The Collaborative Center to Advance Health Services (CAHS) is an entity housed within the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Nursing and Health Studies. The Collaborative was started in 2012 by three leading, female public health researchers who knew their individual efforts in implementation science would be more impactful if they came together. Today, the Collaborative is a fully grant-funded unit supporting a multi-million dollar federally funded portfolio.