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Innovations Institute advances research-based, community centered, and transformative solutions for child-, youth-and family-serving public systems, and supports the workforce within these systems.

Recovery happens together. ❤️‍🩹Research shows meaningful human connection builds resilience, inspires hope, and supports...
09/04/2026

Recovery happens together. ❤️‍🩹

Research shows meaningful human connection builds resilience, inspires hope, and supports long-term recovery. Every connection can make a difference.

This National Recovery Month, SAMHSA created a digital toolkit and webinar series featuring innovative recovery practices, lived experience, and the goals of the Great American Recovery Initiative.

🔗 Explore the toolkit: s.uconn.edu/nrm-toolkit
🎥 Register for a webinar: s.uconn.edu/nrm-webinars

🚨 New Crisis 365 Academy 101 Dates Added! Due to high demand, our September Practice Essentials sessions for Crisis 365:...
09/03/2026

🚨 New Crisis 365 Academy 101 Dates Added!

Due to high demand, our September Practice Essentials sessions for Crisis 365: Academy for Comprehensive Crisis Care are SOLD OUT! 🎉

To accommodate frontline teams and state leaders, we added a second session on October 6-7, 2026.

Whether your team is strengthening 988 dispatch, mobile crisis response, stabilization units, or rural EDs, Crisis 365 offers live, virtual, skills-based training designed to translate SAMHSA’s national crisis care standards into practice.

💰 Pricing & Group Rates
$200 per class | Group cohort discounts available

👉 Register now: s.uconn.edu/crisis-365

Strong universal supports benefit every child—not only children who are currently experiencing challenges. “The Case for...
09/02/2026

Strong universal supports benefit every child—not only children who are currently experiencing challenges.

“The Case for Tier 1 Universal Supports” explores how nurturing relationships, supportive environments, and intentional social-emotional teaching create a strong foundation for all young children.

▶️ Watch the recording: s.uconn.edu/piec-ll-4
▶️ Explore the full playlist: s.uconn.edu/pyr-playlist



Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Pyramid Model Consortium National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

📰 Oregon Health Authority (OHA) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for its Fidelity Wraparound Center for Excellence...
09/02/2026

📰 Oregon Health Authority (OHA) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for its Fidelity Wraparound Center for Excellence (FWC4E).

The FWC4E will support high-quality Fidelity Wraparound implementation across Oregon through training, coaching, technical assistance, and fidelity review for behavioral health providers.

🔗Organizations interested in this opportunity can view the full RFP through OregonBuys by searching Solicitation # S-44300-00017234: http://s.uconn.edu/oha-fwc4e

⌛Submission deadline: Thursday, October 8 at 3pm PST

📢We’re hiring! at the UConn School of Social Work is seeking a Continuous Quality Improvement Manager (Research Scienti...
09/01/2026

📢We’re hiring!

at the UConn School of Social Work is seeking a Continuous Quality Improvement Manager (Research Scientist).

In this fully remote role, you’ll lead CQI efforts across Innovations’ disseminated practice models, including:

🔹Wraparound
🔹Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS)
🔹FOCUS
🔹PEARLS

If you’re passionate about research, quality improvement, and improving outcomes for children, youth, families, and communities, we encourage you to explore this opportunity.

Apply by September 8: s.uconn.edu/cqi-jobs

📣 We’re excited to share that Executive Director Michelle Zabel will be featured in Mentorship in Motion, a conversati...
09/01/2026

📣 We’re excited to share that Executive Director Michelle Zabel will be featured in Mentorship in Motion, a conversation hosted by The College for Behavioral Health Leadership, next Tuesday, September 8th.

Drawing on more than three decades of work in behavioral health and human services, Michelle will share insights from her journey leading complex systems transformation and building Innovations Institute into a nationally recognized organization.

She’ll also share what it takes to turn vision into action, navigate uncertainty, and build the workforce and infrastructure needed to make lasting change possible.

📅 September 8, 2026
🕐 1pm ET
🔗 Register now to join the conversation: s.uconn.edu/cbhl-mz



UConn School of Social Work

❗📢 The Association Of Children's Residential Centers' Call for Papers deadline is this Friday, September 4!Our colleagu...
08/31/2026

❗📢 The Association Of Children's Residential Centers' Call for Papers deadline is this Friday, September 4!

Our colleagues at ACRC invite professionals, researchers, practitioners, and leaders to submit abstracts for an in-person or virtual workshop and/or research poster for their 71st Annual Conference, concentrated on the theme “Centering Humanity as the Heart of Healing.”

📍 The Westin Seattle
📅 March 22–25, 2027
🔗 Submit your proposal: https://lnkd.in/gsFxJr-5

📝 SAMHSA has released the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).The annual survey helps better understand ...
08/28/2026

📝 SAMHSA has released the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).

The annual survey helps better understand behavioral health in the United States by tracking trends, identifying unmet needs, and informing policy and prevention efforts.

The 2025 release includes data on su***de, mental health, and substance use trends from 2021 to 2025—providing valuable insight into how these issues are changing over time.

🔗Explore the findings: s.uconn.edu/nsduh-2025

Belonging goes beyond being welcomed—it means children and families feel seen, valued, included, and connected. Explore ...
08/27/2026

Belonging goes beyond being welcomed—it means children and families feel seen, valued, included, and connected.

Explore ways to foster authentic family belonging in early childhood programs in this recorded Pyramid Model Practice Lunch & Learn webinar.

▶️ Watch the recording:
s.uconn.edu/piec-ll-3
▶️ Explore the full playlist: s.uconn.edu/pyr-playlist

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations Pyramid Model Consortium

08/26/2026

📊 How can data inform and strengthen Wraparound practice?

In the latest episode of Unwrapping Wraparound, Lydia Cartwright joins Covi and Conan to talk about ways to use data to support practice while keeping youth and families at the center.

Lydia shares insights from her work as a care coordinator and in quality assurance and fidelity monitoring, including how tools like the WFI-EZ and DART can support coaching and systems change.

🎧 Tune in: s.uconn.edu/lc-unwrap

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