Center for Applied Research Solutions - CARS

We’re proud to partner with the Center for Mental Health Implementation Supports (CMHIS) on a five-part learning series focused on strengthening implementation skills for population-based care and fostering cultures of support and shared accountability across teams.

This month’s session is titled Beyond the Numbers: Data Storytelling for Continuous Quality Improvement is happening next week!

This session focuses on how organizations can move beyond reporting metrics to effectively communicate impact through data storytelling—supporting stronger decision-making and continuous quality improvement.

Participants will:
• Strengthen how they communicate impact through data
• Explore strategies for translating data into meaningful stories
• Apply CQI concepts to real-world organizational challenges
• Identify opportunities to use data to inform action and improvement

We’re proud to have this session facilitated by Kristi Silva, MA and Chidinma Ogojiaku, MPH, who will guide participants through practical tools and real-world application.

Informational Session: Tuesday, April 28 • 2:00-3:30 p.m. PT
Coaching Session: Tuesday, April 30 • 2:00-3:00 p.m. PT

If you or your team are working to strengthen systems, support your workforce, and sustain impact, we encourage you to join us:
bit.ly/cmhis-beyond-the-numbers

You’re doing the work to create change.
We’re here to help you maximize your impact.

Across prevention, behavioral health, education, and community wellness, organizations are being asked to do more — with greater complexity, urgency, and accountability.

That’s where CARS comes in.

We partner with professionals and teams to provide:
• Training that builds real-world capacity
• Coaching that strengthens leadership and implementation
• Strategic support that aligns vision with action

All grounded in collaboration, community voice, and practical solutions that work.

If you’re looking for a partner to help move your work forward — let’s connect.

🔗 Learn more: cars-rp.org

At CARS, we believe sustainable impact starts with community — and grows when partners share knowledge, build trust, and strengthen systems together. This year, we’re highlighting how we serve as a systems change collaborator by offering training, technical assistance, and capacity-building rooted in lived experience.

This week, we’re highlighting Community Wellness — where CARS partners with local leaders and community members to strengthen wellness, connectedness, and healing. For over a decade, our team has supported communities through peer-led training, authentic engagement, and culturally grounded strategies that honor lived experience and community wisdom.

This area includes work in:
✅ Peer-Led Training Models
✅ Community Engagement & Trust Building
✅ Wellness Promotion & Resilience Building
✅ Cross-Sector Partnerships
✅ Support for Marginalized & Underserved Populations

📩 Want more tools and learning opportunities like these? Sign up for our Community Wellness newsletter to stay connected.

bit.ly/CARS-community-wellness-newsletter

At CARS, we believe systems change happens through partnership — when lived experience and evidence-informed practice come together in service of community wellbeing. In the weeks ahead, we’re highlighting how we show up as a systems change collaborator through training, technical assistance, and capacity-building.

This week, we’re focusing on Crisis Response & Recovery — supporting systems and communities across the crisis continuum, from preparedness and response to stabilization and long-term renewal. CARS provides training and technical assistance across multiple sectors, including schools, mobile crisis teams, crisis stabilization settings, juvenile justice, and community-based organizations.

This area includes work in:
✅ Mobile Crisis & County Crisis Response
✅ Crisis Leadership
✅ Crisis Intervention & De-Escalation
✅ Youth Crisis & Su***de Response
✅ Crisis Dispatch & Triage Systems

📩 Want updates on training opportunities and crisis-response resources? Sign up for our Crisis Response and Recovery newsletter to stay in the loop.

bit.ly/CARS-crisis-response-newsletter

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