Learning Communities/ECHOs

Current Learning Communities

Child, Youth and Family-focused Learning Community

This learning community will operate from March-July 2025. Registration for this learning community is now closed. Please contact us for any questions.  

This four-month learning community is designed to help increase access and improve the quality of CCBHC services to meet the needs of children, youth and families. It features national experts, state representatives and CCBHCs from across the country, with a focus on supporting strong design and implementation approaches for CCBHCs.

National Council has partnered with UConn’s Innovations Institute and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors to create this learning community as an important component of its technical assistance efforts. 

Each month, participants will participate in a content webinar, followed by options to participate in cohort-specific office hours on the topics covered, specifically tailored to the needs of clinics and states. Participants will:

  • Understand the value of children’s services, the framework and role of child-serving systems and how they align with CCBHC implementation.
  • Identify design and implementation approaches that states and CCBHCs can use to meet the specific needs of children, youth and young adults with behavioral health needs, as well as their families.
  • Explore strategies and examples to support CCBHCs in fulfilling the requirements to serve children and youth.

Read the Detailed Overview for more information on target audiences, timeline and curriculum.

Cohort Calls & Registration

The CCBHC-E NTTAC hosts monthly cohort calls for various CCBHC-E roles. These monthly, hour-long meetings will serve as a regular space to support peer sharing, solution generation and cross-collaboration for staff at CCBHC-E grantees. Participants can attend as regularly as they like. Sign up today and share this opportunity with other members of your team!

  • CCBHC-E executives meet the last Friday of each month from 12-1 p.m. ET. Register here.
  • CCBHC-E program directors meet the first Wednesday of each month from 12-1 p.m. ET. Register here.
  • CCBHC-E evaluators or CQI leads meet the first Tuesday of each month from 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET. Register here.
CCBHC ASAM Substance Use ECHO Series 2025

CCBHC-E National Training and Technical Assistance Center (CCBHC-E NTTAC) and ASAM are partnering on a 6-session (1.5 hour/session) CCBHC Project ECHO on assessing and treating individuals with high-risk use and substance use disorders (SUDs) with a specific focus on special populations. This Project ECHO series offers a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of actual patient cases attendees submit. Participants will receive guidance and feedback from an expert faculty panel. This introductory program is specifically designed for CCBHC-E grant recipients, including social workers, therapists, and additional clinical team members involved in patient care. Each session may be eligible for CE credits.

  • Session 1 (Feb. 13): Special Populations — Introduction to Special Populations in SUD. Register here.
  • Session 2 (March 13): Co-Occurring Disorders — Justice-involved Individuals
  • Session 3 (April 10): Stimulant Use Disorder — Unhoused Communities
  • Session 4 (May 8): Alcohol Use Disorder — Elderly Populations
  • Session 5 (June 12): Opioid Use Disorder — Rural Challenges
  • Session 6 (July 10): Cannabis Use Disorder — Youth and Adolescents

Past Learning Communities

CCBHC Rural Health Services Learning Community

This learning community operates from October 2024-April 2025. Registration for this learning community is now closed. Please contact us for any questions.  

This seven-month learning community will explore the best approaches to delivering effective rural CCBHC services.

CCBHCs in rural communities are required to deliver the same level of care similar to organizations in urban and suburban areas. However, rural CCBHCs face significant challenges when it comes to providing timely access to care and services. This learning community is designed to focus on sharing best practices and implementing effective service, offering strategies rural CCBHCs can explore to meet the needs of people receiving services.

Target Audience: Established CCBHCs, defined as clinics who received CCBHC grants in 2021 or prior.

Care Coordination Learning Community

This learning community operates from April-September 2024. Registration for this learning community is now closed. Please contact us at CCBHCeTTA@TheNationalCouncil.org for any questions.

In monthly sessions, this six-month learning community will explore how to design an effective care coordination system (often considered the linchpin of the CCBHC model). The series will increase participants’ understanding and application of best practices in the successful implementation of CCBHC care coordination criteria requirements.

Lessons will cover topics including care coordination implementation strategies, partnerships with primary care, hospitals, justice systems and veteran services, and partnerships with entities providing social needs services.

Crisis Services Learning Community

This learning community operates from January-August 2024. Registration for this learning community is now closed. Please contact us at CCBHCeTTA@TheNationalCouncil.org for any questions.

The CCBHC Crisis Services Learning Community will bring together CCBHC-E grantees interested in learning how to understand and best meet the full range of requirements for providing a continuum of crisis services in their communities, including needs assessment, partnering, care traffic control, and crisis best practices, as well as the core services of call center connection, mobile crisis, and crisis walk-in and stabilization.  This 8-month community will meet monthly.

Zero Overdose Learning Community

This learning community operates from March-September 2024. Registration for this learning community is now closed. Please contact us at CCBHCeTTA@TheNationalCouncil.org for any questions. 

