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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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Achieving Recovery and Attaining Full Employment through the Evidence-Based IPS Supported Employment Approach

This white paper summarizes research findings on supported employment for individuals with SMI and offers best practices.

Active Engagement and Services for Crisis Outreach and Warm Handoffs

BRSS TACS discusses peer and recovery services for people experiencing serious mental illness or substance use disorders, focusing on emergency departments.

Acute Stress Disorder

This guide provides an overview of acute stress disorder in children, a less severe and briefer condition than posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Like PTSD, acute stress disorder may be triggered...

Adapting Custodial Practices to Reduce Trauma for Incarcerated Women

The Urban Institute and its partners, the Center for Effective Public Policy, the Correctional Leaders Association, and the National Center for Victims of Crime, were funded by the National Institute...

Addressing Co-occurring Disorders in Adult Court-Based Programs

This webinar provides an overview of how court-based programs (e.g., problem-solving courts) can effectively address the needs of participants with both mental health and substance use disorders.

Addressing Employee Burnout (COVID-19 Rapid Response Network)

This short guide covers the primary causes of employee burnout, the impact of remote work on employees, and challenges specific to working parents, along with highlighting potential steps to reduce...

Addressing Substance Use in Behavioral Health Crisis Care: A Companion Resource to the SAMHSA Crisis Toolkit

This report highlights states and programs that are demonstrating success integrating substance use disorders in the three core services described in the SAMHSA Crisis Toolkit – crisis call centers, mobile...

Addressing the Critical Need for Housing and Strategies to Improve Housing Access

This is part 2 of a five-part series from the Early Diversion Virtual Learning Community. The webinar focuses on comprehensive strategies to improve housing access, which is key to early...

Addressing the Needs of the Seriously Mentally Ill in Disasters

This tip sheet describes how people with serious mental illness may experience and respond to disasters.

Addressing Trauma and Victimization in Women’s Prisons: Trauma-Informed Victim Services and Programs for Incarcerated Women

Women are the fastest-growing incarcerated population in the United States. Despite this drastic increase, correctional institutions often lack awareness and understanding of the victimization that many—if not most—incarcerated women experience...

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.