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Innovations Institute

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In 2005, the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine in partnership with the Maryland Children’s Cabinet established the Innovations Institute to support efforts to improve child and family outcomes. Innovations now provides training and technical assistance in multiple communities throughout the country. Our mission is to ensure that public and academic institutions, providers, and advocates, work together efficiently and effectively to support children, youth, and their families.

 

We seek to identify “what works” with youth and families, and support governments and organizations to implement “what works” in ways that will be effective and sustainable in their communities.  Innovations Institute does this through our three primary centers: Training and Technical Assistance, Policy and Finance, and Research and Evaluation.  Each of these centers work in conjunction to assist communities in achieving better outcomes for children, youth, and their families.

 

 

Our Commitment

  1. Innovations is committed to providing high quality, timely and relevant support to federal, state and local governments, family and youth agencies, community organizations, providers and others. We work to transform systems and programs so that every child, youth and family can achieve wellness and sustainability while shaping their own care and the nation’s future.
  2. We are committed to employing and partnering with caregivers, youth and other family members who are connected to the child-serving systems and we are privileged to partner with local, state and national family and youth organizations. In Maryland, Innovations Institute supports the development of Youth M.O.V.E (Youth Motivating Others through Voices of Experience) (link to youth MOVE page)

 

The Innovations Institute receives funding from the State of Maryland, federal government, and other entities.  The opinions contained in these webpages and electronic documents are those of the grantee or featured authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the funders.