Partner With Us

The Institute for Innovation & Implementation (the Institute) is a part of the University of Maryland School of Social Work. The Institute is committed to building research-based, inclusive, culturally responsive, and transformative youth-and family-serving systems and services, and to develop the capacity of the workforce within these systems. We do this work in partnership with government agencies, health care providers, youth and their families, and community-based organizations to improve outcomes for children, youth, young adults and their families.

You can contact The Institute at theinstitute@ssw.umaryland.edu.

The Institute has expertise working with external partners and stakeholders on contracts, grants, projects and initiatives in the following areas:

• Research & Evaluation
• Workforce Development & Implementation
• Policy, Finance, & Systems Design

• Behavioral Health (mental health & substance use) for children, adolescence & adults
• Infant & Early Childhood
• Child Welfare
• Juvenile Justice
• Homelessness
• Criminal Justice
• Implementation Science
• Crisis Response

• Provides Technical Assistance
• Performs Data collection, sharing and research and analytics
• Serves as Intermediate EBP Purveyor
• Conducts landscape scans and surveys
• Convenes stakeholders and running collaboratives
• Identifies and promotes national best practices
• Improves clinical and health outcomes
• Addresses diversity, equity, race-based disproportionalities

Maryland State Agencies:

• Social Services Administration /Department of Human Services
• Department of Juvenile Services
• Governor’s Office for Crime Prevention & Policy
• Department of Education
• Behavioral Health Administration

Maryland Local Agencies:

• Medicaid
• Health Departments
• Local Behavioral Health Authorities
• Local Addictions Authorities
• Local Departments of Social Services

Federal Agencies:

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)

Other:

• Local and national behavioral health providers
• Other local and out-of-state governments & agencies