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The Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) accredited and funded ($1.2 million/year) a 5-12 months challenge in spring, 2006, to implement the problemsolving/ response-to-intervention (PSM/RTI) mannequin all through the state. The mission was awarded to the college Psychology Program on the University of South Florida. However, constructing the infrastructure necessary to implement the PSM/RTI mannequin actually began in 1991, and the state systematically constructed capability to assist the implementation of this model. This chapter describes how the state built capacity to implement the PSM/RTI mannequin, the three-stage implementation process, the training model, the implementation plan and the analysis protocol.