1. The CDPHE Tobacco Innovative Grant: A Brief Overview
Derek Noland, MPH
The CDPHE Tobacco Innovative Grant: A Brief Overview

2. Tobacco Innovative Grant (TIG) Overview
Grant work executed by BHWP:
Three-year project spanning FY16—FY18
Form yearly cohorts of regional/statewide and behavioral health/community healthcare organizations
Provide tailored technical assistance and training to empower organizations to expand tobacco dependence treatment services

3. Examples of TIG Work BHWP-provided services:
Training on the DIMENSIONS: Tobacco Free Program, a tobacco-free group curriculum
Seats in the Rocky Mountain Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification (RMTTS-C) Program
Tailored technical assistance and intensive consultation
Informative webinars on relevant tobacco topics

4. TIG Outcomes Organizations have achieved:
Implementation of the DIMENSIONS: Tobacco Free Program
Training of Tobacco Treatment Specialists (TTS) to conduct individual counseling services
Health systems change to screen for and treat tobacco dependence
Introduction of tobacco-free policies

5. Sample TIG Tobacco Flow Chart

6. Questions?

7. Behavioral Health & Wellness Program
Training Notes:
Remind trainees to contact Derek Noland with any questions or comments.
Behavioral Health and Wellness Program
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