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Our Work

What services does the Maryland Center provide?

Implementation support for evidence-based and promising practices

Research, evaluation, and data-linking expertise

Concrete strategies to engage partners and enhance collaboration

Strategic planning

Policy and financing analysis, design, and expertise

Workforce development strategies to support successful and sustainable implementation and maintenance of effective home- and community-based services and supports

What are some of the Maryland Center's current projects and initiatives?

Behavioral Health and Systems of Care ▾

Anne Arundel County System of Care Grant Evaluation & Technical Assistance
Prince George's County System of Care Grant Evaluation
Evidence-Based Practice Implementation and Continuous Quality Improvement Support, including for Multisystemic Therapy, Functional Family Therapy, and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Maryland Child & Youth Mobile Response & Stabilization/Crisis Collaborative
Evaluation of the Baltimore City UTurns Grant to Improve Linkages to Trauma-Responsive Services & Supports
Behavioral Health Diversion Initiative
Breakthrough Series & Learning Collaborative on Trauma-Responsive Interventions & Secondary Traumatic Stress
Implementation support for substance-use disorder interventions and service delivery models

Child Welfare ▾

Thrive@25 Youth At-Risk of Homelessness Children's Bureau Implementation Grant on the Mid-Shore
Implementation support for substance-use disorder interventions and service delivery models

Title IV-E Waiver (Families Blossom) Implementation, Continuous Quality Improvement, and Evaluation Activities Statewide, including:

  • Policy, Implementation, Financing Service Array, and Evaluation Technical Assistance
  • Implementation Support & CQI for Evidence-Based and Promising Practices Being Implemented by Local Departments of Social Services (including Functional Family Therapy, Incredible Years, Multisystemic Therapy, Nurturing Parenting Program, and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy)
  • Breakthrough Series & Learning Collaborative on Trauma-Responsive Interventions & Secondary Traumatic Stress
  • Child & Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) and CANS-F Training and Coaching

Parent, Infant & Early Childhood ▾

BRIDGE Early Childhood System of Care Grant (Southern Maryland)
Baltimore City HeadStart SEFEL (Social & Emotional Foundations of Early Learning) Training & Coaching
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) SEFEL Training & Coaching for Infants & Toddlers Programs
MSDE Early Care & Education Work - Outcomes Monitoring System for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and SEFEL and Reflective Coaching Training
E-SMART: Carroll County System of Care Grant
Training, Coaching, and Implementation Support on: Early Childhood Service Intensity Instrument (ECSII), Fussy Baby/FAN Model, Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health, SEFEL Pyramid Model, Trauma-Informed Interventions in Early Childhood 

Juvenile Justice ▾

Evidence-Based Practice Implementation & Continuous Quality Improvement Support for Multisystemic Therapy & Functional Family Therapy
Research & Technical Assistance to Enhance Juvenile Justice Case Management Practices
Behavioral Health Diversion Initiative (BHDI) in Baltimore City and the Lower Shore
Service Array Technical Assistance

Housing & Homelessness ▾

Youth REACH MD
Rapid Re-Housing Learning Collaboratives
Thrive@25

How does the Maryland Center receive funding?

File folders with tabs showing the words The Maryland Center receives funding from grants and contracts. The following are just a few providers of our grants and contracts:

  • Annie. E. Casey Foundation
  • Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Human Services
  • Behavioral Health Systems Baltimore
  • Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development
  • Maryland Department of Human Services
  • Maryland Department of Juvenile Services
  • Maryland State Department of Education
  • United States Department of Health & Human Services: Administration on Children & Families
  • Local Government Agencies

To learn more about any of the initiatives listed above, please contact Deborah Harburger, Jill Farrell, or one of the experts listed here.

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