Resources

Tools

• Family Resource Guides: a number of guides available from state and national organizations for families, service providers as they work with parents, caregivers, and children. 
• PA Care Partnership Toolkit: building systems of care for PA Care grantees, forms and more.

Websites for Related Topics

• SAMHSA: The United States Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
• Trauma-Informed Care: resources for Child Trauma-Informed Care provided by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
• Trauma and Violence: resources for trauma and violence provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
• The National Resource Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention offers resources and technical assistance to states, tribes, territories, and local communities to come together to promote well-being. 
• National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP): This Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center aims to provide communities, clinicians, policy-makers and others in the field with the information and tools they need to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings.
• Too Smart To Start: helps prevent underage alcohol use by offering strategies and materials for youth, teens, families, educators, community leaders, professionals, and volunteers.
• Homelessness Programs and Resources:  SAMHSA programs and resources to help prevent and end homelessness among people with mental or substance use disorders.
• Homelessness Programs and Resources for Pennsylvania: The Homeless Assistance Program (HAP) helps to assure that homelessness can be avoided, people who are homeless can find refuge and care and homeless and near homeless clients are assisted in moving toward self-sufficiency.
• GAINS (Gather, Assess, Integrate, Network, and Stimulate) Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation: The GAINS Center focuses on expanding access to services for people with mental and/or substance use disorders who come into contact with the justice system.
• Section 223 Demonstration Program for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics: Section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) helps states establish certified community behavioral health clinics (CCBHCs).
• Faith-based and Community Initiatives (FBCI): FBCI is a model for how effective partnerships can be created between federal programs and faith-based and community organizations.
• Treating Women, Children, and Families: Find current SAMHSA and other government agency resources on addressing the behavioral health and recovery of women and their families.