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Southwestern Wisconsin Behavioral Health Partnership

Advancing Behavioral Health Initiative Phase I funded learning and planning year

Full Project Name:Southwestern Wisconsin Behavioral Health PartnershipPrimary Community Organization:Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP)Primary Academic Partner:Michelle Broaddus, PhD, Psychiatry and Behavioral MedicineAward Amount:$200,000.00
Award Date
July2016
Project Duration:12 months

Project Description Narrative:


Advancing Behavioral Health Initiative Phase I

Southwestern Wisconsin Behavioral Health Partnership is a project within AHW's Advancing Behavioral Health Initiative, an eight-year, $20 million initiative bringing together 10 community coalitions from across Wisconsin to address pressing mental health needs within their communities. A three-phase initiative, phase one served as a funded learning and planning phase, supporting community coalitions in developing a critical project focus and implementation plan. Through this project, partners sought to develop an implementation plan to establish a southwestern Wisconsin coalition of diverse partner organizations that will collectively work on improving behavioral health in the region.

Outcomes & Lessons Learned:


  • Completed the Advancing Behavioral Health Initiative Phase I learning community and planning phase
  • Successfully developed project focus and implementation plan, receiving funding award for Phase II five-year project implementation period

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