SAMHSA is releasing BestPractices4Data: Sharing Innovation and Best Practices for Grantees, from Grantees, a series of six issue briefs along with a webinar that focuses on sharing innovations and best practices for grantees, from grantees.

BestPractices4Data Series of Issue Brief Topics to include:

• Incorporate Technology for Data Collection and Reporting
• Use Data to Monitor Progress and Tell Your Agency Story
• Establish Data Protocols to Optimize Data Collection
• Hire Effectively for Data Roles
• Manage Data Collection for Multiple SAMHSA Grants
• Understand Unique Data Concerns When Working with Tribes

In 2023, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) convened listening sessions with grantees and government project officers to learn about strategies that grantees use to optimize data collection processes. Produced by SAMHSA’s Center for Financing Reform and Innovation (CFRI) contract, the series of six issue briefs aims to improve efficiency in the use of grant funds by providing opportunities for grantees to learn from each other. The BestPractices4Data series of issue briefs and webinar brings together innovative and best practices that grantees use to address the most common, complex, and costly challenges associated with grantee required data collection activities.

Featured Presenters:

• Shoma Ghose, Associate Vice President, Westat – Welcome, Introduction of Panelists, Closing Remarks
• Naomi Tomoyasu, Director of the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, SAMHSA – Opening Remarks
• David Barry, Director of the Division of Suicide Prevention and Community Supports, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA – Report Overview
• Howard Goldman, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland – Moderator
• Christopher Clukay, Data Analyst, Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester – Panelist
• Brooke Tolle, Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Grant Data Coordinator, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health – Panelist
• Kim Truong, Lead Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) Grant Evaluator, Greater Nashua Mental Health – Panelist

Learn more and view the BestPractices4Data on SAMHSA’s CFRI web page.