Initiation of two Evidence Based Practices: Supported Employment and Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment.

KU School of Social Welfare provided technical assistance and training as part of Phase II of a national research project, the Dartmouth Evidence Based Practice Project. This entailed a three year evaluation assessing the effectiveness of the tool kits. Community Mental Health Centers in Kansas who volunteered to be sites for IDDT included Franklin County Mental Health Center, Wyandot Center for Behavioral Health Care, and The Guidance Center, Leavenworth. The sites who volunteered for SE were Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Wyandot Center for Behavioral Health, and Comcare of Sedgwick County.

2003
Final Report: Presidents New Freedom Commission. Goal 5: Excellent Mental Health Care is Delivered & Research is Accelerated. One goal in the report emphasized the need for implementation of evidence based practices and increasing research in the field.

2004
Continuing on a voluntary basis Supported Employment was expanded to include Community Mental Health Center of Crawford, Labette Center for Mental Health Services, Valeo Behavioral Health, Four County Mental Health Center, Franklin County Mental Health Center, and Horizons Mental Health Center. Bringing the total number of Supported Employment sites to nine.

IDDT was also expanded on a volunteer basis to include Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Valeo Behavioral Health, Pawnee Mental Health Services, Labette Center for Mental Health Services, and Four County Mental Health Center, bringing the total IDDT programs in Kansas to eight.

Additionally in 2004 Pawnee Mental Health Services and KU School of Social Welfare began research on fidelity measures for Strengths Based Case Management.

Oct. 2004
Established an EBP Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee’s goals include: Assessing current research, funding streams, implementation challenges, and stakeholder support; establish an EBP vision for the state; identify priority EBPs to implement, and provide oversight and review of the implementation process.