Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
Stanford University School of Medicine and collaborators capitalize on our team's track record of managing a national technology transfer coordinating center and leverage innovations in implementation science to establish the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) National Coordinating Center (NCC), serving the MHTTC Network, SAMHSA, and the MH workforce that provides prevention, treatment, and recovery support services. We unify faculty from Stanford with technology transfer network expertise and infrastructure of the existing Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network Coordinating Office (NCO) at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). The NCC serves as the backbone to the Network, principally focused on building capacity in and deepening the Network's impact. As such, we anticipate serving the following participants (primarily MHTTC staff) in NCC events: Y1-330; Y2-470; Y3-310; Y4-310; Y5-310; for a total-1,730. Our NCC utilizes a network-wide approach, based on the state of the science of implementation, to accelerate the use of evidence-based practices by: creating an MHTTC strategic plan; ensuring the development of specialty areas of focus for the Centers; and developing Network guidelines for knowledge transfer strategies (best practices for dissemination and implementation). The NCC will increase opportunities for the Network to heighten the awareness, knowledge, and skills of the workforce by: convening a Network workgroup on workforce development; participating in national panels to upgrade standards of professional practice; and developing a repository of strategies and materials to enhance recruitment and retention of MH practitioners. The NCC will develop strategic alliances for the Network among culturally diverse practitioners, researchers, policy makers, family members, and consumers of MH services by: serving on up to three national panels or boards; exhibiting or presenting on behalf of the Network at national meetings; and convening quarterly meetings with SAMHSA's other Centers, ATTCs, new Prevention TTCs, and other SAMHSA supported TA programs. Finally, the NCC will increase access to publicly available, free of charge, training and TA to the MH field, including CMHS grantees, by providing infrastructure for the Network, including an e-learning environment on which to host online courses; an MHTTC brand; a website that includes Center-specific pages, a products clearinghouse and central events calendar; a Customer Relationship Management System for online event registration, marketing and subscription lists; and an automated data collection system. The MHTTC Network, with grounding in implementation science, aims to play a leading role in bringing EBPs to scale in the MH service system--ultimately improving the lives of patients.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
