Community and Scientific Engagement & Administration Core

PROJECT SUMMARY — COMMUNITY AND SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATIVE CORE The objective of the proposed Mental Health, Earlier (MHE) ALACRITY Research Center is equitable implementation of early childhood mental health promotion in community pediatric care. The Community & Scientific Engagement & Administrative (Engage-Admin) Core will provide critical infrastructure and

leadership to advance the Center's vision and objectives. As the nexus for the Center's community and scientific engagement, career development, and administrative functions, the Engage-Admin Core will ensure a functional, integrated whole, operationally, scientifically, and strategically. To achieve this, the Core is led by a

transdisciplinary team with a history of collaboration and leadership and spanning expertise in equitable implementation, pediatric population health equity and early childhood mental health. AIM 1: STEER Center strategic investments, and priorities via: (1a) a Steering Committee comprised of Center investigators,

community partners and emerging leaders; and (1b) an External Advisory Board comprised of national scientific experts and health system leaders, policy experts, advocates, and payors with vested interest in pediatric mental health to ensure strategies are relevant, disseminable and leverage emergent policies. AIM 2: SUPPORT

centralized management and oversight throughout the Center: (2a) Establish standard operating procedures; (2b) Manage communications/ activities; (2c) Provide fiscal management; and (2d) Ensure regulatory compliance. AIM 3: ENGAGE EQUITABLY WITH BROAD REACH: (3a) Foster an anti-racist Center culture; (3b) Orchestrate bi-directional community engagement led by the Core's Community Engagement

Workgroup with practice-based and caregiver collectives. This includes facilitation of Center-wide and Project- specific community partnerships; and (3c) Serve as a national resource for equitable implementation of mental health promotion in pediatric primary care. Activities will be led by the Core's Equitable Implementation

Workgroup, including web-based Equitable Implementation Toolkit and Virtual Learning Community deliverables. AIM 4: SPUR WORKFORCE DIVERSITY & CAREER DEVELOPMENT: Establish an Equity- oriented Training and Career Development Hub to: (4a) Support scientific growth via a minimum of 10 nationally competed R03 pilot studies, mentorship, and fostering a cadre of emerging leaders; and (4b) Advance inclusive

excellence in pediatric practice-based mental health implementation research and care. Provide training and mentorship to Practice Champions, and participants in equity-oriented programs in which the Center team plays leadership roles including a workforce diversity initiative, T32s, the RISER Network, and an NIH FIRST award

for underrepresented scientists. AIM 5: EVALUATE Center progress and impact, via a rigorous Results-Based Accountability process: The Engage-Admin Core provides critical support to advance Center objectives to promote positive mental health trajectories and reduce mental health disparities via early, evidence-based

prevention scalable to population reach and across the pediatric care continuum.