In This Issue

In this issue, you'll find information about the newly released CQI Toolkit, other featured resources, the Midwest Hub staff spotlight, and additional content supporting our core topics and the intensive technical assistance we can provide for your organization. Read on to learn more!

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october is depression and mental health screening month

Here are resources and information related to October’s awareness month topic:

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Toolkit

Download this new resource to help your organization or team learn effective implementation strategies that drive meaningful, lasting improvements to work processes!

About the toolkit:

CQI requires consistent dedication to monitoring services and taking action to improve them. Today’s mental health and human service settings often have limited fiscal and staffing resources. Day-to-day service delivery requirements often take priority over CQI eﬀorts, resulting in a reactive model that responds to crises rather than actively managing quality. These tools have been gathered to support teams of direct care staff, supervisors, and managers in your eﬀorts toward an eﬀicient and continuous approach to quality. Using these tools will help build a culture of quality. This practice will ensure a fulfilling experience for your organization’s workforce and the best outcomes for the people you serve.

Download CQI Toolkit

Featured Resources

Access the CMHIS resource library for free, evidence-based resources to support your organization's implementation goals!

We invite you to peruse the many resources available in CMHIS's resource library, including the featured items linked below!

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Sustainment Planning Infographic

The CMHIS Sustainment Planning Infographic outlines 10 practical steps that mental health programs can take to develop, implement, and refine a sustainment action plan—from defining what you want to sustain, to selecting sustainment strategies, to evaluating and continuously improving your sustainment efforts. This infographic helps lay a foundation for sustainment planning by highlighting the key components that support long-term program impact, even after a grant ends or funding changes.

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Sustainment Planning Guide

Sustaining mental health services includes funding, but so much more! The CMHIS Sustainment Planning Guide is designed to help you develop a practical roadmap for sustaining your program or practice. It walks you step-by-step through creating, implementing, and refining a sustainment action plan with a worksheet for each step. The guide also includes an example of a sustainment action plan with a completed set of worksheets.

Discover many more resources like these by visiting the CMHIS Resource Library!

CMHIS Resource Library

Get To Know The Midwest Hub Team

The Midwest Hub is excited to share our passion for effective and sustainable mental health implementation with everyone we serve! We'll be highlighting one of our team members' bios in each of our upcoming bimonthly newsletters, and we look forward to learning about and working with the mental health service providers of HHS Regions 5 and 7.

Kristina Spannbauer, MA

ommunications Specialist

Kristina has been with the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) at UW–Madison since 2020. In addition to her role with the Midwest Hub, she is the communications specialist for the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) and Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC). Prior to joining CHESS, Kristina worked in higher education as a technical writer and education specialist.

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What to Expect Next Month

We’ll be back in December 2026 with more Midwest Hub news, stories, and insights. In the meantime, feel free to visit our website, send us an email, or follow us on LinkedIn.

Request Support

As part of the Center for Mental Health Implementation Support (CMHIS), the Midwest Hub offers assistance to grantees funded by SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services and mental health service providers in HHS Regions 5 and 7 (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, OH, and WI). We can help you strengthen your mental health programs through community engagement, implementation planning, data use, outcome evaluation, and more. Please review our guidelines and submit a request.