Children affected by the opioid epidemic need a complex array of services and supports to safeguard their health and wellbeing, including child protective services, legal representation, educational services, comprehensive physical and mental health care, and often foster care placement coupled with...

Bunger, Alicia C., et al. “Specifying Cross-System Collaboration Strategies for Implementation: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study with Child Welfare and Behavioral Health Organizations.” Implementation Science, vol. 19, no. 1, Feb. 2024, p. 13. BioMed Central, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01335-1...

Developmental or pilot studies support exploratory studies of a novel systems alignment approach. Developmental studies are awarded to researchers who have not previously completed a pilot study to examine the feasibility of implementing the approach and the feasibility of related research...