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Technology Transfer Centers (TTC) Program

The purpose of the Technology Transfer Centers (TTC) is to develop and strengthen the specialized behavioral healthcare and primary healthcare workforce that provides prevention, treatment and recovery support services for substance use disorder (SUD) and mental illness.

The TTC program is comprised of three networks: the Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTC), the Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers (MHTTC) and the Prevention Technology Transfer Centers (PTTC). Each network is comprised of:

  • 1 National Coordinator Center
  • 10 Regional Centers
  • 1 American Indian & Alaska Native focused Center
  • 1 Hispanic & Latino focused Center

Website: TTC

Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTC):

The ATTCs support national and regional activities focused on preparing tools needed by practitioners to improve the quality of service delivery and to providing intensive technical assistance to provider organizations to improve their processes and practices in the delivery of effective SUD treatment and recovery services.

Website: ATTC

Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers (MHTTC):

The MHTTCs work with organizations and treatment practitioners involved in the delivery of mental health services to strengthen their capacity to deliver effective evidence-based practices to individuals, including the full continuum of services spanning mental illness prevention, treatment, and recovery support.

Website: MHTTC

Prevention Technology Transfer Centers (PTTC):

The PTTCs develop and disseminate tools and strategies needed to improve the quality of substance abuse prevention efforts; provide intensive technical assistance and learning resources to prevention professionals in order to improve their understanding of prevention science, how to use epidemiological data to guide prevention planning, and selection and implementation of evidence-based and promising prevention practices; and develop tools and resources to engage the next generation of prevention professionals.

Website: PTTC

SAMHSA ATTC Point of Contact: Twyla.Adams@samhsa.hhs.gov
SAMHSA MHTTC Point of Contact: Kimberly.Reynolds@samhsa.hhs.gov
SAMHSA PTTC Point of Contact: Thia.Walker@samhsa.hhs.gov

Last Updated

Last Updated: 09/13/2022