Resources

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…

SAMHSA, 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 to exchange…

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing developed a toolkit to empower mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) organizations to claim their role as the expert authority on generally accepted standards of care. This toolkit provides a compelling argument for upholding generally accepted standards of care and practical tools for…

A Toolkit Addressing Health Equity and Racial Justice within Integrated Care Settings

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

This document is meant as a guide to the mental health and substance use disorder provisions included in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. At the top, we provide high level bullets designed to give you a brief overview.

Care pathways provide standardized guidelines for identifying client needs and adopting the appropriate clinical best practices — all critical for successful CCBHC implementation. This toolkit provides your organization with a framework to develop and deploy clinical care pathways.

DISPONIBLE EN ESPAÑOL — This toolkit is a compendium of resources CCBHCs can use to promote education, awareness and buy-in on the model internally and externally.

These tools and resources provide additional information and practical tools for implementing DPAD programs.