practices while leveraging applicable funding streams
  • Train and coach provider and agency staff and supervisors to effectively partner to implement evidence-based programs with fidelity
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Support
  • Provide data collection, cleaning, analysis, and reporting to support ongoing monitoring of practice and program implementation and outcomes
Evaluation
  • Evaluate child-and family-serving programs, policies, and assessment measures designed to improve outcomes for children, families, and communities

Partnering for Success framework

The Partnering for Success framework brings together the Institute’s training, technical assistance and data for continuous quality improvement into one package for child- and family-serving system partners to leverage the benefits of evidence-based and promising programs.

Models We Support

The EBP Team maintains expertise to support the training, coaching, technical assistance, fidelity monitoring, data reporting and evaluation for the following evidence-based or promising models:

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy+ (CBT+)
  • Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
  • Keeping Kin and Foster Parents Supported and Trained (KEEP/KEEP SAFE)
  • Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
  • Parenting through Change- Reunification (PTCR)
  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
  • Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START)

Additionally, the Institute provides technical assistance and/or data reporting for the following models: 

  • Family Centered Treatment (FCT)
  • Healthy Families America (HFA)
  • Multisystemic Therapy - Emerging Adult (MST-EA)