About Us
The Build Up Project, one of many active implementation support partnerships within the Impact Center @ FPG’s portfolio, consists of multiple focus areas of work under the auspices of the Child Behavioral Health Team – part of the Division of Child and Family Wellbeing (DCFW) at the NC Department of Health and Human Services and other funding partners. The Team consists of multidisciplinary trained advanced implementation support professionals with broad expertise in helping state agencies, local community organizations, cross-system collaborations, and broad human services systems adopt and scale-up evidence-informed practices.
Our strengths include the use of strategic, human-centered and context-specific systems design resources and tools to facilitate:
learning, applying, and sustaining effective implementation practice skills and competencies;
understanding the “why” of effective implementation science practice at all implementation stages;
facilitating strong co-creation, and co-design capacities and performance when partners envision the adoption of new policies, programs, or practices.
The Build Up Team also partners with others in the trauma-recovery space through co-design, co-facilitation, tool, and resource development – impacting those working in behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice, education, and related human services systems.
BBI/Six Core
During a two-year pilot study the Six Core Strategies©/Building Bridges initiative project aimed to improve the treatment and agency outcomes at North Carolina PRTF’s. Six Core Strategies © Implementation in NC and the Building Bridges Initiative | Behavioral Health Springboard (unc.edu)
The Build Up project is part of The Impact Center at FPG, a collection of people and projects dedicated to supporting the use of effective implementation practices with a focus on prevention and well-being strategies for children, youth, and families.
FPG Child Development Institute
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is the nation’s leading multidisciplinary institute for child development focusing on research and evaluation, practice, and policy.
University of Connecticut’s Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice
Trauma impacts the lives of children, families, and communities through multiple sources. Its consequences can be severe and life altering. Members on our team work with the University of Connecticut’s Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice, providing implementation support and technical assistance as part of SAMSHA’s National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Click the link to learn more about the important work happening in CTRJJ and its various partners.
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