HIGHLIGHTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming Training Opportunities

Listening Session on a Public Health Approach to Mental Health - Draft Transcript Available!   2008 National TA Conference Calls LAST CALL: June 19 - 1:00 pm ET  Public Health Approach to Intervention: A New Framework for Strengthening Children's Mental Health and Well-Being Download Playback 2008 Georgetown University Training Institutes Mark Your Calendars for the 2008 Training Institutes! Plan to Join Us at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Nashville, Tennessee, July 16 - 20, 2008   Family Centered Decision-Making in Child Welfare:  Mediation facilitates family and youth participation in child protection planning towards collaborative and improved outcomes.  Find out more and how to access Mediation Training for your community.

Entrenamiento Sobre Los Sistemas De Cuidado Esta Disponible Para La Comunidad Hispanohablante - Systems Of Care Training Is Now Available For Spanish Speaking Communities

New TA Center Resources

Compendium of In-Service Training Resources This collection of resources provides information for states and communities about competency-based, in-service curricula and training materials being used by State Mental Health Agencies to increase the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (competencies) of professional and/or paraprofessional personnel from various disciplines and specialties who are working in children's mental health.   Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: An Evaluation Tool Kit   Child and Family Services Reviews 2001 - 2004: A Mental Health Analysis Education and Systems-of-Care Approaches: Solutions for Educators and School Mental Health Professionals 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes: Special Forum Summaries  The Rural Web Portal: Healthy Children and Families: Helping Communities to Enhance Social and Emotional Outcomes for Children and Families in Rural and Frontier Areas  A new and valuable technical assistance resource for rural and frontier communities working to transform systems for children's behavioral health in rural and frontier areas. An outcome of the National Plan for Rural Behavioral Health, this activity is funded by the SAMHSA/Center for Mental Health Services and represents a collaboration across several technical assistance centers providing TA to children's grant programs initially those funded through SAMHSA/CMHS.  http://www.promoteprevent.org/rural

• Building Systems of Care: A Primer by Sheila Pires is now available on-line.

New Resources of Interest

• Primer Hands On ? Child Welfare, a comprehensive systems of care training curriculum for child welfare, is now available from the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) at www.nrcoi.org. The direct link is:  http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/systemofcare.htm.
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• New website with systems of care resources launched by SAMHSA
  The Child, Adolescent and Family Branch (CAFB), Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is Pleased to announce the launch of its new Web site.
  
• DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT OF 2005
  The Deficit Reduction Act 2005 (DRA) signed into law by the President on February 8, 2006, includes many critical changes to Medicaid rules affecting children and families and creates new options for state Medicaid programs.  Read more.

WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH

Who We Are

The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health is located within the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development in Washington, D.C..  Since 1984, the Technical Assistance Center has been dedicated to working in partnership with families and many other leaders across the country to transform services for children and adolescents who have, or are at risk for, mental health problems and their families.  Our approach is guided by system of care values and principles.

What We Offer   

The National Technical Assistance Center offers a variety of activities to provide information on "what works" and to help transform mental health and substance abuse services delivery systems for children and their families.  These activities include a broad range of training and technical assistance opportunities for states, tribes, territories, and communities to assist in transforming service delivery systems for children with mental health needs and their families Our training and technical assistance addresses the transformation goals and recommendations in the report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, Achieving the Promise.    

Learn about training and technical assistance offered by the National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health

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Funding

The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health is funded and supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Center for Mental Health Services, the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, and the Special Programs Development Branch. Other funding sources include the federal Administration for Children and Families and The Annie E. Casey Foundation.