Centers

Community Technical Assistance Center

Founded in 2011, the Community Technical Assistance Center (CTAC) is a part of New York University’s McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research. CTAC is funded and supported by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). CTAC’s mission is to deliver quality training and education to the mental health field in New York State.  CTAC serves mental health providers, supervisors, and leaders by ensuring access to pertinent resources and providing quality professional development opportunities.

All NY State youth and family serving organizations receive ongoing access to research-based information related to the implementation of the best practices in mental health care, including:

  • Professional development trainings, webinars, learning communities, or podcasts in a variety of areas and domains 
  • Attending to time-sensitive critical issues
  • Supporting providers’ ability to meet the needs of vulnerable populations

In partnership with Families Together in NYS, CTAC administers the NYS Family and Youth Peer Credential and offers family and youth peer trainings and continuing education. CTAC offers a variety of trainings and resources to address the ongoing skills and knowledge needs of family and youth peer advocates and to support the growth of the peer workforce.

CTAC is committed to equity and inclusion and we promote learning and implementation to center wellness for providers, youth, families, and communities.

Initiatives

STARS Certificate Course

STARS Certificate Course

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Upcoming Events

Dec
11

Mental Health Moment: A Conversation about Food Insecurity as a Source of Toxic Stress in Youth

During this webinar, we will join Dr. Cindy Leung, Associate Professor of Public Health Nutrition at Harvard, in exploring how food insecurity creates toxic stress and drives mental health inequities among young people. Mental health providers may be aware of the more commonly recognized adverse soc...

Recent Trainings

Training

Supporting Your Team: Supervisory Tools for Addressing Performance Challenges

One of the most daunting and challenging roles of supervisors is to address performance issues with supervisees. These difficult conversations are typically very stressful for supervisors and supervis...
Training

Adopting a Strength-Based Approach for Family Peer Advocates (FPAs)

This training offered Family Peer Advocates the opportunity to identify what a strength-based approach is, learn the core principles of a strength-based practice, identify barriers and solutions to be...
Training

Learning to Love Groups Across the Lifespan (Improving Access QIC)

Groups offered through behavioral health services present unique opportunities to support participants in their recovery. Learning to Love Groups Across the Lifespan is designed to provide group facil...
Training

Validating Voices: Simple Skills That Make a Lasting Difference

During this webinar, the presenter walked you through the role of using validation when working with a caregiver. In addition to the virtual screening of Skills in Action: Validation, a guided discuss...
Training

Career Planning for Youth Peer Advocates

Youth Peer Advocates are in a unique position where their credential to provide Youth Peer Services has an age limit. After a YPA’s 31st Birthday, their credential will automatically expire. Onc...
Training

The Kids Who Aren't Okay: What They Need Now

The research is deeply unsettling; extremely high rates of depression, anxiety, suicidality, chronic absenteeism, and concerning behavior in kids. Though many kids are still doing fine, the data tells...
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