Talk:TAMAR Education Project

MHA Acronym confusion
The TAMAR pilot project was implemented by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Administration, abbreviated as MHA. I was more familiar with MHA referring to Mental Health America. Don't get them mixed up like I did. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 15:02, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

TAMAR Project vs. TAMAR Education Model
TAMAR is the name of a particular program in Maryland. However, it is also now described by SAMHSA as a manualized therapy. Some of the sources describe TAMAR in such a way that it seems to include all reentry activities taking place in that area of Maryland, including post-release support groups and post-release rental assistance. The Consensus Project describes TAMAR by saying that a Clinical Trauma Specialist develops a 'one-stop-shop' model of service delivery connected to an an integrated network of social services for program participants when they are released into the community., and that the TAMAR program also includes support groups following release from incarceration. I would prefer to avoid these kinds of facts that don't seem essential to the model, and don't mesh with SAMHSA's own current framing of TAMAR. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 20:10, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Additional Sources
"The TAMAR Project is part of a broader study being coordinated by the Center for Mental Health Services and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, both divisions of SAMHSA." What study is this? Where are the results? Sondra.kinsey (talk) 20:10, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Current Status
What is the current status? Many of these sources are a decade old. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 14:32, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Starting date
This needs review. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 15:25, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The TAMAR Project was "Originally funded in 1998 through the SAMHSA Women, Co-Occurring Disorders,  and  Violence  demonstration grant"
 * "The program development phase of the project began in October 1998."
 * Esther Giller of the Sidran Institute claims that work began in 1999, but doesn't mention when the program was implemented.
 * "The TAMAR program began in 2001."
 * See other sources cited in this article

Military Adaptation
When was it adapted for the military and by who? Where has this been implemented? Roy is my only source on this, and it doesn't tell us anything. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 14:32, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Pilot Sites
Some sources say TAMAR was one of 9 pilot projects funded by SAMHSA, others say one of 15 sites. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 14:32, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Duration
Some sources say 10 weeks. Others say 15 weeks. Others say 11 sessions. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 14:32, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

TAMAR's Children
Nearly all the women surveyed about the TAMAR's children program design reported that they would commit to participating even if this required them to remain incarcerated longer than their court sentence required.

Assessment
The article was nominated to be a Good Article back in June, and the nomination was withdrawn earlier today. Taking a quick look, I would give the current article status as a C at best; it is far from meeting GA standards, so withdrawing it was a good idea. This does not qualify for the posted A-class status, which requires a formal review process (and requires even higher quality than GA), nor is it an FA-class as previously posted, which is the very best that Wikipedia produces and also requires a highly rigorous formal review process with many experienced reviewers involved. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:57, 1 October 2017 (UTC)