National
Technical Assistance and Resource Centers
Technical Assistance Centers
are organizations whose primary purpose is to provide information and
technical assistance regarding prevention and treatment issues in mental
health and substance abuse. Services may include information and referral,
on-site consultation, training, library services, publications, annotated
bibliographies, and other resources. Technical Assistance Centers provide
resources in the areas of:
Addiction and Substance
Abuse
Join
Together
441 Stuart Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 437-1500
Join Together, a project of the Boston
University School of Public Health, is a national resource for communities
working to reduce substance abuse and gun violence.
Addiction Technology Transfer Center
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
(816) 482-1146
Nationwide, multi-disciplinary
resource with 13 independent Regional Centers devoted to research and
treatment related to substance abuse. |
National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA)
633 Third Avenue, 19th floor
New York, NY 10017-6706
(212) 841-5200
CASA is a unique think/action tank that engages all disciplines to study
every form of substance abuse as it affects our society.
National
GAINS Center
Policy Research, Inc.
262 Delaware Avenue Delmar,
NY 12054
(800) 311-4246
The National GAINS Center
for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice System
is a national locus for the collection and dissemination of information
about effective mental health and substance abuse services for people
with co-occurring disorders who come in contact with the justice system |
Children and Families
Judge Baker Children's Center
53 Parker Hill Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02120
(617) 232-8390 or (800) 779-8390
On-site consultation on management information systems
- Meetings and Conferences
- Training modules
- Networking and collaboration with organizations
National
Indian Child Welfare Association
5100 SW Macadam Ave., Suite 300
Portland, Oregon 97239
(503) 222-4044
- Technical Assistance for Community Development
- Public Policy Development
- Information Exchange
- Technical Assistance and Training for Tribal grantees of the Child,
Adolescent and Family Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services.
Georgetown University Center
for Child and Human Development
3307 M Street, NW Suite 401
Washington, DC 20007-3935
(202) 687-5000
- Information packets, issue briefs, and monographs on children and
adolescents with serious emotional disturbances
- Conferences and training institutes on planning, delivery, and financing
of services
- Consultation on systems change and services development and delivery
- Agency and organization collaboration
Research
and Training Center for Children's Mental Health
Department of Child and Family Studies
Stanley
Medical Research Institute
5430 Grosvenor Lane, Suite
200
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 571-0760
A nonprofit organization that
supports research on the causes and treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder (manic-depressive illness), both through work carried out in
their own laboratories and through support of researchers worldwide. |
Louis
de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute -
Dept.
of Child & Family Studies
13301 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida 33612-3899
(813) 974-4661
- Studies of children with serious emotional disturbances and service
systems research
- Epidemiological and service system research
- Annual research conference
Research
& Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
Regional Research Institute of Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
Portland, Oregon 97207-0741
(503) 725-4040
Research and training on family support issues, family/professional
collaboration, and diverse cultural groups
- Annual research conference on family support issues
- Information on publications and events through an electronic bulletin
board
Technical
Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW,
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20007-3835
(202) 403-5600
National
Business Group on Health
The National Business Group on Health is a national nonprofit organization
devoted to representing the perspective of large employers and providing
practical solutions to its members' most important health care problems.
The Group provides employers with technical assistance, training, and
other tools to implement best practices in the workplace:
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Psychiatric Disabilities
and Rehabilitation
Center
for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center
940 Commonwealth Avenue West
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
(617) 353-3549
- Consultation and training using psychiatric rehabilitation technologies
and topics related to rehabilitation and recovery
- Workshops, conferences, professional development programs, and academic
degree programs
- Service demonstration programs for consumer/survivor rehabilitation
and recovery
- Information dissemination via a newsletter, journal, web site, and
catalog
- Research on psychiatric rehabilitation and related topics
The
Evaluation Center
The Human Services Research Institute
2269 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
(617) 876-0426
- Consultation program through site visits or telephone/e-mail
- Topical evaluation network program
- Tool kits to provide evaluators with tested methodologies and instruments
- Evaluation materials program
- Mini-grant program for system-of-change evaluation projects
- Training program on evaluation-related skills
- Multicultural issues in evaluation
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NAMI
Assertive Community Treatment Technical Assistance Center
2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-3042
PH: 1-866-229-6264
ACT@NAMI.org
www.nami.org/about/pact.htm
Provides assistance to:
- Advocate and plan for PACT
- Implement PACT
- Sustain PACT
National
Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability
104 South Michigan Avenue Suite 900
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 422-8180
- Psychiatric rehabilitation research and training in 9 major areas:
peer support and consumer service delivery, treatment models, vocation
rehabilitation, managed care, women's issues, HIV/AIDS, familial experience,
diversity issues, and transition-age youth
- Extensive dissemination and technical assistance at replacement
cost or no cost
- Workshops, seminars, academic courses, and training to providers
