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The tribal component of the New England MHTTC developed a partnership with the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET) and developed the Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance monthly behavioral health teleECHO* series. The series was launched in January 2022 and was a resounding success in reaching and engaging over 2,000 tribal and non-tribal behavioral health […]

Message from Maria E. Restrepo-Toro, Co-Director of New England MHTTC     To my New England Colleagues and Friends:     Here at the New England MHTTC, we are honoring the histories of both Hispanic and Latino Americans as we celebrate heritage rooted in multiple Central and Latin American countries. I am a proud Latina, with firsthand […]

Guiding Principles for Resilience and Recovery     Here at the New England MHTTC, we celebrate and support recovery from mental health challenges year-round. This year during Recovery Month, we are pausing to remind ourselves of the recovery principles to which we are committed. Incorporating these principles into our day-to-day work allows us to promote resilience […]

An Urgent and Intentional Matter: Supporting Minority Mental Health    Here at the New England MHTTC, we are acknowledging Minority Mental Health Month through our continued commitment to intentionally address racial equity disparities this month and year-round.   While approximately 1 in 5 Americans experience mental illness, people who are members of minority communities are […]

About the Panel Series: The MHTTC Building Health Equity & Cultural Responsiveness Working Group (BHE+CRWG) provides guidance and identifies, adapts, and develops resources to support all MHTTCs and their constituents in enhancing their awareness, knowledge, and expertise to address cultural and linguistic capacity to achieve equity. Currently, the BHE+CRWG is focusing its efforts on bringing awareness […]

In celebration of Pride 2022, our Network is hosting events in June, and in the coming months, promoting LGBTQ+ mental health for professionals, the community, and allies. We highlight upcoming events and resources developed for the LGBTQ+ community.    Visit the National MHTTC page to learn more about how we are honoring Pride Month.    Lgbtq vector […]

ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION   The dual public health emergencies of structural racism and the coronavirus pandemic continue to challenge communities of color across New England. The 2022 Innovations Conference will highlight providers implementing groundbreaking mental health and substance use programming amidst these crises to support resilience and recovery. Join thought leaders from our region […]

  Webinar Series and Community of Practice   The Healthcare workers and Educators Addressing and Reducing Trauma (HEART) Collective is facilitating a webinar series and complimentary community of practice. The goal of this community of practice is to provide practical guidance, hands-on learning opportunities, and expert technical assistance to teams working together to provide excellent, trauma-informed mental […]

The New England MHTTC hosted a webinar on February 10th called "Inspiring and Engaging Hispanic/Latinx People in Recovery by Using Motivational Interviewing Principles" that discussed how to facilitate hope and develop skills that will assist the recovery journey of Hispanic/Latinx people with lived experience by using motivational interviewing principles. This presentation was translated into both Spanish and Portuguese in efforts to […]

The New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center is proud to announce our new podcast series: "Changing the Conversation: Recovery and Resilience."   Our inaugural episode focuses on Parenting in Recovery. Host Katie Volk talks with Joanne Nicholson, a professor in the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School at Brandeis University and a clinical and […]

It’s been a tough few months for everyone. To hear about—or worse—to watch racial injustice and human indignity fills us with sorrow and anger. While we work to protect our children and try to explain what they may have seen on television or read on their phones, many of us re-live indignities that we or […]

  May 20, 2020 - We recognize that tribal and Indigenous people are known to be some of the most resilient people in the world. But, sometimes, even the most resilient can feel overwhelmed by life circumstances.   COVID-19 has brought us a deep life challenges that no one expected. May is national Mental Health […]

Emerging Leaders...Come Rise Together   About the LET(s)Lead Academy The Lived Experience Transformational Leadership Academy—LET(s)Lead is an experiential learning leadership academy offered virtually. Our goal is to advance lived experience leadership across New England. The course is facilitated by a diverse team of national and international faculty and mentors, most of whom identify as people with lived/learned expertise. […]

The New England Early Psychosis Learning Collaborative (EPLC) is dedicated to using evidence-based means to disseminate evidence-based practices for working with people in the early stages of psychosis. The collaborative engages members through a number of initiatives including:   Webinars Online discussion series Consultation lines Clinical briefs In-person training opportunities E-mail updates   Links to […]

On October 15, 2019, New England MHTTC co-sponsored an open forum hosted by UMass Boston entitled “Conversations with Millennial Men of Color: Accessing Behavioral Health.” The event was conceptualized by Tony Martin, who is a graduate researcher at the William Joiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences, UMass Boston.   “The forum […]

About the Learning Collaborative  The Person-Centered Recovery Planning (PCRP) Learning Collaborative ran from December 2019 until April of 2021, with five behavioral health organizations representing the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, selected through a formal application process. Each agency convened a change team to attend a series of knowledge-dissemination webinars, a two-day […]

Holly Echo-Hawk, who works with C4 Innovations and New England MHTTC as a tribal behavioral health expert, was the lead organizer of an international Indigenous behavioral health convening that was held on September 9-10 in Washington, DC at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Thirty Indigenous attendees from Australia, Canada, Greenland, New Zealand, […]

The Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) is a part of the Yale Department of Psychiatry that works to promote the recovery, self-determination, and inclusion of people experiencing psychiatric disability, addiction, and discrimination by focusing on their strengths and the valuable contributions they can make to their communities. In late 2018, the PRCH received […]

The New England MHTTC and the Great Lakes MHTTC are excited to offer a Learning Collaborative on Trauma-informed Care Implementation.   Guided by experts in TIC implementation, our learning collaborative will help you and your team develop a plan to focused on strategies, and concrete steps to bringing a trauma-informed approach to your services, systems, […]

"This Joint SAMHSA-CMS informational Bulletin provides guidance to states and school systems about addressing mental health and substance use issues in schools. It provides examples of approaches for services in schools and describes some Medicaid authorities that states may use to cover services." To access the document, click here.

On May 21st and 22nd, the New England MHTTC met with other New England TTCs in Maine to coordinate a meeting of the tribal nations, and to attend a Hope and Healing forum. To read more about it, please click here. 

On Monday, April 29th, New England-MHTTC and Yale University hosted the Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative (C-TLC) Kick-off Meeting. Aside from the opportunity to network with other specialists in the field, attendees were also able to further their knowledge on topics, such as: the science behind trauma, the challenges of the opioid epidemic and other drug addiction, […]

This publication, created by Emotions Matter, highlights how "single case agreements" can be used to provide insurance coverage for treatment related to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Click here to access the publication.  

MHTTC-NE staff interviewed about 40 stakeholders across the New England region to identify existing strengths and resources to build on and areas of particular need to address in terms of the Center’s workforce development activities. Findings indicate that while there is already access to a considerable amount of technical assistance available in the region, a […]