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Established by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC) supports SAMHSA's efforts to prepare States, Territories, and local entities to deliver an effective mental health and substance abuse (behavioral health) response during disasters.
Contact SAMHSA DTAC to access knowledgeable technical assistance specialists who are available to provide the following services:
- Answer questions regarding disaster behavioral health preparedness and response issues
- Provide guidance pertaining to disaster behavioral health funding mechanisms, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Crisis Counseling
- Assistance and Training Program (CCP) and the SAMHSA Emergency Response Grant (SERG)
- Facilitate information exchange and knowledge brokering by connecting technical assistance requestors to their peers and experts in the field
- Identify useful print and electronic materials by accessing the SAMHSA DTAC Resource Collection, a library of over 1,500 tip sheets, publications, studies, and articles created by Federal agencies, grantees, nongovernmental organizations and academia
Featured Items
The SAMHSA Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series (DBHIS) contains resource collections and toolkits pertinent to disaster behavioral health.
Installments target specific populations, specific types of disasters, and other topics related to all-hazards disaster behavioral health preparedness and response.
The Dialogue is a quarterly e-communication that provides practical and down-to-earth information for State/Territory disaster behavioral health coordinators, local service providers, Federal stakeholders, and nongovernmental organizations.
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Assistance and Training 
