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Find resources and tools for advancing your behavioral health care coordination, criminal justice diversion, and crisis care continuum efforts here.

These resources include products developed by the CARE TA Center, its affiliates, and other state and national organizations, as well as tools and samples from local and county agencies.

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Diversion Programs

This brief, easy-to-understand webpage describes juvenile justice services and benefits, and provides a list of further resources.

Diversion to What? Evidence-Based Mental Health Services That Prevent Needless Incarceration

The Bazelon Center argues that jurisdictions should increase investment in community-based mental health service providers. This document describes services that, based on the evidence they’ve compiled, are necessary components of...

Drawing Out Stigma: My Story, My Journey

A project about mental health awareness and stigma from a multi-cultural and multi-generational lens made by the community for the community.

Duration of US residence and suicidality among racial/ethnic minority immigrants

The association between duration of US residence and suicidality and psychopathology is higher for Latino immigrants than for other racial ethnic groups. While this study focused on characteristics of the...

Effective Behavioral Health Crisis Care for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

Using SAMHSA's National Guidelines as a framework, this paper explores issues that should be considered in the design and implementation of core crisis system components, with specific consideration of the...

Emergency Rental Assistance Program

Information on Emergency Rental Assistance Program

Emergency Response Planning (COVID-19 Rapid Response Network)

This short guide has tools, frameworks, and recommendations on how government organizations can plan for and respond to emergencies.

Emotional CPR

Emotional CPR (eCPR) is a program and practice developed by persons with a lived experience of recovery from trauma or mental health challenges to train community members from diverse backgrounds...

Employing Equity-Minded & Culturally-Affirming Teaching and Learning Practices in Virtual Learning Communities

Dr. Frank Harris III and Dr. J. Luke Wood of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab from San Diego State University present an 84 minute discussion about equity-minded and culturally...

End Incarceration’s Harm to Women

The insufficiency of data and analysis on women and incarceration has left a significant gap in our understanding of obstacles to gender equity facing women today.

The CARE TA Center is dedicated to helping state, county, and local agencies address the disproportionate impact of behavioral health crisis on diverse communities. These resources include an emphasis on tools for understanding and meeting the needs of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC); linguistically diverse communities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer identified people (LGBTQ); and vulnerable populations such as youth and people experiencing homelessness.