The VCPI Collaborative
What is the Collaborative?
Founded in 2013, VCPI is a new type of organization: a statewide collaborative in which member organizations engage in sustainable practice improvement and workforce development in the Vermont system of care.
Why a Collaborative?
VCPI is working to become a fully cooperative partnership to do what is best for people in Vermont. Our goal is to become a member-based organization with “shared ownership” (like a Food Co-op) promoting collaborative and innovative thinking and continuous learning and improvement to provide the highest quality of services, and utilize economies of scale to maximize financial efficiency for members.
Collaborative History
The idea for a Vermont Collaborative devoted to Practice Improvement and Innovation originated with the Designated Agencies, the Vermont Department of Mental Health, and in cooperation with multiple other stakeholders. Start up funding has been provided by the VT Department of Mental Health through grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
VCPI’s Values
Our Mission & Vision
Our mission is to lead a statewide community partnership promoting innovation, practice improvement, implementation and workforce development to enhance and improve the experiences and outcomes of individual and families experiencing mental health and substance use conditions.
Our vision is to partner as a statewide collaborative learning community inspiring hope, wellness, resilience and recovery for Vermonters experiencing mental health and substance use conditions.
Our Philosophy
VCPI focuses on Practice Improvement and Workforce Development activities designed to create benefit and value for our members.
– Beyond Training: Learn by Doing
-Work Cooperatively, Not Independently
-Expand Efficiency and Effectiveness, Not Cost
Working cooperatively, we achieve more progress, with greater efficiency.
Our Collaborative Model
In this statewide collaborative, multiple stakeholders share resources to support workforce development and practice improvement in mental health, substance abuse programs and related systems of care.
Over 70 Vermonters have participated in our VCPI Steering Committee and/or Leadership Team to date, and a smaller multi-stakeholder group has served as an Implementation Team for VCPI. We welcome more partners and participation.
VCPI + VTSU
VCPI’s fiscal sponsor is Vermont State University.
VSU Mission
Vermont State University prepares all students for meaningful work and responsible citizenship by fostering their intellectual, personal, and creative growth in an accessible, caring, and inclusive community. As Vermont’s regional public university, our technological, professional, and liberal arts programs engage with partners throughout Vermont and beyond to provide students with rich real-world learning while meeting the needs of our communities and the state.
VSU Vision
Vermont State University’s commitment is to the success of every student. We will stand as Vermont’s regional public university with interconnected campuses and sites dispersed throughout the state, a community dedicated to providing accessible and affordable higher learning. Our innovative, relevant programs will focus on student success and career readiness and will meet students where they are on their educational journey. We will support students’ academic, social, and personal growth, as well as their futures as skilled leaders and lifelong learners through an integrated academic and extracurricular experience. A culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion will be fostered and endure. Our students’ transformational experience will be nurtured through intentional interactions and relationships. The University will provide globally relevant programs spanning the technological, professional, and liberal arts and designed to address the needs and challenges facing Vermont and our world. Students will be drawn to an academic experience that reaches beyond the classroom into our communities with our Green Mountain State as a living laboratory. We will embrace public engagement and partnerships as our civic responsibility, actively contributing to the vibrancy of our communities and their relevance in the global economy. In doing so, our students will gain an understanding of community and self and their impact in the world. Our purpose will live on for generations in the positive contributions of our alumni.