We work to help our clients achieve results that improve health systems, services, and, ultimately, people’s lives.
Planning CHATT builds the capacity of RWHAP Part A Planning Councils/Planning Bodies (PC/PB) across the United States to fulfill their legislative responsibilities, strengthen consumer engagement, and increase the involvement of community providers in HIV service delivery planning. Planning CHATT provides training and technical assistance (T/TA) that is appropriate, relevant, and realistic. Planning CHATT will build…
The unintended pregnancy rate in the U.S. is at a historic low; however, the rate remains high compared to other developed nations with nearly half (45%) of U.S. pregnancies unintended. Federal funding through the Title X Family Planning program aims to decrease the number of unplanned pregnancies, increase optimal birth spacing, achieve healthy pregnancies, decrease…
During the summer and fall of 2020, JSI partnered with East Boston Neighborhood Health Center to co-create a vaping prevention campaign designed by East Boston youth for their peers. JSI facilitated three two-hour co-design workshops with East Boston youth to review the core components of advertising campaigns, responsible digital citizenship, and creative approaches to public…
The Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Systems Coordination Provider (SCP) project, funded by a cooperative agreement awarded to NASTAD by the Health Resources and Services Admonistration HIV/AIDS Bureau, is responsible for delivering technical assistance to health departments funded under HRSA-20-078, "Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America – Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts A and B." The assistance is intened…
We will support the assessment, development, and updates of Medical, Dental, and Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) for Massachusetts. JSI continues to build upon work initially done which supports the development of a state-wide map of access related data using GIS technology and claims to assess needs throughout the…
JSI will engage the Vermont Foodbank leadership and staff in a participatory process to inform development of a strategic evaluation plan. The plan will define priority outcomes and measures for the Vermont Foodbank. It will serve as a roadmap to guide the organization's future evaluation initiatives and inform planning and action, demonstrate effectiveness and achievements, assess…
Washington County is a federally designated mental health shortage area with the highest suicide rate and binge drinking rates (across all age groups) in Rhode Island. Local individuals presenting with problems of depression/anxiety, suicidal ideation, drug overdose, alcohol intoxication, and bipolar disorder flood the local hospital emergency departments which offer no onsite psychiatric services. Healthy…
The HRSA Center for Excellence Behavioral Health Technical Assistance (COE for BHTA) was a centralized training and technical assistance center to support HRSA-funded grantees to integrate substance use and mental health (behavioral health) services in primary care settings. Integrated behavioral health and primary care services lead to better health outcomes for people with multiple health care…
JSI, in partnership with the Georgia Health Policy Center, is conducting a rapid investigation to inform the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Systems for Health initiative. The majority of multi-sector health initiatives identify a set of four principles – or core components – that are similar to what is described in the Aligning for Health…
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health's (MDPH) Bureau of Community Health and Prevention has selected JSI to provide evaluation support for two CDC grants (1815: Improving the Health of Americans Through Prevention and Management of Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke and 1817: Innovative State and Local Public Health Strategies to Prevent and Manage Diabetes, Heart Disease, and…
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