Supports national and regional activities focused on the delivery of effective substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services by preparing tools for the specialized behavioral health and primary care workforce and providing TA to provider organizations to improve their processes and practices.
Advances behavioral health equity of the AIAN population by (1) developing and disseminating culturally informed, evidence-based behavioral health information and (2) providing T/TA to address behavioral health disparities in AIAN communities including access to health services, funding, and resources; quality and quantity of services; treatment outcomes; and health education and prevention.
Develops and disseminates culturally-informed, evidence-based behavioral health information and provides T/TA on issues related to addressing behavioral health disparities in AA, NH, and PI communities.
Helps the behavioral health field transform its services for African Americans, making them safer, more effective, more accessible, more inclusive, more welcoming, more engaging, and more culturally appropriate and responsive.
Supports focused resource development and dissemination, T/TA, and workforce development to staff in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-certified nursing facilities who serve individuals with Serious Mental Illness, Serious Emotional Disturbance, Substance Use Disorder, or Co-occurring Disorder.
Provides T/TA and educational resources for healthcare practitioners, families, individuals, states, and communities on various privacy statutes and regulations as they relate to behavioral health data on HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, and other behavioral health privacy topics.
Promotes national uptake of the CCBHC model and provides CCBHC-related TA to states to facilitate knowledge, capacity, and quality improvement for statewide CCBHC development, implementation, and advancement.
Advances bi-directional and promotes full integration of primary physical and behavioral health care by providing high quality, evidence-informed T/TA to a national audience, including health systems, health care providers, members of the public, and recipients of Promoting the Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care grants, with a specific focus on the Collaborative Care Model.
Provides support to states, territories, tribes, and community partners across the 988 behavioral health crisis continuum. Supports a crisis care system that is integrated, sustainable, equitable, and aligned around evidence-based and evidenced-informed practices for suicide prevention and other crisis care services.
Develops and disseminates information, guidance, and training on the impact of children and youth’s social media use (risks and benefits), especially the potential risks social media platforms pose to their mental health; and the clinical and societal interventions that could be used to address these risks.
Assists states in the administration of the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG). Via mini-grants to states, the TTI focuses on implementing evidence-based treatment and systems changes, supports peer-to-peer learning, and provides ongoing guidance to MHBG stakeholders.
Assist states in the administration of the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG). The TAC focuses on work with a group of coalition partners to develop training for the states administering MHBG services.
Helps states, U.S. territories, tribes, and local entities deliver an effective disaster response that centers mental health and substance use concerns. DTAC supports SAMHSA with toolkit resources and data reporting for the FEMA-funded Crisis Counseling Training & Assistance Program.
Provides T/TA on evidence-based and best practices in health promotion, prevention, treatment, and recovery from mental health and substance use disorders; and how to expand the behavioral health workforce for Hispanic and Latino communities.
The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Center provides comprehensive and intensive TTA to SAMHSA-funded IECMH Grants and Project LAUNCH (Linking Actions for the Unmet Needs in Children’s Health) Grants.
Supports the MFP program (grants to organizations for fellowship administration in the fields of marriage and family therapy, nursing, professional counseling, psychiatry, psychology, social work, addiction treatment, and addiction medicine), enhances the careers of the MFP Fellows, and documents MFP program impacts.
Grows the capacity of healthcare providers and organizations that serve refugee and migrant people in the US. Provides T/TA that is culturally relevant, language-relevant, resiliency focused, and trauma-informed.
Provides training, recruits, and prepares HBCU students for obtaining advanced degrees in the behavioral health field to address mental and substance use disorders.
Engages, empowers, and educates health care providers and community-based organizations for equity in behavioral health for older adults and their families.
Expands the availability of training in evidence-based housing and treatment models focused on adults, children, and families who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and have a serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, substance use disorders, or co-occurring disorders.
Implements change strategies within mental health and substance use disorder treatment systems to address disparities effecting LGBTQ+ people across all stages of life through T/TA and coaching.
Expands community services for adults who are in the criminal justice system and experiencing a mental and/or substance use disorder. Provides information and skills training to help individuals, organizations, and states implement effective, integrated programming.
Increases access to, and effectiveness of, evidence-based mental health services for young people and their families, supports Children’s Mental Health Initiative grantees, and provides T/TA and resources to providers, organizations, and agencies from across the system of care.
Advances positive partnerships between families and providers to promote stronger and more sustainable outcomes for families and their children across the lifespan by supporting caregivers of children who experience serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder.
Provides specialized T/TA and resources to reduce the high prevalence of commercial tobacco use by persons with mental and/or substance use disorders.