Mission and Approach
Growing numbers of children and young adults face mental health challenges, often alongside traumatic experiences like abuse, neglect, and racism. Currently, 1 in 6 young people live with a mental illness.1 Left unaddressed, these challenges can lead to long-term complications such as substance misuse or justice system involvement. Far too often, support for children and their families isn’t easy to navigate or simply doesn’t exist. Children living in underserved communities suffer the most when that support isn’t coordinated or culturally sensitive.
Real solutions exist for addressing the mental health challenges faced by children, youth, and their families.
NTTAC promotes access to evidence based and community driven solutions while uplifting diverse voices through inclusive trainings and resources. We are dedicated to creating spaces for providers and community leaders to gather, learn, share insights, and build a national support network.
1 https://www.nami.org/mhstats
Education
We offer resources to help your agency address the challenges affecting children, youth, and families in your communities.
Connection
We connect you with a national support network of subject matter experts and those with lived experience to reflect on the challenges your community is facing, identify potential solutions, and offer peer to peer learning.
Trainings
We offer a comprehensive array of learning experiences, from webinars to training academies and podcasts. Our approach to trainings is diverse and adaptable, catering to the varied needs of our audience.
Technical Assistance
We provide innovative, responsive, and multimodal training and technical assistance (TTA) that supports systems-level change and advancement of evidence-based, culturally responsive practice at no cost.
Who We Are
Mission
To collaboratively develop and provide high-quality support and innovative learning opportunities with all change agents working on behalf of children, you, and families living with and impacted by mental health challenges.
Vision
All children, youth and families living with and impacted by mental health challenges have access to the resources and opportunities they need to thrive in a comprehensive and equitable system of care.
Our Approach
NTTAC opportunities are offered at no cost to participants. We serve mental health professionals, youth and family support providers, primary care providers, and system leaders with an emphasis on using the system of care approach.
Partners
NTTAC is a training and technical assistance center comprised of eight partnering organizations with a history of serving the mental health workforce and systems of care nationwide.
Our Impact
At NTTAC we’ve supported thousands of mental health and primary care providers, peer support specialists, and systems leaders to meet the needs of youth and families. We have increased access to evidence-based mental health resources, trainings, and services that support serving young people (ages 0-21) with mental health challenges and their families.
Learn more about how we are working for the mental health of ALL children and youth.
NTTAC Team
Our team is made of certified peer support specialists, individuals with lived experience, researchers, clinicians, youth and family experts, system leaders, and much more.