C4 Innovations

Our Projects

We develop and implement approaches that advance equity and person-centered care, support recovery and stable housing, achieve health and wellness, and effect lasting social change. We bring our values and expertise to everything we do—from targeted consulting and community change work to large-scale training and technical assistance. Check out a sampling of the projects we have worked on since we opened our doors in 2006.

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Supporting Informed Treatment & Recovery Decisions in Massachusetts

Together in Recovery is fostering an accessible, integrated treatment and recovery network in Massachusetts that champions evidence-based approaches, supports multiple pathways to recovery, and puts people in charge of their treatment choices. In 2019-2020, we partnered with RIZE Massachusetts to convene peer, ...

clinical, policy, family, and community stakeholders and experts to deepen understanding of evidence-based approaches and person-centered strategies. Using a facilitated dialogue process, we engaged in one-on-one conversations and hosted Change Team meetings, regional meetings, and a statewide event. Through this exploration of diverse viewpoints and experiences, we developed and released a blueprint for action that embraces a unified vision and offers specific steps for implementation. We are now facilitating phase two of the project and are working with RIZE and the Together in Recovery Action Committee to achieve the identified goals and priorities for action. Learn more.

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Addressing Institutional Bias & Racism to Achieve Organizational Equity

Institutional bias and racism perpetuate inequities. C4 is partnering with the African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence to run a learning collaborative that will take a specific and actionable look at what organizations can do to be anti-oppressive, racially equitable, and rooted in...

authentic inclusion practices. Participants in the learning collaborative will examine the inter-connectedness of institutional bias and stigma as well as steps to address these forms of oppression, reduce harm, and increase engagement with treatment. More about our equity and recovery work.

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Delivering Evidence-Based Mental Health Services

Through the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, C4 Innovations staff are working with partners to strengthen capacity to deliver evidence-based mental health services. We are providing training, consultation, technical assistance, and knowledge dissemination...

activities to organizations and treatment practitioners on mental illness prevention, treatment, and recovery support. More about our substance use and mental health recovery support work.

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Reclaiming Native Psychological Brillannce

Enhancing Native Behavioral Health

Holly Echo-Hawk, a Tribal Behavioral Health Specialist partnering with C4 Innovations, is collaborating with United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. and New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) to produce “Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance,” a Tribal Behavioral Health ECHO webinar series. Native Psychological Brilliance refers to the intelligence, strengths, balance, innate resources, and resilience of Native people.

Each webinar in this free series provides participants an opportunity to:

  • Gain skills on strength-based approaches in partnership with Native People to enhance Native behavioral health
  • Discuss ways that Native brilliance is demonstrated and supports behavioral health
  • Learn about Native brilliance examples to share with behavioral health and other health care staff as well as local Tribal Nation citizens
  • Experience Native music videos and spoken word performances

This series is open to Tribal Nation health directors, clinic staff, counselors, social workers, physicians, nurses, Tribal Epidemiology Center staff, and anyone supporting Tribal Nation citizens through the health and behavioral health sector. For more information, to join future webinars, and access recordings from previous sessions, visit the New England MHTTC website. Learn about our substance use and mental health recovery support.

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Responding to the Opioid Epidemic

SAMHSA created the Opioid Response Network (ORN) to deliver State Targeted Response Technical Assistance (STR-TA). By bringing together experts in prevention, treatment, and recovery, ORN supports local efforts addressing the opioid epidemic. C4 Innovations is a core team member...

leading recovery-oriented technical assistance and coordinating teams of recovery experts nationally. We work closely with partners to ensure that recovery is an integrated focus for individuals using and prescribing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to address opioid use disorders. More about our opioid overdose prevention and support work.

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Preventing Substance Use for At Risk Adolescents

C4 Innovations staff designed Project Amp, a brief intervention to reduce and prevent substance use for adolescents who are at risk. The intervention is delivered by young adult peer mentors with personal experience of substance use and recovery. We completed a pilot study in school and...

healthcare settings to support and expand Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) efforts. Early findings are highly promising for both feasibility and preliminary effectiveness. With support from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, we are continuing this work with a fully-powered randomized controlled trial in schools to determine effectiveness, explore formalized roles for young peers, and advance the study of best practices in youth substance use prevention and early intervention. Learn more.

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Equitable Access to Housing Services

C4 is partnering with Multnomah County’s Joint Office of Homeless Services in Oregon to help ensure an equitable re-design of the coordinated access system which prioritizes people for housing services. We are centering the voices of people with lived experience of homelessness and homeless service providers during the re-design process...

by conducting interviews and listening sessions. We are also engaging community stakeholders in assessing and refining a prioritization tool to result in more equitable outcomes. More about our work on equity and homelessness and housing solutions.

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Recovery Rising in Pennsylvania

We are partnering with the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs on “Recovery Rising,” an initiative to foster a resilient, diverse, and accessible recovery environment in the state. Our goals are to facilitate dialogue to: deepen understanding of person-...

centered recovery support services; expand equitable access to multiple pathways to recovery and wellness; further diversity, equity, and inclusion; and culminate with a unified framework for change. To achieve these goals, we are exploring diverse viewpoints, sharing research and data, and convening key stakeholders including people in recovery and families via the “Recovery Rising” Advisory Commission, regional meetings as well as a statewide convening. Read a report about the dialogue process. More about our substance use and mental health recovery support work.

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Evaluating Collegiate Recovery Services in Washington

C4 and partners at Washington State University (WSU) conducted an environmental scan to assess availability and quality of collegiate recovery support services in Washington State. We collected data from multiple sources including current literature, surveys, policy reviews, and stakeholder interviews. In the report, we make recommendations for individuals and ...

organizations providing collegiate recovery supports. WSU also examined educational needs and priorities for young people in recovery and transitioning to collegiate settings. C4’s evaluation team continues to examine collegiate recovery seed grantee outcomes. More about our evaluation work.

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Transforming Homeless Services

We have worked to transform homeless services through a number of federal initiatives dedicated to improving the lives of people experiencing homelessness. We operated a national resource and training center for the homeless service field and an online resource center of best practices,...

research, and policy, reaching more than 25,000 service providers through on-site and online training, technical assistance, interactive online resources, and product development and dissemination. Together with SAMHSA, we developed the first U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS)-sponsored website to employ social media tools and Web 2.0 features. We also operated the technical assistance center for SAMHSA’s Services in Supportive Housing grantees.

For 10 years, we provided data collection, cleaning, and analysis for the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program. We also collaborated with SAMHSA, U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and PATH grantees to align data collection, reporting, and performance measurement practices and supported nearly 500 providers with data collection and reporting through informational webcasts and technical assistance and support. More about our work on housing solutions.

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