| Roundtable: Barriers to Implementation of Program Design: An Examination of Organizational Capacity, Collaborative Relationships and Program Implementation Design Issues |
| Roundtable Presentation 651 to be held in Federal Hill Suite on Friday, November 9, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM |
| Presenter(s): |
| Kakoli Banerjee, United States Department of Health and Human Services, kakoli.banerjee@hhs.co.scl.ca.us |
| Abstract: Evidence-based substance abuse treatment programming is becoming the norm and the issue of organizational capacity to implement evidence-based program is a matter of some interest. Evidence-based programs are created in highly controlled situations and the program developer can select participants, randomize participants and calibrate the “dosage.” When an evidence-based program is transplanted to the “field,” the new program is often grafted on to an existing organization. This organization has its own culture and priorities and incorporating a different program requires fundamental change in existing policies and procedures. The paper will investigate three areas of program implementation – organizational planning, organizational readiness for change and inter-agency collaboration. I draw on examples from three programs located in a large California county. One program provides case management services to chronically homeless persons with substance abuse and/or mental illness and two treatment programs, and two are substance abuse treatment programs, one targeted at adolescents and the second, court involved persons with co-occurring disorders. |