Pennsylvania Practice Improvement Collaboration PA PIC

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Pennsylvania Practice Improvement
Collaboration(PA PIC)

• Jan Pringle, Ph.D.
• IRETA
• PIC Director

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Review of PA PIC
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Goal of the PIC
To develop and sustain community initiated
efforts that improve substance abuse services
through the adoption of evidence-based practices
into community-based treatment programs.
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The Pennsylvania PIC

• One of 14 Nationally
• Associated with the NeATTC
• One of 7 with a National Focus

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What is IRETA?

• PA PIC
• NeATTC
• Other Federally Funded Initiatives
• Specific Evaluation Grants
• Policy Forums/Briefs

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PA PIC Steering Committee

• State And Local Drug And Alcohol Programs
• Research Institutions
• Criminal Justice Organizations
• Other State And Local Organizations

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PA PIC Initiatives

• PIC Website
• www.ireta.org/pic

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PA PIC Initiatives

• Use of Data/Reporting Systems
• Secondary Data Conference
• Monograph from Conference
• Definition of Treatment Episode
• Real Time Data Pilot?

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PA PIC Initiatives

• Newsletters
• Research to Practice Briefs
• 12-Step Facilitation
• Child and Adolescent Treatment
• PowerPoint Slideshow
• Research Methodology Curriculum for Counselors

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PA PIC Initiatives

• Training of County Parole Officers
• Needs Assessment
• Curriculum Development
• Training
• Resource Disk

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PA PIC Initiatives

• Researcher in Residence Program
• 5 Counties (SCAs)
• Case Study of Alternative Funding Strategies
• Third Party Payer Restructuring Initiative