Center for Mental Health Implementation Support (CMHIS)
CMHA has recently joined, as the Michigan partner, the Center for Mental Health Implementation Support (CMHIS). That partnership provides Michigan’s behavioral health with deep knowledge of how to sustainably implement effective mental health prevention, treatment, and recovery practices and programs to support organizations and systems in improving the lives of the people they serve.
CMHIS and its bi-regional Hubs can help your organization or system improve the delivery of mental health care by strategizing to overcome barriers and planning new program implementation from start to finish. CMHIS can help you map the course, navigate roadblocks, and provide support to ensure that the people who need it receive the excellent mental health care that providers always strive to deliver. CMHIS serves grantees funded by SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services and organizations that oversee or directly provide mental health services. These organizations typically work with people with serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance.
More information on CMHIS at: https://www.cmhisupport.org/
CMHIS announces latest set of robust offerings
CMHA members may remember that CMHA is a long-time partner of the SAMHSA-funded Center for Mental Health Implementation Support (CMHIS). That partnership provides Michigan’s behavioral health with deep knowledge of how to sustainably implement effective mental health prevention, treatment, and recovery practices and programs to support organizations and systems in improving the lives of the people they serve. Below is the most recent set of offerings from CMHIS. Registration information is found at the hyperlinks for each offering.
Starting January 7th, 2025, 9:00-10:30 am CT NIATx Change Leader Academy (CLA): Process Improvement Tools to Achieve Your CQI Goals
We’re excited to announce a new evolution in the NIATx Change Leader Academy (CLA) that now includes a dynamic, self-paced eLearning course along with 6 hours of live virtual sessions with one of our NIATx experts! The enhanced NIATx CLA combines interactive guided learning and 12 short eLearning modules to give you the tools and support needed to successfully lead change and implement the NIATx model in your organization.
What to Expect
1.5 hours of self-paced eLearning modules (videos) that you can watch at your own pace between the live, virtual sessions.
6 hours of live learning sessions via Zoom, which includes expert-led interactive dialogue, hands-on activities, and peer learning to deepen your understanding and application of the NIATx model.
Optional: Free 1-on-1 technical assistance with a NIATx expert after successfully completing the NIATx CLA. This individualized support will be tailored to your specific change project and implementation needs.
Series Schedule:
Session 1: Jan 7, 2026 @ 9:00-10:30 AM CT
Session 2: Jan 14, 2026 @ 9:00-10:30 AM CT
Session 3: Jan 21, 2026 @ 9:00-10:30 AM CT
Session 4: Jan 28, 2026 @ 9:00-10:30 AM CT
Starting January 14th, 2025 11:00-12:30 pm CT Implementation Support for Community and Person-Centered Mental Health Services (registration link forthcoming: check website: CMHIS Events)
This three-part series helps behavioral health leaders strengthen implementation practices that truly reflect the people and communities they serve. Each 1.5-hour session focuses on practical approaches to understanding community context, turning insight into intentional action, and partnering with leaders to build sustainable systems of care. Participants will leave with tools from the NIATx Model for Advanced Performance Strategies (MAPS) framework that connect improvement strategies to meaningful community impact and person-centered outcomes.
Session 1: January 14th, 2025: Knowing Your Community and Customer
Session 2: January 21st , 2025: From Intuition to Intention- Building Community- Responsive Systems
Session 3: January 28th, 2025: Partnering with Community Leadership for Sustainable Implementation
January 22, 2026 9:30-11:00 am CT De-Implementation and Beyond: Creating Space for Evidence-Based Practices Amid Workforce Burnout
Sometimes implementation fails because the behavioral health workforce is already exhausted and overwhelmed. Asking practitioners to add “one more thing” can feel like adding bricks onto an already maxed-out structure. Organizational change and the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) require a system-level effort and an understanding that these efforts can create a psychological component for staff. This session will demonstrate how leadership can help staff focus on fidelity, implementation, and sustainability using trauma-informed principles as their organization works towards implementing effective change.
Starting February 10, 2025 10:00-11:30 am CT Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Support
When we think about starting a new evidence-based practice (EBP) in our organization, we usually focus on the training needed. Training is, of course, necessary to commence a new practice. But training alone is not sufficient to ensure implementation and sustainment. Too often organizations fail to sustain EBPs after having spent a high level of resources learning how to do them. Research has shown that implementation tools are critical to ensuring the new EBP is implemented with fidelity and in a manner that will ensure sustainability. EBP success requires dual fidelity to both the EBP practice standards, and implementation standards.
This 6-part series consists of four 90-minute learning sessions & two individualized organizational coaching sessions that will provide the framework, tools, and guidance needed for your organization’s implementation efforts. The series is structured to provide individualized technical assistance that will support your team’s movement beyond the “what” of EBP to the “how” of sustainable implementation strategy.
Series Schedule:
*Participants only need to attend ONE of the individualized organizational coaching sessions–either Feb. 24 -or- Mar. 17.
Feb. 10, 10–11:30 AM CT Virtual Learning Session
Feb. 17, 10–11:30 AM CT Virtual Learning Session
Feb. 24, 10–11:30 AM CT Individualized Organizational Coaching Session
Mar. 3, 10–11:30 AM CT Virtual Learning Session
Mar. 10, 10–11:30 AM CT Virtual Learning Session
Mar. 17, 10–11:30 AM CT Individualized Organizational Coaching Session
Get to know our hub here and our grab-and-go resources. AND as always, we are available for individual technical assistance requests: Request Support.
This project is supported by Grant Number SM090078 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of SAMHSA/HHS or the U.S. Government.