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  • 988 and Mobile Crisis Response with the CCBHC Model
    May 2, 2022

    Learn how states can use the CCBHC model to streamline mobile crisis response and other mental health and substance use services, including 988.

    CCBHC
  • 988 Fact Sheet
    Dec 2, 2022

    988 is the easy to remember three-digit dialing code connecting people to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline), where support from trained crisis counselors is available 24/7 nationwide for anyone experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis or any other emotional…

    Crisis Response
  • 988 Implementation and Future Priorities
    Jul 13, 2022

    Beginning July 16, 2022, 988 will be the new, easy to remember three-digit dialing code connecting people to the existing National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (Lifeline), where free and confidential support is available 24/7 nationwide for anyone experiencing a mental health or suicide crisis, or any other kind of emotional…

    Public Policy
  • 988 Playbook for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Providers
    Apr 20, 2022

    Download Temporarily UnavailableSAMHSA, in co-sponsorship with NASMHPD, convened with national partners across critical working sectors involved with 988 to help advance 988 planning efforts at the state and local levels. These national-level meetings brought together states, territories, and tribes; crisis contact centers; public safety answering points; and behavioral health providers…

  • 988: Reaching Its Full Potential
    Dec 2, 2022

    Establishment of the 988 number is an important transition from the current 10-digit number of the Lifeline. It serves as the point of entry – the front door – to a larger continuum of care. But it is just the beginning; work must continue to build out a broader crisis…

    Public Policy
  • A Unified Vision for Transforming Mental Health and Substance Use Care
    Dec 2, 2022

    The National Council is a member of the CEO Alliance for Mental Health, a leadership coalition of the advocacy organizations and partners.

    Public Policy
  • Advocacy Handbook
    Apr 15, 2022

    Tips, tricks, and downloadable templates for becoming a mental health and substance use treatment advocate in your community.

    Public Policy Toolkit
  • Building Recovery: State Policy Guide for Supporting Recovery Housing
    May 3, 2018

    Over the past decade, and especially in the last two years, there has been growing awareness among both the public and policymakers about the devastating effects and costs of addiction in the United States. The Surgeon General released a landmark report on Facing Addiction in America (2016) and the President’s…

    Public Health Toolkit
  • Building Recovery: State Policy Guide for Supporting Recovery Housing
    Feb 10, 2022

    Recovery housing often operates outside the traditional addiction treatment and supportive housing systems. Sometimes this is by choice, but it’s also because the public sector has not broadly included this model in policies and resources. Because of this, and without codified recovery housing standards or protections, there have been inconsistencies…

    Substance Use Report
  • Coffee & Lunch Spots for Hill Day
    May 26, 2022

    Public Policy
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