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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) has established Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers (MHTTCs) to facilitate the development of the nation’s mental health workforce. The MHTTC Network includes a Network Coordinating Office, 10 MHTTC Regional Centers, a Tribal Affairs Center, and a Hispanic and Latino Center.
Rutgers School of Health Professions, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, has been awarded the Northeast and Caribbean MHTTC for Federal Region II serving New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
Over the next five years (2018 – 2023) the MHTTC will work with organizations and treatment practitioners involved in the delivery of mental health services to strengthen their capacity to deliver effective evidence-based practices to individuals with mental health conditions by providing at no cost training, technical assistance, and resource dissemination.
Each MHTTC has been asked to identify their area(s) of expertise. The Northeast and Caribbean MHTTC has identified the following evidence-based and promising practices as areas of focus:
Our mission is to facilitate the implementation of evidence-based and empirically supported mental health practices to improve the lives of individuals living with mental health conditions and support their recovery, wellness, and resilience.
Our vision is to create behavioral health and education workforces that have the skills to effectively support the mental health needs of their program participants and/or students.
We prioritize collegiality, professionalism, respect, and mutual support.
We embrace differences.
We promote recovery, strengths, and resilience.
We strive to be culturally responsive, diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
We value team wellness and work-life balance.
We create high-quality products.
We produce work grounded in research and scientific evidence.
We commit to evaluation of our activities and continuous improvement.
The Northeast and Caribbean MHTTC is committed to rigorously assessing the impact of the Center’s activities. Its intended outcomes include: