Title: The Center for Community Inclusion and Reflective Collaboration (The CIRC Center)
Dates: 9/1/2023-8/31/2028
Funder:  National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA)
Grant Number: 90RTCP0010
Funding: $4,375,000
PIs: Kathryn Sabella, Ph.D., UMass Chan Medical School, and Elizabeth Thomas, Ph.D., Temple University

Description: This 5-year project will serve as a national leader in state-of-the-art research and knowledge translation activities to significantly advance community living and participation outcomes among transition-age youth (TAY) with serious mental health conditions from disadvantaged, vulnerable, and marginalized backgrounds.

The Center’s five research studies and knowledge translation activities will: 1) generate new knowledge regarding developmentally appropriate interventions to promote participation; 2) generate new knowledge about system and policy issues affecting community living and participation; and 3) provide training, dissemination, and technical assistance to TAY and other key stakeholders.