Crisis Systems Response Training and Technical Assistance
The Crisis Systems Response Training and Technical Assistance Center (CSR-TTAC) provides support to states, territories, tribal organizations, and community partners across the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline network and behavioral health crisis continuum of care. The goal of the CSR-TTAC is to support a crisis care system that is integrated, sustainable, equitable, and aligned around evidence-based and evidenced-informed practices.
The CSR-TTAC will be:
- Assisting in the integration of the 988 Lifeline with 911 and mobile crisis response services;
- Working to increase access to mental health and substance use crisis services for people and families in need, particularly priority populations and those who have been traditionally underserved by the health care system;
- Convening experts and leaders in mental health and substance use crisis systems and services to identify emerging best and promising practices; and
- Developing and disseminating materials for policymakers, agency leadership, the crisis workforce, and people and families in need to help improve crisis systems and services nationwide.
Monthly Newsletters
National Survey of Mobile Crisis Teams
- Summary Report (PDF | 3.3 MB) If you need accessibility assistance using this file, please contact [email protected] or [email protected].
Upcoming Events
Time: 2 - 3 p.m. ET
Our 3C Sessions are being offered to SAMSHA Grantee Project Directors and other key crisis system partners. These monthly sessions will provide an opportunity for clarification, collaboration and shared learning among partners engaged in 988 and crisis work. There will be opportunities for information sharing, planning, and problem-solving regarding service and system implementation, sustainability, and improvement. There will also be time set aside to hear monthly updates from the SAMHSA 988 and BHCCO leadership teams.
Time: 1 - 3 p.m. ET
The fourth session in this series is to explore the recently released report, The Road to 988/911 Interoperability and discuss the Lessons on 988 and 911 Interoperability. The goal of this webinar is to examine various ways in which diverse States around the country organize and coordinate with partners to deliver comprehensive crisis care. The writer of the report, Stephanie Brooks Holliday with RAND, will highlight different approaches to interoperability, the various factors that contribute to facilitating systems coordination, identify components that can hinder progress, and additional elements to consider that support alignment between 988 and 911.
Past Events
Time: 2 - 3 p.m. ET
These monthly sessions will provide an opportunity for clarification, collaboration and shared learning among partners engaged in 988 and crisis work. There will be opportunities for information sharing, planning, and problem-solving regarding service and system implementation, sustainability, and improvement. There will also be time set aside to hear monthly updates from the SAMHSA 988 and BHCCO leadership teams.
Time: 2 - 3 p.m. ET
These monthly sessions will provide an opportunity for clarification, collaboration and shared learning among partners engaged in 988 and crisis work. There will be opportunities for information sharing, planning, and problem-solving regarding service and system implementation, sustainability, and improvement. There will also be time set aside to hear monthly updates from the SAMHSA 988 and BHCCO leadership teams.
Time: 1 - 3 p.m. ET
The third session in this series is intended to explore the various ways in which diverse States around the country organize and coordinate with partners to deliver comprehensive crisis care. The goal of this webinar is to discuss and highlight key partnerships and services that come together within jurisdictions to deliver crucial coordinated crisis care. This collaboration will examine the ways in which States, Tribes, and Territories and their partners triage calls and coordinate and deliver services across the core elements of the crisis care continuum.
This webinar will provide participants with the context and rationale for equity, as well as a vision for equity at all system levels – community, state/territory, tribal, and federal. After the presentation, participants are invited to stay logged into the webinar for a 30-minute Office Hour session with the National Crisis Systems Response Training and Technical Assistance Center to engage in deeper discussion on considerations to make to ensure equity is embedded in their behavioral health crisis response systems.
Time: 2 - 3 p.m. ET
3C Sessions are being offered to SAMSHA Grantee Project Directors and other key crisis system partners and will provide an opportunity for shared learning among partners engaged in 988 and crisis work. There will be time to hear monthly updates from the SAMHSA 988 and BHCCO leadership teams.
This webinar will provide information and share promising emerging practices around the United States on crisis system design and implementation. We will discuss the importance of designing crisis services to create a continuum of care that meets the needs of any person experiencing a behavioral health crisis. This is accomplished by utilizing best and emerging practices, a client-centered approach, and cross-system collaboration. During this webinar the 988 BHCCO Office will share information on the recently announced Policy Academy on Systems Design.
Current Crisis System Implementation: Successes and Challenges Webinar Slides (PDF | 2.6 MB)
Time: 2 p.m. ET
3C Session are being offered to SAMSHA Grantee Project Directors and other key crisis system partners and will provide an opportunity for shared learning among partners engaged in 988 and crisis work. There will be time to hear monthly updates from the SAMHSA 988 and BHCCO leadership teams.
Time: 1 – 3 p.m ET
The second session in this series is intended to help organizations in working with existing 988 and 911 coordination teams or to build new partnerships within their States. The goal of this webinar is to discuss and explore the various key partnerships that come together to play pivotal roles, within jurisdictions, to deliver coordinated comprehensive crisis care.
988 & 911 Collaboration; Session 2: Engaging with Your State on 988 & 911 Coordination (1 hour)
On November 28, The CSR-TTAC held our first monthly Crisis Community Collaboration or “3C” Session. These meetings are being offered to SAMSHA Grantee Project Directors and other key crisis system partners and will provide an opportunity for shared learning among partners engaged in 988 and crisis work. There will be time to hear monthly updates from the SAMHSA 988 and BHCCO leadership teams. Review the slides from the November 28 presentation (PDF | 1.1 MB).
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. ET
This webinar will preview findings of the 988 Formative Research. These findings can help form the basis of future culturally sensitive, responsive, effective, and successful 988 communications: First, to make more people aware of 988 across the country, and then to instill trust and confidence in the service so people will contact 988 when struggling with mental health, or in a moment of crisis, or in need of support. The webinar will also preview resources developed by the project that can support behavioral health agencies and service providers’ communication efforts to increase awareness and use of 988 in their communities.
This webinar is a first in a series to create a defined space where the discussions happening around the country on how to bring 988 and 911 systems together can be housed, addressing the most common concerns and questions that colleagues in this field are regularly asking independent of each other.
Watch the webinar (53 minutes, 43 seconds)
Watch the webinar with ASL interpretation (53 minutes, 44 seconds)
Time: 2 – 3:30 p.m ET
TTAC Points of Contact: Tiffany Lombardo and Adalicia Carrillo — Co-Project Directors
TTAC Phone: 844-464-8338 (toll free)
TTAC Email: [email protected]
SAMHSA Point of Contact: [email protected]