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Community of Practice Approach

In Ohio, efforts to increase capacity and sustainability at the local level use a community of practice model.  A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a craft or a profession. In the case of the HRSA COP-RCORP initiative, our shared craft is the planning of activities related to tackling the opioid epidemic. Our community consists of a master consortia, 5 local consortia, and partnerships at the state level. 

For more information on our CoP, see our Consortium page

Theory of Change

The Ohio COP-RCORP initiative uses a Theory of Change to provide a comprehensive description and illustration of how and why a desired change is expected to happen in a given context. A theory of change focuses on mapping out or “filling in” missing pieces between what a program or change initiative does (its activities or interventions) and how these lead to desired goals being achieved. The Ohio COP-RCORP initiative uses a community of practice approach to fill in the missing pieces between the core activity goals of the HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Program. The state-level theory of change specifies the team members, strategies, actions, and conditions needed to achieve the COP-RCORP goals of developing and strengthening the consortium, conducting a needs and gaps analysis, and developing strategic plans, sustainability plans, and workforce plans.

Coming soon: Ohio COP-RCORP Theory of Change

This website was made possible by grants G25RH32461, G25RH32459, GA133532, G28RH46290, H7NRH42563‐01‐01, and GA133529 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HRSA or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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