CPIP · Community Pathway Intelligence Platform
| Societal Challenge | Partner Organization | AI Technology | Expected Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barriers to opioid treatment hide in people’s stories; Pathways mapping is labor-intensive for experts and without them it simply isn’t done. | Drug-Free Coalition of Tippecanoe County (DFC-TC); benefits community health planners and people seeking recovery. | Mobile app for speech-to-text conversion and OCR; LLM-based text-to-map conversion; multimodal knowledge graph learning and decision analytics | Maps accessible to groups without mapping expertise, with less staff time per map (direct), guide how a county allocates its resources (indirect) |
THE CHALLENGE
People seeking opioid treatment hit barriers (e.g., a two-week wait) that surface in their own stories. Coalitions map these stories (TASC method) to see where care breaks down, but hand-mapping is labor-intensive, hard to update and relies on trained mappers. Besides, communities without these trained people struggle to start. Local evidence: DFC TC’s 2025 county plan cites “limited access to affordable treatment” and aims to support at least five programs that address treatment barriers.
OUR AI SOLUTION
CPIP turns an interview into a pathway map people can check. Text, image, or record audio input into our smartphone app that converts interview data of different forms to structured text information. An LLM guided by the TASC framework tags each situation, event, barrier and support with its exact quote, and draws the community pathway knowledge map. Why AI: it reads context, so staff start from a draft instead of a blank page, maps can keep pace with new interviews, and teams without trained mappers can begin. People check every tag against its quote and decide actions for the community.
PROGRESS SINCE PHASE 1
| Phase 1 | Phase 2 Progress |
|---|---|
| Identified needs through community discussions, outlined a potential solution, and drafted the proposal. | Completed the map generator and refined it for one iteration with incorporation of partners feedback |
| Acquired partner stated needs and solidified the partnership | Planning a November 2026 pilot with the partner: 50 interviews mapped with CPIP, compared with manual methods. |
WHY IT MATTERS
PEOPLE
Coalition staff start with an AI draft, not a blank page, and communities without trained mappers can begin.
IMPACT
The Nov 2026 pilot measures staff hours to a reviewed map vs. by hand, % of map points correct and quote-linked, and whether the maps help DFC-TC choose projects that address treatment barriers.
WORKING WITH PARTNERS
Drug-Free Coalition of Tippecanoe County (DFC-TC), Rebekah Ferney, Executive Director
Need: as the county’s Local Coordinating Council (LCC), DFC-TC targets treatment barriers; the county has already built an opioid pathways map. Design: its feedback led to broader map categories. Testing: it agreed to set up the Nov 2026 pilot. Tasks, consent and review standards will be set jointly. Scale: its feedback will shape training for peer coalitions.
PATH TO SCALE
Research → Prototype → Pilot (Nov 2026) → Deployment → Regional / National Scale
Adoption: after the pilot, DFC-TC and our team decide jointly on routine use, e.g., in its annual county plan. Scale potential: TASC network (5 Indiana counties) → all 92 Indiana county LCCs → 3,100+ U.S. counties. Sustainability (proposed): seek commercialization and marketing expertise to design a low-cost subscription model for coalitions and counties. Later: beyond opioids, e.g., mental health.
PHASE 2 GOALS
- Oct-Nov 2026: pilot-ready CPIP (multi-interview map, review/edit tools, consent & de-identification)
- Nov 2026: DFC-TC pilot measuring staff time, accuracy, source tracing and usefulness
- After pilot: fix priority issues, retest (Wave 2), and jointly decide on continued use
- End of Phase 2: adoption plan (pricing, upkeep, training); outreach to 2 more coalitions
THE TEAM
- Student Lead: Haopeng Zhou (Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
- Students: Prisha Marpu, Nabin Khanal
- Faculty Advisors: Dr. Nan Kong, Dr. Yingjie Chen, Dr. Nicole Adams
- Partner: Drug-Free Coalition of Tippecanoe County (DFC-TC)