The Pacific Southwest ATTC developed and pilot tested an intensive technical assistance model designed to enhance internal change capacity within substance use disorder treatment and recovery support organizations...

For the past 20 years, many organizations from a diverse range of professional fields have successfully used NIATx to implement change and streamline work processes. One recent success story comes from an intensive technical assistance (ITA) learning collaborative, Building Capacity for Effective School-based Suicide Prevention, sponsored by the Great Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center School-based Supplement (SB-MHTTC) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention...

The Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE) provides psychological health expertise to the military community by continuing to improve psychological health care, readiness, and prevention of psychological health disorders. PHCoE utilizes Implementation Science, which helps clinicians implement empirically supported treatments and provides Clinical Support Tools which assist providers in the use of Department of Defense (DOD)/Veterans Administration (VA) clinical practice guidelines for psychological health conditions, including provider, patient, and family guides.

The recent COVID-19 health pandemic has accelerated the implementation of behavioral health services via remote technology, including telephone and video conferencing.  At the start of the response to the pandemic, South Southwest ATTC began receiving multiple requests from organizations across the region for immediate guidance on how to translate many of the strategies for remote technology on the ground in a rapid and timely manner... 

In the fall of 2016, Houston was abuzz with excitement about Super Bowl 2017, which was held at Houston's NRG Stadium. Billboards and restaurants advertised the big game, with accompanying big entertainment and watch parties.

"That's when I realized that people in recovery need an alcohol- and drug-free space where they can participate in all the energy surrounding the Super Bowl," says Abbott.

February 4-6, 2020, 39 behavioral health professionals representing 13 agencies throughout HHS Region 9 gathered in Oakland, California for three days to participate in the PSATTC’s Organizational Process Improvement Initiative (OPII) Change Facilitator Academy... And then COVID-19 happened.