National Council Calendar of Events

Driving Quality Through the CCBHC Model

CCBHCs face growing clinical quality reporting requirements, but compliance alone isn’t enough. This learning series will help leaders turn quality measures into a meaningful tool for improving care, outcomes and operations. Through peer learning, practical tools, real-world examples and optional 1:1 coaching, participants will: Move beyond “reporting for the sake…

Workforce Solutions Jam | Extending the Behavioral Health Workforce: Technology as an Extender

In this Workforce Solutions Jam session, we’ll explore how AI, digital platforms and virtual training tools can be used to streamline workflows, modernize clinical operations and accelerate workforce development in behavioral health organizations On March 17, join us for a conversation with Rosa M. Thomas, MA, LLP, a senior health…

Leading Change With H.O.P.E. — How Leaders Can Enable Change That Sticks

Change is no longer an occasional disruption — it’s now a constant reality. Yet despite decades of change management frameworks, research consistently shows that 60%-70% of organizational change efforts fail to achieve their intended outcomes. Even “successful” change often comes at a steep human cost: burnout, disengagement and erosion of…

Session 2 | Pathways to Recovery: Serving Justice-Involved Individuals in CCBHCs    

This four-part learning series equips CCBHCs with the tools and frameworks to effectively serve individuals involved in the criminal justice system. Using the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) as a foundation, the series explores how CCBHCs can align clinical services, crisis systems, and community partnerships to improve outcomes for justice-involved individuals…

Building a Trauma-informed Integrated Care Team: Roles and Responsibilities Across Primary Care and School-based Settings

Join us on April 9, 12-1 p.m. ET, for a special webinar exploring how to build a trauma-informed integrated care team across primary care and school-based health settings. A multidisciplinary panel of experts will highlight real-world examples and practical strategies for strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration and improving trauma-informed care for children…

Session 3 | Pathways to Recovery: Serving Justice-Involved Individuals in CCBHCs    

This four-part learning series equips CCBHCs with the tools and frameworks to effectively serve individuals involved in the criminal justice system. Using the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) as a foundation, the series explores how CCBHCs can align clinical services, crisis systems, and community partnerships to improve outcomes for justice-involved individuals…

2026 Mental Health First Aid Summit

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Session 4 | Pathways to Recovery: Serving Justice-Involved Individuals in CCBHCs    

This four-part learning series equips CCBHCs with the tools and frameworks to effectively serve individuals involved in the criminal justice system. Using the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) as a foundation, the series explores how CCBHCs can align clinical services, crisis systems, and community partnerships to improve outcomes for justice-involved individuals…

Middle Management Academy: July National Training

National Council’s Middle Management Academy helps behavioral health’s best and brightest reach their maximum leadership potential through hands-on learning. This popular and proven training is the only one of its kind — you can’t find a management course tailored for mental health and substance use treatment professionals anywhere else.

Middle Management Academy: September National Training

National Council’s Middle Management Academy helps behavioral health’s best and brightest reach their maximum leadership potential through hands-on learning. This popular and proven training is the only one of its kind — you can’t find a management course tailored for mental health and substance use treatment professionals anywhere else.