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Active Implementation charts a course for the journey of improving outcomes.

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Implementation Practice

Based on research and field learning, NIRN has developed five overarching frameworks referred to as the Active Implementation Frameworks to support agencies and organizations with implementation.

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Implementation Support Practitioner (ISP) Core Competencies

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NIRN - The National Implementation Research Network | NIRN Project site

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Norman Rockwell's painting "The Problem We All Live With" depicting Ruby Bridges - the first black child to attend an all white elementary school in the South. Image from the website of the Norman Rockwell Museum.

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