Developing a performance measurement framework for Ontario’s mental health and addiction treatment system, and indicators of the treatment process and client outcomes.
Developing training modules and materials for frontline and management staff at Ontario addiction agencies related to reporting requirements, data entry, and data quality.
Developing new substance use screening and assessment tools generated from the experience and expertise in Ontario’s First Nations and Inuit treatment systems.
Identifying best practices as well as policy and operational issues to address to ensure the residential addiction treatment standards are implemented as intended across Ontario.
Working with a small group of agencies across Ontario to pilot the use of agency data to evaluate the comparative validity and utility of cost-based measures derived from service input and output variables.