The CCBHC-E NTTAC, in partnership with Zero Overdose is thrilled to present an innovative capacity-building Learning Community specifically designed to equip CCBHCs with the knowledge and tools necessary to effectively implement overdose safety planning and operationalize population health initiatives for substance misuse. This program is intended to address the critical need for quality safety planning in CCBHCs, establishing an implementation process that promotes long-term optimization and sustainability. The program will offer monthly learning community sessions from March-September that encompass various components to achieve organizational commitment to overdose safety planning and clinical pathways for identifying and managing populations at risk of substance misuse and/or overdose.

To learn more about this opportunity and receive details on the application process, Register today for an introductory webinar on Feb. 1, 9-10 a.m. ET OR 3-4 p.m. ET.

ASAM Substance Use ECHO
CCBHC-E NTTAC has partnered with ASAM to provide a six-session CCBHC ECHO on substance use. The ECHO series offers a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of actual patient cases submitted by attendees. Participants can look forward to receiving guidance and feedback from a panel of expert faculty. This program is tailored for professionals new to the field of addiction treatment, providing them with the means to enhance their knowledge, skills and confidence. This introductory program is specifically designed for CCBHC grant recipients, including social workers, therapists and additional clinical team members involved in patient care. Register for each session today!

Detailed Registration Instructions:

Part 1: Create an ASAM Account:

  1. Click on the following link: asam.org
  2. On the top right part of the screen, click on “Login”
  3. Underneath the spaces where you would put your login information, you will need to create an account by clicking, “Create Account” (If you don’t already have an account)
  4. There will be a variety of different information you need to fill out during the account creation. After you create your account, you will need to return to these steps to register for the training.

Part 2: Register for the Sessions

  1. Choose Session or Sessions you would like to register for. To register for individual sessions, you will need to click on each of the links below.
  2. Click on the green, “Register” button.
  3. Click on the blue button, “Complete Registration Now”.
  4. There will be some questions you need to fill out to finish the registration process
  5. You will receive an automated message to the email you used to create the account confirming your registration.

Contact ASAM if you have any technical difficulties at education@asam.org or by phone at 301.656.3920.

CCBHC New Grantee Learning Community

This learning community operates from November 2023-September 2024. Registration for this learning community is now closed. Please contact us at CCBHCeTTA@TheNationalCouncil.org with any questions.

The CCBHC New Grantee Learning Community is designed for those new to CCBHC implementation. This year-long learning community will provide monthly guidance and peer-to-peer sharing opportunities for CCBHC-PDI grantees over the first year of grant implementation.

By the end of this learning community, participants will:

  • Increase knowledge and understanding of CCBHC criteria elements and apply this knowledge to the grant implementation requirements and deliverables throughout the year.
  • Establish and implement project management and change management to promote successful organization transformation as a CCBHC.
  • Utilize lessons learned from CCBHCs and guidance from experts to inform the development of all Y1 deliverables — including needs assessment, establishing all required services, staffing plan and sustainability plan.

Target audiences: The New Grantee Learning Community is designed for CCBHC-PDI grantees that are in their first year of implementation and looking for support in gaining a deeper understanding of the CCBHC model and its requirements, as well as learning about strategies that support implementation. This learning community could also be acceptable for new Program Directors who are looking to get up to speed on existing CCBHC programs.

CCBHC Foundations Data Learning Series

This series operated from November 2023-March 2024 and has ended.

The Center hosted a new installment of the CCBHC Data Foundations Learning Series from November 2023-March 2024. PDI CCBHC-E grantees interested in joining the series can watch recordings of the sessions below:

Medical Directors ECHO Series

This series operated from April-August 2023 and has ended.

This five-month CCBHC Advancing Quality and Integration by Effective Implementation of Medical Director Role ECHO, launched in April 2023. This series brought together CCBHC medical directors interested in receiving guidance and education on their role in effectively supporting the CCBHC model strategic framework and implementation to enhance the integration and quality of care. Contact us at CCBHCeTTA@TheNationalCouncil.org for past series content.

CCBHC Care Coordination Learning Community

This community operated from April-August 2023 and has ended.

This five-month learning community explored care coordination — often considered the “lynchpin” of the CCBHC model — to improve understanding and application of best practices in successful implementation of CCBHC care coordination criteria requirements. Core topics included: care coordination implementation strategies, partnerships with primary care, hospitals, and justice systems, and establishing culturally appropriate care.

Access Past Content:

Session One: Introduction

Session Two: Strategies and Considerations for Care Coordination in a CCBHC

Session Three: Partnerships

Session Four: Partnerships with Emergency Departments and Hospitals

Session Five: Partnerships with Law Enforcement and the Justice System

Session Six: Community-Based Organizations and Obtaining Consent

Session Seven: Partnership with Culturally Specific Providers

Session Eight: Recap and Review

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