Agency Associates...
Agencies become an Associate of the Canadian Outcomes Research Institute when licensed or contracted to be involved with any CORI Research Project. The HOMES-Muttart Research Project (HMRP) is one of these projects and a license can be obtained when a contract is signed between the CORI or the HMRP and the participant agency. Agencies and projects who wish to join the research project as agency associate will be offered training sessions and consultation regarding basic outcome models and terminology, practices necessary to move agencies to an integrated outcome orientation, and practices necessary to for use of the HOMES system. Hands-on computer training will occur to ensure users are able to use the HOMES system effectively. Agency research associate agree to have their data used for eventual Best Practice Research.

University Partnership...
Universities are invited to participate as research associate. Universities agree to act in consulting roles to local CORI Associate organizations. The CORI agrees to receive ethics proposals directly from their departments for use of the CORI database for research related to best practice investigation for areas related to human services work. Ethics proposals must follow the policies outlined in the Tri-Council Policy statement on Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans.

Development Sites ...
Development sites are Associate agencies that agree to act as Host Sites and in addition wish to contribute to the development of the HMRP database by offering developmental suggestions, examples, and operational contributions to support their suggested developments. Development sites agree to allow all Associate organizations to use any technology that may arise from their developmental work.

Host Sites ...
Host sites are agency Associates that have demonstrated competent use of outcome monitoring techniques using the HMRP database and agree to act as models for other agencies to also use outcome monitoring technology. These sites agree to become accredited, including outcome accreditation with the CORI. Host sites are encouraged to help train other agencies to also use outcome monitoring techniques and are encouraged to use quality improvement techniques to handle aggregate outcome data.

Contact one of the CORI trainers to become an Associate.