Implementation Infrastructure Initiative (I3)

The SIRC Implementation Practice & Support Network has begun a project to address the lack of infrastructure for the implementation of prevention and treatment interventions. Implementation infrastructure is an issue that cuts across the SIRC membership. Moreover, the issue serves as a focal point within each of the three Practitioner  sub-networks (provider, intermediary, and policy/funder) for advocacy and fundraising, practice, and scholarship.  I3 aims to develop a series of guidance documents and resources for the development of implementation infrastructure across provider, intermediary, and policy/funder levels.

I3 kicked off with a series of three webinars to summarize what has already been documented about these issues and successful exemplars at state and national levels:

1. The first webinar summarized what has already been documented about these issues and successful exemplars.
2. The second webinar highlighted examples of state-level infrastructure for implementing and scaling multiple prevention and treatment strategies.
3. The third webinar highlighted examples of national implementation infrastructure organized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Then, at the 6th biennial SIRC conference, we held a Preconference Workshop, “Developing Comprehensive Infrastructure to Support Evidence-Based Practice Implementation and Sustainability: Preparing Guidance for Providers, Intermediaries, Policymakers, and Funders” to refine concepts and inform I3 guidance documents via a highly-interactive facilitation process using Delphi surveys results.