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An Update on the Integrated Behavioral Health Data Dashboard
In 2021 JG was contracted by the Montana Healthcare Foundation (MHCF) to provide technical assistance to sites and to create a data dashboard that supports the Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Initiative grantee data collection, reporting, and analysis. MHCF is...
Mapping the Gap: JG uses CAST for an assessment of Ohio Recovery Housing
Recovery housing is an important part of substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment and is seen as a common gap in the continuum of care for individuals experiencing SUD. Recovery residences provide housing for individuals recovering from alcoholism or drug...
JG Data Team or JG Mountain Bike Team?
JG Research and Evaluation brought on a new team member this summer to add to our small yet growing team of folks who love data analytics and playing outside. Meet Carol Hardy, JG Data Analyst and a Colorado native with a master's degree in Statistics from Montana...
Evaluating Access to NC Pre-K: Community based research in Buncombe County
JG Research and Evaluation has been contracted by Buncombe Partnership for Children (BPFC) to develop a research project that identifies barriers and evaluates solutions to increase access for North Carolina's (NC) Pre-K program in Buncombe County. Similar to Head...
Montana as Trailblazer for Using Contingency Management (CM) for Stimulant Use Disorder Treatment
In 2021 the state of Montana put together a program to expand the state’s capacity for and access to treatment for stimulant use disorders (stimUD). This program, known as The Treatment of Users of Stimulants or TRUST program, provides expanded access to treatment and...
Innovation in applying Voice of the Customer to the public sector
In December of 2021 the Biden Administration filed a motion to use a Voice of the Customer framework (VoC) to drive decision making and strategic planning processes when improving customer experience. This executive order aimed at reinstating trust in the government...
CAST: Advancing Capacity Assessments for Substance Use Treatment Systems
The Calculating an Adequate System Tool (CAST) was created in 2016 when JG Co-Owner and Principal Researcher Brandn Green was working for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Brandn and fellow researchers at SAMHSA determined there...
Reaching Home Evaluation: How will the past decade inform the next?
About Reaching Home In 2012, in response to federal level efforts by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to address houselessness more strategically, the City of Missoula and Missoula County adopted Reaching Home: Missoula’s 10-Year Plan to End...
Published in Global Food Security: Evidence supports the potential for climate-smart agriculture in Tanzania
JG’s Kristal Jones, Erika Berglund, and Willow Grinnell staff recently co-authored a paper with several scientists at the One CGIAR that investigates the impacts of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) on agricultural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The article,...
Grateful for our growing team: Get to know JG’s 5 new staff members
Over the past few months, JG Research and Evaluation has added five new employees to our team: Lisa Curry, Logan Beskoon, Mike MacDonald, Stephanie Cole, and Steven Fuller. To learn more about our new coworkers as humans outside of the work space, we asked each new...