- Technical assistance to federal, state, and local agencies for public
policy initiatives
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Consumer and Advocacy Issues
Consumer
Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center (CONTAC)
West Virginia Mental Health Consumers Association
1036 Quarrier Street Suite 208A
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
(888) 825-TECH (8324) or (304) 345-7312
- Resource center for consumers/survivors/ex-patients and consumer-run
organizations across the United States
- Services include materials development and dissemination, training,
skill development, interactive communication opportunities, networking,
and other activities to promote self-help, recovery, and empowerment
- Technical assistance to organizations in identifying and exemplifying
points of entry into consumer programs
- Outcome orientation for non-traditional services
- Leadership and organizational development
- Information sharing through a national web network
National
Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center
National Mental Health Association
2001 N. Beauregard St., 12th Floor
Alexandria, Virginia 22311
(800) 969-6642
- Information and referrals
- Technical assistance on site and by phone
- Resource library
- Coordination of local coalitions
- Training conference
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National
Empowerment Center
599 Canal Street
Lawrence, Massachusetts 01840
(800) power2u (769-3728)
- Consumer technical assistance center
- National directory of mutual support groups, drop-in centers, and
statewide organizations
- Networking and coalition-building
- Workshops, public speaking, and training to providers
National
Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
1211 Chestnut Street 10th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
(800) 553-4539
- Consumer information and referrals
- On-site consultation
- Training events
- Teleconferences and national conferences
- Consumer library
- Newsletter
- Consumer and consumer-supported nationwide database
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Homelessness and Mental
Illness
National
Resource and Training Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
Policy Research Associates, Inc.
345 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, New York 12054
(800) 444-7415
- On-site technical assistance to demonstration grantees on topics
related to service delivery, program organization, research design,
and instrumentation
- Workshops, training institutes, and substantive papers on issues
related to service delivery to homeless persons with serious mental
illness
- Database of 4000+ articles, annotated bibliographies on topic clusters,
and specialized database searches
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Projects
for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Technical Assistance
Center
Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
323 Boston Post Road
Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776
(978) 443-0055
- Training curricula in topic areas identified through a comprehensive
needs assessment of state PATH contacts
- Ad hoc technical assistance to state and local PATH programs in
response to special requests
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Prevention
Arizona
Prevention Resource Center
Arizona State University
542 E. Monroe, Building D
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone:
(602) 496-1321
The Arizona Prevention Resource Center serves Arizona as a statewide
resource center, providing accessible technical assistance on a variety
of prevention and health promotion issues through training, information
dissemination and program evaluation. |
Indiana
Prevention Resource Center
Indiana University Creative Arts Building
2735 E 10th St Rm 110
Bloomington, IN 47408-2602
Phone: (812) 855-1237
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University is a statewide
clearinghouse for prevention technical assistance and information about
alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs for the State of Indiana. |
Other Resource Centers
Advocates
for Human Potential
490-B Boston Post Road, Suite
200
Sudbury, MA 01776
(978) 443-0055
Advocates for Human Potential (AHP) conducts research and provides
consultation and technical assistance in the areas of: System Design,
Program Development, and Individual Potential. AHP provides services
in five areas:
- Mental Health
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention
- Housing and Homelessness
- Youth and Prevention Services
- Employment Program Development
Frontier
Mental Health Services Resource Network
University of Denver
Denver, Colorado 80208
(303) 871-3099
For rural U.S. counties, the
Frontier Mental Health Services Resource Network provides the following:
- Knowledge synthesis
- Technical assistance to organizations
- Human resource development
- Conferences and workshops
- Demonstrations and evaluations
National
Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
A non-profit organization
dedicated to serving the needs of the nation's public mental health
system through policy development, information dissemination, and technical
assistance.
66 Canal Center Plaza Suite 302
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 739-9333
Fax: (703)-548-9517
- State, regional, and national consultation
- Special topic technical assistance and training
- Consensus development conferences and teleconferences
- Consultant database
- Publications and reports
- Model service system standards review and analysis
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The
National GAINS Center
US Dept. of Health & Human Services and Mental Health Services Administration
262 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, New York 12054
(800) 311-GAIN (4246)
- Integrated technical assistance network for knowledge development
- Analysis of state-of-the-art practices and synthesis documents
- Targeted fact sheets, briefs, and brochures
- Specially designed training sessions and workshops delivered on-site
and via e-mail
National
Mental Health Information Center
Knowledge Exchange Network
P.O. Box 42557
Washington, DC 20015
(800) 789-2647
National
Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center Campus Box AO11-13 4455
East Twelfth Avenue
Denver, CO 80220
(303) 315-9326
- Research, research training
- Information dissemination
- Technical assistance provided on American Indian and Alaska Native
populations.
- Cross site evaluation of 9 sites in the Circles of Care grant program
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