NATIONAL COSIG EVALUATION National Evaluation of the Co-Occurring State Incentive Grant (COSIG) Program AHP is participating in an evaluation of the COSIG, a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) initiative. COSIG is designed to support States’ efforts to develop and enhance their infrastructures and treatment service systems in order to increase their capacity to provide accessible, effective, comprehensive, coordinated/integrated, and evidence-based treatment services to persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders and their families. This four-year evaluation project is designed to assess the accomplishments of the 15 COSIG States in meeting the national goals and objectives of the program, and to determine the factors associated with success as well as the barriers that impede it. In addition, the evaluation will assess the accomplishments of States in meeting their own goals as articulated in their own proposals and plans. AHP will identify the generalized lessons for the field that emerge from both of these lines of inquiry. In addition, the AHP team, which includes the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, will develop an evaluation plan that includes the perspectives of relevant stakeholders including grantees, project staff, evaluators, and consumers and families, and prepare a package to present to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), if required. The team will also implement the evaluation according to the plan, through site visits and telephone consultations with grantees, analysis of State-produced reports and documents, secondary analysis of data provided to SAMHSA, development and piloting of a self-report measure of Dual Diagnosis Capability, collaboration in outcome studies, and assessment of the COSIG program design. The AHP team will also plan, develop, and manage a computer database for project information and prepare special reports and other resources to help disseminate lessons learned and provide supplementary analysis. Finally, AHP will also submit annual reports on findings and a final project report.
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