CARS Intro

Building Bridges,
Connecting Communities.

Welcome to theCenter for Applied Research Solutions

Your Systems Change CollaboratorWays we Support You:

Coaching & Consulting

Leverage your strengths for lasting results.

Coaching & Consulting

Cultivate sustainable progress with our strengths-based coaching and expert consultation. We partner with you to define your vision, leverage your unique strengths, and co-create your path to success, connecting you to a constellation of powerful resources to help you reach your goals.

Workshops & Trainings

Unlock your team’s potential.

Workshops & Trainings

Ignite your team’s potential through dynamic workshops and trainings designed to spark creativity, deepen engagement, and motivate meaningful change. From inspiring keynotes to immersive multiple-day facilitation, we leverage our expansive network of subject matter experts to craft learning experiences that inform and inspire your team.

Product & Resource Development

Connect with your community.

Product & Resource Development

Forge stronger community connections with outreach materials expertly designed to educate, engage, and inspire. Our dynamic team skillfully crafts everything from insightful guidebooks and practical toolkits to impactful multimedia presentations, short films, infographics, reports, and more. Let’s work together to tell your story and maximize your reach.

Event Planning & Cultivation

Make your next event unforgettable.

Event Planning & Cultivation

Elevate your events from memorable to transformative. Our end-to-end event planning and cultivation services include agenda development, speaker outreach, marketing, day-of facilitation, and everything in between to ensure your convenings connect key stakeholders, build powerful alliances, and generate lasting impact, all while respecting your budget and vision.

Evaluation

Showcase your impact with confidence.

Evaluation

Demonstrate your impact with clarity and confidence. Our expert evaluation services transform data into compelling narratives of success. From robust evaluation design to data collection, analysis, and reporting, we help you satisfy funders, illuminate your achievements, and showcase your value.

Project Management

Transform your vision into reality.

Project Management

Bring your vision to life with our friendly, meticulous project management. We expertly craft actionable timelines and plans, adapt to real-world challenges, and drive day-to-day progress with precision, ensuring your initiatives stay on track, on time, and on budget, so that you can focus on the big picture.

CustomizedOfferings

Explore our customized support services to help turn your vision into action.

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Our Areas of Focus

CARS collaborates with communities to create lasting impact in behavioral health by advancing data-driven, trauma-informed, and healing-centered approaches that build on community strengths.

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CARS supports communities through tailored, collaborative, and community-centered crisis response, prioritizing both immediate support and long-term resilience by providing training, resources, and guidance for sustained positive change.

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CARS fosters supportive and resilient climates and cultures by advancing approaches that center staff and student wellbeing with trauma-informed training, proactive prevention strategies, and collaborative partnerships to build positive, welcoming, and connected learning environments.

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We are building a supportive community for professionals in behavioral health, mental health, student & staff wellbeing, and community wellness–and we’ve saved you a seat.