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This resource document briefly explains the three different types of CCBHCs and the pathways for becoming each. It is designed for the use of potential CCBHCs, CCBHC clinic leadership and staff, and state government officials, to support their engagement with the CCBHC model.
This fact sheet offers key points about the disparities and magnitude of behavioral health problems in rural communities and the challenges for service delivery in rural areas such as geographic distance and workforce shortages. Solutions based on innovative practices and community collaborations were highlighted in SAMHSA’s Office of Recovery Rural Recovery Meeting along with other sources.
This report highlights the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) commitment to advancing behavioral health recovery across the nation. It underscores the importance of reducing barriers to recovery supports and driving systemic change through enhanced intra-agency coordination. By aligning efforts with recovery principles and valuing the expertise of individuals with lived and living experience, their families, and caregivers, SAMHSA aims to promote greater access to mental health and substance use recovery services. This report details the OR’s strategic partnerships with various stakeholders, working to ensure that all individuals can pursue recovery and achieve lives marked by home, health, community, and purpose.
A guidance document from the Wellness in the Workplace Summit that convened both federal and non-federal partners to review innovative approaches for identifying and creating employment opportunities for people in or seeking recovery from substance use and/or mental health conditions. The issue brief is intended for use as a guide by businesses and state and local governments to implement the identified best practices of recovery ready workplaces and wellness initiatives and includes information on what is a recovery ready workplace, where to start, case examples, and additional resources to learn more.
SAMHSA developed this evidence-based toolkit to provide state administrators, communities, clinicians, policymakers, and others with the information and tools to implement IPS, an evidence-based Supported Employment, for persons with mental illness to find and keep employment. The IPS model of Supported Employment is grounded in research showing the transformative power of employment as a path to recovery. Through IPS, people with mental health conditions are empowered to find and sustain competitive, meaningful work, fostering a greater sense of purpose and community.
This document provides information to state leaders on selection, adaptation, implementation, and funding of evidence-based supported employment for transition age youth. It includes up-to-date information for states to set up effective programs to help youth become successful and reach employment and educational goals.
This Advisory describes a change in funding for Contingency Management (CM) and applicable guardrails. It also outlines the evidence underlying CM and permissible uses of funding for this treatment intervention. At this time, the change in funding applies only to the State Opioid Response (SOR) and Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) grants (subject to an update to grant terms and conditions).
The N-SUMHSS is a voluntary annual survey of all active substance use and mental health facilities in the United States, its territories, and D.C. The annual report presents findings on the key operational characteristics of substance use and mental health treatment facilities, use of pharmacotherapies, language assistance services, and suicide prevention assistance services.
Mental Health Client-Level Data (MH-CLD) 2021: Data on Clients Receiving Mental Health Treatment Services Through State Mental Health Agencies annual report presents the total number of clients receiving mental health treatment services in 2021 by demographics, National Outcome Measures (NOMs), and the top five mental health diagnoses for children (ages 0-17) and adults (ages 18 and older) by geographic distribution.
The N-SUMHSS is a voluntary annual survey of all active substance use and mental health facilities in the United States, its territories, and D.C. The annual report presents findings on the key operational characteristics of substance use and mental health treatment facilities, use of pharmacotherapies, language assistance services, and suicide prevention assistance services.
