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Description
ABSTRACT
New Mexico State University Center of Innovation for Behavioral Health &
Wellbeing / Human Services Department: CANS, CAT Project
Purpose
This proposal is to provide technical assistance and consultation to New Mexico State
University Center of Innovation for Behavioral Health and Wellbeing in order to develop
a customized Crisis Assessment Tool (CAT) for New Mexico Human Services
Department Mobile Response program, and ongoing technical assistance and
consultation for its customized Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)
within a Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM) framework.
The CANS is a communimetric assessment that organizes information and
operationalizes the TCOM framework which is rooted in the following guiding principles:
• The belief that all interventions and assessments should be culturally
responsive and respectful.
• People should have a voice and choice with regard to participating in any
assessments and interventions.
• All interventions should be personalized, respectful and have demonstrable
value to the people they serve.
• Collaborative processes inclusive of children and families, should be used for
all decisions at all levels of the system.
• Consensus on action is the primarcy outcome of all collaborative processes.
• Information about the people served and their personal change should always
inform decision making at all levels of the system.
• All of our work should be accomplished with respect to the earth and our
impact on it.
Qualifications
The CANS is a functional assessment tool that has been in use in child welfare,
children’s behavioral health, educational and juvenile justice systems since the late
1990s. Developed by John S. Lyons, PhD while at Northwestern University, the CANS
is now used across the United States, Canada and over 10 countries internationally. It
is estimated that 80% of children served in public behavioral health and child welfare
systems in the United States have had a CANS. Since the development of the CANS,
other similar tools have been created including the Adult Needs and Strengths
Assessment (ANSA), Family Advocacy and Support Tool (FAST), Crisis Assessment
Tool (CAT), and the Readiness Inventory for Successful Employment (RISE).
During the last 30+ years Dr. Lyons’ work has received support from the organizations
that he has worked in which contributed to the development of his team and the
evolution of the Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM)
approach: University of Ottawa, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, and most
recently at the Center for Innovation in Population Health (IPH Center) at the University
of Kentucky. Established in 2019, the IPH Center provides a platform for the TCOM
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approach to flourish in a research setting that can draw multi-sector collaborative
relationships with key partners in the academy as well as throughout the human
service sectors. Within the context of the IPH Center, TCOM and its tools, such as the
CANS and CAT, broadens the strategy of personal transformation to addressing
population health improvement.
Methods
1. TCOM Implementation, Development, and Educational Support
a. TCOM implementation, technical assistance, consultation
b. Customized CAT reference guide development and editing
c. Customized CAT certification course on TCOMtraining.com
2. CANS and CAT Training
a. TCOM Overview (1 training event per quarter)
b. CAT Orientation (1 training event per quarter)
c. CANS/CAT Training of Trainers (TOT) [3 training events per year]
d. CANS/CAT Coaching for Supervisors (1 training event per quarter)
e. CANS Coaching for Certified Trainers (40 hours)
3. Precision Analytics
a. Decision Support Model Development – CAT
b. Clinical Case Review – CAT
c. CANS/CAT Data Analytsis, Reporting (incl. latent class analysis)
d. CANS/CAT Advanced Analytics (incl. LASSO)
Qualifications of Key Staff
April D. Fernando, PhD is an Associate Director of the IPH Center and an Associate
Professor, Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health at the University of
Kentucky. She leads the TCOM Implementation, Development, and Educational
Support (TIDES) program at the IPH Center. As the Principle Investigator (PI) she will
provide overall project leadership and provide clinical insight and support, ensuring that
the workforce is properly trained and supported in the TCOM approach and the use of
TCOM tools.
John S. Lyons, PhD is the founding Director of the IPH Center, and Professor, Health
Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky. He is the
original developer of TCOM and its tools (CANS/ANSA/FAST/CAT). As a Co-
Investigator, Dr. Lyons will develop a customized decision support model based on the
New Mexico CAT.
Olga Vsevolozhskaya, PhD is an Assistant Director at the IPH Center at the University
of Kentucky and a faculty member in the Department of Biostatistics within the College
of Public Health. Dr. Vsevolozhskaya leads the Precision Analytics program at the IPH
Center and will oversee the data management and analyses aspects of the work. Her
team will be responsible for providing technical assistance and consultation to New
Mexico on the design, development and production of CANS and CAT reports.
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Status | Active |
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Effective start/end date | 9/15/23 → 6/30/25 |
Funding
- New Mexico State University: $114,570.00
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