The ICARE Partnership seeks to increase access to quality, evidence-based behavioral health care services for North Carolinians. To realize this charge, the project's design is based upon working towards the following key goals.

Needs Assessment - Conduct focus groups to determine educational and technical assistance (TA) needs.

Provider Training and Technical Assistance - Develop a range of provider training opportunities to encourage capacity and relationship building. Modalities will include centralized and regional workshops; web-based conferences and resources; and practice-based trainings and technical assistance.

Clinical Consultation - Develop and implement a clinical consultation service. Local Model Development

Community Systems - Develop integrated and coordinated local systems around the "Four Quadrant Model" that will include improved care planning, communication, support (resource directories and consultation) and the development of evidenced-based programs to care for patients with targeted behavioral health problems.

Practice Implementation - Provide practice-based technical assistance to local providers to assure implementation of best practices.

Process and Policy Change - Study and report practice-based, community, regional and statewide changes that are being recommended or implemented as a result of this initiative.