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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...
Addressing soil health in Montana: The needs and opportunities associated with building healthier soil while maintaining a livelihood
After Montana Senate Bill 180 was narrowly voted down during the 2021 legislative session, a group of organizations and agenciescame together in support to conduct an assessment as part of the Montana Soil Outreach effort to identify soil...
Feasibility study: Mobile opioid treatment program planning and service delivery considerations in Montana
In a state with low population density and where over half the population is considered to be living in a rural area, it is not surprising that individuals in Montana who are highest risk for a fatality due to a drug overdose might not be able to access suitable...
Reaching Home: JG contracted to evaluate a decade Missoula’s foundational housing plan
Reaching Home is Missoula's foundational plan to comprehensively address housing instability and houselessnes through coordination and collaboration across Missoula’s housing services. This program has been in place for 10 years, established in 2012 through an effort...
A first for JG: Summer interns!
This summer, for the first time ever, JG Research and Evaluation hosted two undergraduate interns from UNC Chapel Hill: Emmaus Holder and Charlotte Dorn. It was so great to have two extra minds to help with the plethora of projects that we had on the line this summer,...