Systems of Care Community,
It is our pleasure to introduce you to the new National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC). We are funded by SAMHSA to provide technical assistance and training (TTA) to the mental health workforce that serves children, youth, and families. NTTAC will continue to provide TTA services that are available to you at no-cost, including individual supports, diverse learning opportunities, and resource development.  

We're committed to supporting the implementation of the systems of care approach across the mental health service array; strengthening the child and youth workforce; and helping build the capacity of the SOC community to elevate, expand, and replicate your work. This includes sustaining the commitment to actively partner with youth and families and integrating their voices into service planning and delivery, policy and practice, and continuous quality improvement. Our approach is trauma-informed; resiliency-oriented; and driven by a commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.

For more immediate needs, we invite you to reach out to us during our startup period so that we can support you now.  

Toll-Free: (888)-945-9377  
Sign up for NTTAC news: tinyurl.com/NTTAC-signup
NTTAC is a partnership between seven organizations with a history of serving the mental health workforce, and many of our team members have longstanding relationships with SOC grantees. Our partnership includes researchers, clinicians, experienced TTA providers, and youth and family expertise across systems.
The partnership is led by the Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS), a small nonprofit with a history of leading TA Centers for high-profile SAMHSA initiatives, including Now Is The Time, Project LAUNCH, and the Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers initiative.

Project partners include:
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development and the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown (GU) brings exemplary clinical expertise in EBPs related to the identification, early intervention, and treatment of infants, children, and youth and young adults (YYA) with serious emotional disturbance and serious mental illness.  
Change Matrix (CM) staff are skilled trainers, coaches, and facilitators with expertise in children’s mental health, systems of care, and cultural and linguistic competence and health equity.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of
67​,000 pediatricians committed to children’s physical, mental, and social health and well-being.
Family-Run Executive Director Leadership Association (FREDLA) is a national association of family-run organizations committed to children and YYA with behavioral health needs and their families.
Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health (TIEMH) at the University of Texas at Austin is a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in trauma-informed and recovery-oriented systems change; they provide leadership in community recovery supports and youth and family peer supports.

Youth MOVE National (YMN) is a youth-led advocacy organization with more than 60 chapters nationwide, driven by its members’ lived experience with the mental health system.

 
Contact the National Training and Technical Assistance Center for
Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health
 
Toll-Free: (888)-945-9377  Email: NTTACinfo@cars-rp.org
Newsletter: tinyurl.com/NTTAC-signup Website (Coming Soon!): nttacmentalhealth.org