–The Mental Health Services Act ‘Innovation” component allows counties the opportunity to test new models and practices that address service gaps and other problems within the local mental health system. These projects are short-term, usually three years. and require extensive community input, data collection, and a thorough evaluation. An Innovation project is designed mainly to contribute to learning, rather than simply providing a service. It was fitting, then, for the County to partner with a local institution of higher education to examine the efficacy and results of these four projects: Transition Assistance and Relapse Prevention (TARP) was designed and implemented in the tradition of the Full-Service Partnership (FSP) model of recovery with an emphasis on supported recovery.