This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
Brief Description:
The CDT (Community Development Team) Model is a multilevel training and technical assistance strategy that has grown out of the California Institute of Mental Health's (CIMH's) effort to promote innovation in services and operations of mental health programs. The model is designed to promote model-adherent adoption of program and/or operational innovations by publicly operated/administered agencies and nonprofit community-based organizations. The CDT structure is designed so that participants are able to:
A CDT is composed of a group of counties or agencies that are committed to implementing a new practice in common. Training and technical assistance is provided, in partnership with model developers, through a series of multi-agency meetings and augmented by individualized agency specific assistance as needed.
Source: The California Institute for Mental Health. (2006). Community Development Team Model: Supporting the model adherent implementation of programs and practices. Retrieved on September 25, 2009, from www.cimh.org/downloads/CDT_report.pdf
Website: www.cimh.org/Initiatives/Evidence-Based-Practice/Implementation-Projects.aspx