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KIT Prevention System Demonstration

KIT Prevention System (KPS) overview Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:30- 3:30pm EST

Please join us online, Tuesday, August 30, 2011, for an overview of the KIT Prevention System (KPS) that is currently being used in 15 states. The KPS is a cloud-based data management system that collects, manages and analyzes state and federal government prevention program data for funding and outcomes. You will learn about how the KPS functionalities are consistent with the SPF five-phase prevention logic model and can be easily adapted to meet specific prevention data needs. This management and data collection system also functions as an educational tool with a built-in prevention knowledge base and logic model.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at: KPS Demo

Coalition Data Collection and Reporting on Environmental Strategies

As an extension of KIT's annual Learning Community meetings, we have offered our clients the opportunity to meet more often online. The LC webinars are generated from ideas suggested by our clients and we provide a platform for customers to present their ideas with the intention of creating a more knowledgeable community to better serve the industry. Below is the video for the last webinar we held. Dr. Barry Donovan, Research Scientist, with New York State OASAS and Dr. Alan Stein-Seroussi, Senior Program Evaluator, with PIRE presented on the conceptual and technical aspects of a newly developed module for collecting coalition data and techniques involved with the collection of environmental strategies data.

Xiaoyan Zhang CAST-P Member of the Month

Dr. Zhang is the president and CEO of KIT Solutions® LLC., a high-tech company provides on-line, real-time, data-driven decision support services using Knowledge-based Information Technology (KIT) solutions for the field of Health and Human Services (HHS). In September 2010, he received Pacesetter Award from Smart Business Magazine. In June, 2008, he Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 Award in Upstate New York, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In 2007, he was appointed by the United State Secretary of Health to serve on the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse. In this same year, he received NPN (National Prevention Network) 2007 Award of Excellence.

Dr. Zhang is a recognized expert in designing and implementing web-based data-driven decision support systems that measure performance, outcomes, and results-based accountability. He has over 20 years of experience in conducting evaluation research for numerous social service programs funded by federal, state, and local governments and accumulated extensive expertise in combining social science research principles and practice with the state-of-the-art information technology. Since 1998, Dr. Zhang has assisted 17 states (PA, VA, SC, FL, RI, ME, WA, SD, CO, NY, CA, HI, NH, TN, NM, NC, and AR) in implementing a statewide prevention data infrastructure with KIT Prevention, a web-based, intelligent, and knowledge based substance abuse prevention data service that integrate Assessment, Capacity, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation. Currently, he serves as the project director for two multi-year federal contracts supporting (1) Prevention Management Reporting and Training System and (2) Federal Interagency Website on Youth, a collaborative website involving 12 federal agencies.

Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. Degree in Sociology (1989) and a business certificate from the University of Pittsburgh (1986). In 1985, he was a recipient of the Andrew Mellon Fellowship. Dr. Zhang was featured in the Corporate Culture Section of Pittsburgh Magazine in the February 2000 issue, in Pittsburgh Business Time, June 20, 2008 edition, and in Smart Business Magazine, November 2009 and September 2010 editions.

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Rhode Island Awards Information Management Contract to KIT Solutions

KIT Solutions has been selected by the state of Rhode Island to implement a statewide, integrated Substance Abuse Treatment and Mental Health Information Management System.

Under the two-year contract, KIT Solutions will integrate the information management needs of social service professionals across the state in two behavioral health fields, substance abuse treatment and mental health.

"We were impressed with KIT's ability to provide a comprehensive solution that brought together information from both our substance abuse and mental health staffs," said Steve Dean, Administrator, Contracts and Logistics, Department of Mental Health and Retardation & Hospitals. "KIT's leadership in this area and its track record of success in other states were major factors in our decision."

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from all of us at KIT Solutions!! May you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!