PROJECTS

The National Race Equity Implementation Center is the home of a broad body of work and of ways of work. NREIC works in spaces where community, race, identity, evidence, and systems converge. Please reach out to NREIC if you think we can help.

NREIC Centers Work in the Following Areas:

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Healing Centered Systemic Change

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The Data Sovereignty Project

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Culturally Relevant Evaluation and Research Practices

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Community Driven Research Agendas

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The validated Participant Engagement and Content Relevance Survey that enables NREIC to Measure, Coach, and Improve Participant Engagement in Support of Optimal Clinical, Behavioral Health, and Social Outcomes

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Usable Tools and Guides that Install Race, Equity, and Community into the Role of Central Driver in Programming and Implementation Practice

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The NREIC Clearinghouse: A home for Programs, Practices, and Strategies that by Design, Adaptation, or Ongoing Implementation are Uniquely Relevant to Specific Populations

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Finance and Fund Development Strategies Specifically Designed to Support Culturally Relevant Evidence, Healing Centered Systemic Change, and Emerging Evidence Practices

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Cultural, Indigenous, and Technical Practitioners Whose Work and Worlds Transcend Generations

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Evidence 2 Success Community of Practice (COP) & Finance Tools | National

  • The Evidence to Success (E2S) Community of Practice (COP) is a collaborative space where everyone is treated as an expert, with equal value placed on lived experience, cultural knowledge, and professional insight. Now housed at NREIC, the COP brings people together to exchange wisdom, elevate community-driven priorities, and spark meaningful dialogue. Relaunching in 2025 as a year-long initiative, the COP is a partnership between the Casey Foundation, NREIC, and CYC to spotlight what matters most to communities and engage a national audience in learning and collective action.

    Sierra High School | San Bernardino, CA

    • The Center is supporting the development and implementation of a peer counseling system where students provide basic mental health resources and referrals to their peers. This project encompasses the following:
      • Mental Health Podcast: A student-driven podcast focused on mental health topics, modeled after “Joyful Rebellion” – an existing successful youth-led podcast. Roberto Gonzales is leading this effort, with the center providing tools and support to help Sierra implement their own version
      • CBT Strategies: Adapting Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) techniques into standalone activities that can be used within the peer-to-peer framework 
      • Wellness Center Support: Sierra High School created the first wellness center in their district, transforming a classroom into a space for connected services

    Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) Child First (CF) Exploration & Readiness Process Development | Denver, Colorado

    • The Center is providing technical assistance to the National Service Office (NSO) for Nurse-Family Partnership and Child First to align exploration and readiness processes across the NSO’s two flagship programs. The alignment and refinement of exploration and readiness processes is built from a place of deep understanding of what the community truly needs to make the best programmatic decisions for themselves, a grounding in the science and practice of implementation, and ensuring that the processes integrate equity throughout.