Practitioner Training

SAMHSA's practitioner training offers tools, training, and technical assistance to practitioners in the fields of mental health and substance use disorders.

Technology Transfer Centers (TTC) Program

The purpose of the Technology Transfer Centers (TTC) is to develop and strengthen the specialized behavioral healthcare…

State Targeted Response Technical Assistance (STR-TA)

SAMHSA awarded the State Opioid Response – Technical Assistance grant to the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry…

Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS)

Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS) is a national training and clinical mentoring project developed in response to…

Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness (CSS-SMI)

This initiative supports the use and implementation of evidence-based screening and treatment for serious mental…

Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) provides a virtual learning lab designed to help state- and community-…

Rural Opioid Technical Assistance (ROTA)

The purpose of this program is to develop and disseminate training and technical assistance for rural communities on…

African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence

Responding to the urgent need for greater equity and effectiveness in behavioral health services for African Americans…

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (AANHPI-CoE)

The purpose of this Center of Excellence (CoE) is to advance the behavioral health equity of AA, NH, and PI…

Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy

Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) advances effective recovery…

Center of Excellence for Building Capacity in Nursing Facilities to Care for Residents with Behavioral Health Conditions

This Center is expected to support focused resource development and dissemination, training and technical assistance…

Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information (CoE-PHI)

Cicatelli Associates Inc. in partnership with the Legal Action Center (LAC) received a five years grant from SAMHSA in…

Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Wellbeing (SMMW-CoE)

This Center is expected to develop and disseminate information, guidance, and training on the impact of children and…

Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC)

SAMHSA DTAC helps states, U.S. territories, tribes, and local providers plan for and respond to mental health and…

Engage, Educate, Empower for Equity: E4 Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Disparities in Aging

The mission of the E4 Center is to engage, empower, and educate health care providers and community-based organizations…

GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation

The GAINS Center focuses on expanding access to services for people with mental and/or substance use disorders who come…

Homeless and Housing Resource Center

The Homeless and Housing Resource Center (HHRC) was established by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…

LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity Center of Excellence

The Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity (CoE LGBTQ+ BHE) will provide behavioral health…

National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (NCEED)

SAMHSA has awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to implement the NCEED.

National Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions

This Center is the home of the newest evidence-based resources, tools and support for organizations working to…

National Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Recovery (National Center-TFR)

SAMHSA awarded a five-year grant to the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at UCSF to establish the National Center-…

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW)

NCSACW is a national resource center providing information, expert consultation, training and technical assistance to…

National Family Support Technical Assistance Center (NFSTAC)

The National Family Support Technical Assistance Center (NFSTAC) is the nation’s first Substance Abuse and Mental…

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Training Resources

As the nation’s medical research agency, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers multiple training opportunities.

National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC)

NTTAC provides states, tribes, and communities with training and technical assistance (TTA) on children’s behavioral…

Peer Recovery Center of Excellence

The Peer Recovery Center of Excellence is a peer-led national center that provides training and technical assistance…

Provider’s Clinical Support System–Universities (PCSS-Universities)

The purpose of this program is to expand/enhance access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for persons…

Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Centers (ROTA-R)

The purpose of the ROTA-R is to develop and disseminate training and technical assistance addressing opioid and…

Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Technical Assistance (SMVF TA) Center

SAMHSA’s SMVF TA Center serves as a national resource to support states, territories, and local communities in…

SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR)

SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) increases access to Social Security disability benefits for people…

Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center

The Tribal Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Center offers TTA on mental and substance use disorders, suicide…