We partner with researchers, private and public agencies, academic institutions, community-based organizations, and other collaborators to design, implement, and evaluate innovative programs with meaningful, lasting impact.

Current projects
Past projects
Children & youth
Disability
Global health
Health workforce
HIV/AIDS
Housing
Mental health
Social work leadership
Substance Use

The Future of Care for Children with Medical Complexity Virtual Café Series

2024 to Present: Connect with and learn from others around the country on topics that matter most to CMC and their families through this inter-disciplinary café-style series.

SURE Housing Initiative

2020 to Present: The purpose of the SURE Housing initiative is to implement and evaluate housing-related interventions for three priority populations of people with HIV experiencing unstable housing.

Examining Police Response to Mental Health Incidents in Boston Public Schools

2019 to Present: This project will examine the use of police services to respond to behavioral health incidents in Boston Public Schools (BPS).

Building Evidence for a Preventive Parenting Intervention for Clients with Intellectual Disabilities

2019 to Present: This project will evaluate the efficacy of Project IMPACT, an intensive in-home training program for parents with intellectual disabilities who are at risk of child removal due to

Suicide and Opioid Use

2019 to Present: Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, this project will create a suicide and overdose prevention needs assessment for agencies that provide opioid treatment.

Understanding Medical Brigades in Nicaragua & Increasing Social Work Involvement

2018 to Present: This project facilitates an exchange between Boston University and the Superemos Foundation, a social work organization based in Estelí, Nicaragua.

Uganda Trauma-Informed Care Collaboration with Makerere University

2018 to Present: With Makerere University's Social Work, CISWH offers trauma-informed training for faculty, staff, and social workers working with refugees, survivors of war, and human trafficking.

Does the Value of Housing Assistance Impact Health Outcomes?

2017 to Present: This research explores whether the monetary value of housing assistance has an impact on health outcomes, and if this impact varies across federal housing assistance programs.

The HIV, Housing & Employment Project

2017 to Present: The ETAP works with 12 sites to build sustainable, replicable care models that coordinate health, housing & employment services to reduce barriers to HIV care, improve health outcomes.

The Dissemination and Evaluation Center

2015 to Present: The DEC is currently conducting a multisite evaluation utilizing an Implementation Science framework, studying 4 HRSA HIV initiatives to disseminate successful practices to the field.

Project CAATCH

2014 to Present: Center staff and four MA Health Centers are working to create a model to locate and engage women and young adults who are HIV+ who face barriers to care or who have fallen out of care.

Project REACH

2014 to Present: Staff evaluate interventions to implement a no-smoking policy to provide tobacco-free housing in BHA developments, decrease cigarette use, and increase access to healthy beverages.

MCH Workforce Development

2013 to Present: The Catalyst Center provides content expertise in developing and delivering training to increase the knowledge of Title V staff and MCH students on the implications of the ACA.

The Catalyst Center

2005 to Present: The Catalyst Center provides technical assistance to states and stakeholders to improve health insurance and financing of care for children and youth with special health care needs.

Black Women First Initiative

2020 to 2024: The Black Women First Initiative supports the design, implementation, and evaluation of bundled evidence–informed interventions for Black women with HIV.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (NACHW): BUILDING A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE CHW WORKFORCE

2016 to 2023: NACHW aims to unify the voices of community health workers (CHWs) and strengthen the profession’s capacity to promote healthy communities.

Emergency Preparedness and Response

2021 to 2022: The primary aim of the EPR project is to strengthen the workforces of family caregivers of children with complex health and social needs (CCN) and pediatric Emergency Medical Services.

CoIIN to Advance Care for CMC

2017 to 2022: Under a 4-year HRSA-funded cooperative agreement, staff will lead the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to Advance Care of Children with Medical Complexity (CMC).

Improving Access to HIV Care Using Community Health Workers (CHWs)

2016 to 2019: This 3-year initiative seeks to increase the use of community health workers to improve the health of people living with HIV who are underserved.

Boston Public Health Commission Ryan White Part A Needs Assessment Project

2016 to 2017: CISWH staff conducted a needs assessment and performance gap analysis of the core support services for people living with HIV/AIDS in the Boston Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA).

Med-HEART

2012 to 2017: Med-HEART collaborated with nine demonstration sites to evaluate models of care that link people living with HIV and experiencing homelessness with needed services and resources.

Deborah Munroe Noonan Research Project

2014 to 2016: The goal of this project was to examine the impact of case management on costs and health outcomes for children and youth with mental illness between the ages 0-23.

LPFCH Care Coordination Project

2014 to 2015: Catalyst staff identified strategies for financing and reimbursing care coordination services to promote the health and well-being of children and youth with special health care needs.

SOC Planning

2014 to 2015: Working as independent evaluators, Center staff identified features, strengths, and weaknesses of the MA Multi-City Young Children’s Mental Health System of Care (SOC) Planning Project.

The SPECTRuM Project

2012 to 2015: The “Strategic Peer-Enhanced Care and Retention Model” (SPECTRuM) project aims to expand access to and improve retention in HIV care and treatment for PLWHA.

BPHC:TA

2013 to 2014: CISWH provided technical assistance to provide better resources and strategies to sustain programs focused on infant and early childhood mental health initiatives.

MAI SPNS

2011 to 2014: The MAI SPNS project focused on providing better access to resources, housing and proper care for racial/ethnic minority communities where HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to grow.

ECHO

2006 to 2011: The Evaluation Center for HIV and Oral Health coordinated a 5-year national multi-site evaluation of service models to increase access to oral health care for people who are HIV+.

PEER Center

2005 to 2011: The PEER Center developed training resources and provided support to help organizations launch a peer program to engage and retain people living with HIV in care and treatment.

Kaleidoscope of Care

2003 to 2007: Kaleidoscope of Care is a cross-disciplinary training curriculum for providers to increase knowledge and awareness of the relationship between HIV infection and substance use.

CORE

2001 to 2007: CORE coordinated a national multi-site evaluation of HIV outreach strategies to engage and retain underserved individuals with HIV into care.

NIDRR Access to Care

1999 to 2005: The NIDRR project aimed to examine access barriers to the continuum of mainstream health care services for persons with disabilities across the lifespan in Massachusetts.

RWJF Managed Care Best Practices

2000 to 2001: Center staff investigated how states provide substance abuse treatment services to individuals with disabilities enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care Plans and identified best practices.