biostudies-literatureFinley EPRRD VAHSRD VAQuality Enhancement Research InitiativeCSRD VAVA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) Partnered Evaluation Initiativee14309https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11540573biostudies-literatureUnknown59 Suppl 2<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the implementation and trust-building strategies associated with successful partnership formation in scale-up of the Veteran Sponsorship Initiative (VSI), an evidence-based suicide prevention intervention enhancing connection to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other resources during the military-to-civilian transition period.<h4>Data sources and study setting</h4>Scaling VSI nationally required establishing partnerships across VA, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and diverse public and private Veteran-serving organizations. We assessed partnerships formalized with a signed memorandum during pre- and early implementation periods (October 2020-October 2022). To capture implementation activities, we conducted 39 periodic reflections with implemeHealth services researchPartnership building for scale-up in the Veteran Sponsorship Initiative: Strategies for harnessing collaboration to accelerate impact in suicide prevention.PMC11540573IK1 CX002650PEC 20-170IK2 RX003495I50 HX003258PEC 20‐170Chen CJConnelly BGoodrich DEEickhoff CFinley EPKrauss ASeim RWGoodman MGeraci JGanss EFrankfurt SBKamdar NfalsePartnership building for scale-up in the Veteran Sponsorship Initiative: Strategies for harnessing collaboration to accelerate impact in suicide prevention.<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the implementation and trust-building strategies associated with successful partnership formation in scale-up of the Veteran Sponsorship Initiative (VSI), an evidence-based suicide prevention intervention enhancing connection to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other resources during the military-to-civilian transition period.<h4>Data sources and study setting</h4>Scaling VSI nationally required establishing partnerships across VA, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and diverse public and private Veteran-serving organizations. We assessed partnerships formalized with a signed memorandum during pre- and early implementation periods (October 2020-October 2022). To capture implementation activities, we conducted 39 periodic reflections with impleme2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Dec2026-07-16T15:05:54.073Z2025-04-05T23:10:27.529ZS-EPMC115405733868954710.1111/1475-6773.14309