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JGRE contracted to contribute to Montana Drought Management Plan update
JGRE has been contracted to contribute to the update of the Montana Drought Management Plan being led by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC). JG staff will be leading a statewide drought vulnerability assessment to identify geographies...
April showers bring May hires: Spotlight on three new JG team members
This spring, JG Research and Evaluation added three new team members: Raven Truxson, Maddy Duran and Karl Vanderwood. To maintain consistency and give a glimpse into the lives of these individuals outside of the work space, we asked each new employee: What is your...
Understanding the experience of Montana’s peer support specialists: recruitment, retention and recommendations
In 2017 the Montana Board of Behavioral Health began certifying peer support specialists to use their personal experience with behavioral health disorders to work one on one with individuals currently diagnosed with behavioral health disorders. This position of...
Expanding partnership with NCAT’s sustainable agriculture program (ATTRA) leads to new projects
Since 2017, JG has served as the external evaluator for National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)’s sustainable agriculture program, known as ATTRA. JG continues to support ATTRA by offering evaluation expertise and support to the program, collecting and...
Montana organizations investing innovative programs to support pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders
Unmet behavioral health needs of pregnant and pospartum women impact the health and wellbeing of women and their families, and there are many organizations working across the state of Montana to draw on evidence-based approaches to addressing these needs. In December...
Spotlight on data dashboards for integrated behavioral health
Integrated behavioral health (IBH) is a clinical approach to identify and start to address mental health and substance use needs in the primary care setting. IBH includes routine screening and the use of a team-based model of care that includes behavioral health care...
JG leads research on equity in climate change mitigation
For the first two weeks of November 2021, global political leaders, civil society, scientists, and many other will come together in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26). Discussions will focus on the future, and commitments...
JG adds five new team members in 2021
JG Research and Evaluation hired five new employees over the summer months. To learn more about their degrees and career interests, follow the link on each name to our Team page. To highlight each of these individuals as humans outside of the work space, we asked each...
Spotlight on behavioral health crisis system analysis to support community redesign efforts
JG is working with the Addiction and Mental Disorders Division (AMDD) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), as well as the Montana Health Care Foundation, to support crisis system redesign projects currently taking place in seven...
JG partners with NCAT on multiyear study of regenerative grazing
The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), a USDA-funded technical assistance provider focused on sustainable agriculture and renewable energy, has received a three-year, $1 million grant to build capacity and expand adoption of regenerative grazing...