Systems of Care
- National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC)
The mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) is to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs to design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems… - National Indian Child Welfare Association
The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is a national voice for American Indian children and families. We are the most comprehensive source of information on American Indian child welfare and the only national American Indian organization focused specifically on the tribal capacity to prevent child abuse and neglect… - National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help people, agencies, and organizations implement programs and practices in their communities… - Portland State University Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health
The Center is dedicated to promoting effective community-based, culturally competent, family-centered services for families and their children who are, or may be affected by mental, emotional or behavioral disorders. This goal is accomplished through collaborative research partnerships with family members, service providers, policy makers, and other concerned persons… - SAMHSA website
The place for information on what is happening at SAMHSA - Systems of Care website
Welcome to systemsofcare.samhsa.gov, a website devoted to providing information about the mental health of children, youth and families. A system of care is a coordinated network of community-based services and supports that are organized to meet the challenges of children and youth with serious mental health needs and their families. Families and youth work in partnership with public and private organizations to design mental health services and supports that are effective, that build on the strengths of individuals, and that address each person’s cultural and linguistic needs. A system of care helps children, youth and families function better at home, in school, in the community and throughout life. Systems of care is not a program — it is a philosophy of how care should be delivered… - TA Partnership
The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) operates under contract with the federal Center for Mental Health Services to provide technical assistance to system of care communities funded by the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program. The TA Partnership is a collaboration between two mission-driven organizations: The American Institutes for Research – committed to improvement in the lives of families and communities through the translation of research into best practice and policy; and The Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health – dedicated to effective family leadership and advocacy to improve the quality of life of children with mental health needs and their families. This site is loaded with great information on systems of care! - The National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health
The National Technical Assistance Center focuses on priority areas for developing and implementing comprehensive service delivery systems: policy development, leadership development, strategic planning, interagency collaboration, family involvement, cultural and linguistic competence, early intervention, early childhood mental health systems of care, evaluation, interagency management information systems, evidence-based and promising practices, financing and managed care, workforce development, and mediation and negotiation training. The National Technical Assistance Center activities reach diverse stakeholders including state and local policymakers, administrators of all child-serving systems, service providers, families, youth, advocates, researchers and evaluators, and educators… - University of South Florida The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health
The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health works to strengthen the empirical foundation for effective systems of care, and improve services for children with serious emotional or behavioral disorders and their families. Since 1984, we’ve addressed this mission through an integrated set of research, training, consultation, and dissemination activities… - USF Logic Model Team
Visit the USF Logic Model Team website, which offers on-line orientation and resources for those wishing to utilize the tools of the national evaluation to develop and assess their community-based systems of care. The team has worked with many funded system of care communities (at no charge) to craft logic models that reflect their unique contexts and theories of change. No longer a funded community? Talk to the Logic Model Team about how they may be able to help you further your system of care development efforts.
