Established in 1993 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the ATTC Network is comprised of 10 Regional Centers, 4 National Focus Area Centers, and a Network Coordinating Office. Together the Network serves the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Islands of Guam, American Samoa, Palau, the Marshal Islands, Micronesia, and the Mariana Islands.

1. Behavioral Health is Essential to Health Prevention Works | Treatment is Effective | People Recover
Overview of the ATTC Network

2. Agenda
• History
• Network Structure
• Primary Audience of the Network
• Primary Work of the Network
• Questions

3. Agenda
• History
• Network Structure
• Primary Audience of the Network
• Primary Work of the Network
• Questions

4. ATTC History
We’ve been around a while …

5. • 1993: CSAT funds first 11 “Addiction Training Centers”
(ATCs)
 Coverage: 19 US States and Puerto Rico. CSAT expands the
program to cover 6 additional states in 1995.
ATTC History
• 1996: CSAT re-names the
program from ATCs to “Addiction
Technology Transfer Centers”
(ATTCs) to better reflect the
scope of work

6. ATTC History
• 1998: CSAT establishes the ATTC
Network, with the creation of the ATTC
National Office
 Coverage: 13 Regional Centers and a National
Office covering 39 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands
• 1998: The ATTC Curriculum Committee writes the
Addiction Counseling Competencies, which CSAT
publishes as TAP 21

7. ATTC History
• 2000: The ATTC Network publishes The Change Book: A Blueprint
for Technology Transfer
• 2001: NIDA and SAMHSA enter into an interagency agreement to
form the NIDA/SAMHSA Blending Initiative
• 2002: CSAT funds a new round of ATTCs
 Coverage: 14 Regional Centers and a National Office covering all 50 US
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the
Pacific Jurisdictions.

8. ATTC History
• 2005: First NIDA/SAMHSA “Blending Product”
released, Buprenorphine Treatment: A Training for
Multidisciplinary Professionals
• 2006: With significant involvement from the
ATTCs, SAMHSA publishes an updated version of TAP
21: The Addiction Counseling Competencies
• 2007: CSAT funds another round of ATTCs in a new
configuration
 Coverage: Same as previous grant cycle (14 Regional Centers
and a National Office covering all 50 US States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the Pacific
Jurisdictions).

9. ATTC History
• 2011: ATTC Network Technology Transfer Workgroup
publishes “Research to practice in addiction treatment: key
terms and a field-driven model of technology transfer,” in the
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
• 2012: ATTC Network completes national
workforce study, “Vital Signs: Taking the
Pulse of the Addiction Treatment
Profession”
• 2011: SAMHSA & State Department create
the first international ATTC, the Vietnam HIV
ATTC

10. ATTC History
• October, 2012 – New
Round of ATTC Funding
Begins!
• 2013 is the ATTC
Network’s 20th
Anniversary

11. Agenda
• History
• Network Structure
• Primary Audience of the Network
• Primary Work of the Network
• Questions

12. Network Structure

13. Our Federal-Family Tree
President, Barack Obama
Health & Human Services (HHS)
Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) Administrator, Pam Hyde
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Director, H. Westley Clark

14. PRESIDENT
CABINET
HHS
SAMHSA/CSAT
ATTC NETWORK

15. 10 Regional Centers

16. • 4 National Focus Area Centers
– National SBIRT ATTC
– National Hispanic & Latino ATTC
– National Rural & Frontier ATTC
– National Native American & Alaska
Native ATTC
• Network Coordinating Office

17. Agenda
• History
• Network Structure
• Primary Audience of the Network
• Primary Work of the Network
• Questions

18. Primary Audience of the Network
Addictions Workforce: Awardees should target the majority of
their efforts and resources toward enhancing the knowledge and
skills of the addictions workforce (including peer service
providers) and promoting the adoption of evidence-
based/promising practices in specialty substance use disorders
treatment settings and primary healthcare settings.
This will involve providing training and TA for front-line addictions
counselors, and/or clinical supervisors of front-line addictions
counselors, and/or other key treatment organization personnel, as well as
students (e.g., Associate, Baccalaureate, and Masters level) preparing for
roles in the substance use disorders treatment field in their regions.

19. Secondary Audience of the Network
SAMHSA also recognizes that professionals working in other
settings (e.g., criminal justice, child welfare, primary health care), as well
as nonprofessionals (e.g., faith community members, peer recovery
community leaders), also play an important role in the recovery
process.
Awardees may devote a maximum of 40% of their grant award to
training non-specialty professionals and nonprofessional
providers of recovery support services.

20. Agenda
• History
• Network Structure
• Primary Audience of the Network
• Primary Work of the Network
• Questions

21. ATTC Network Vision
People, organizations and communities who address the
needs of individuals with, or who are at risk of substance
use disorders will utilize effective, culturally
responsive, recovery-oriented practices that lead to
recovery, improved healthcare, and long‐term health and
wellness.

22. ATTC Network Mission
Southern
Coast
The ATTC Network's mission is to:
• Accelerate the adoption and implementation of evidence‐based
and promising addiction treatment and recovery-oriented
practices and services;
• Heighten the awareness, knowledge, and skills of the workforce
that addresses the needs of people with substance use or other
behavioral health disorders; and
• Foster regional and national alliances among culturally diverse
practitioners, researchers, policy makers, funders, and the
recovery community.

23. How does the Network Accomplish the Mission?
The ATTC Network uses a comprehensive array of technology
transfer strategies to accelerate the diffusion of innovations.
The ATTC Network Model of Technology Transfer
in the Continuum of the Diffusion of an Innovation

24. What do ATTCs do at the regional level?
Southern
Coast
• Focus primarily on the substance use disorders treatment and
recovery services field, but also serve multi-disciplinary groups
• Address multi-system issues
• Provide education and training
• Develop region-specific products
• Utilize regional advisory boards
• Respond to needs of SSAs and other state/regional stakeholders, but
may also develop specific areas of expertise
• Work to improve standards and policies in the field

27. Behavioral Health is Essential to Health Prevention Works | Treatment is Effective | People Recover
Sample ATTC Regional
Projects

28. Mid-America ATTC

29. Pacific Southwest ATTC

30. Northwest ATTC

31. Great
Lakes
ATTC

32. What do ATTCs do at the national level?
Southern
Coast
• Respond to SAMHSA
• Participate in Network Workgroups and Collaborative Projects
• Develop National Products
• Partner with other National Organizations
• Focus on Common Network Priority Areas
• National Focus Areas:
– American Indian & Alaskan Native; Frontier & Rural; Hispanic & Latino; SBIRT
• Coordinated by the ATTC Network Coordinating Office

33. Behavioral Health is Essential to Health Prevention Works | Treatment is Effective | People Recover
Sample ATTC National
Projects

34. Third Thursday iTraining

35. NIDA/SAMHSA Blending Initiative
ATTCnetwork.org/blendinginitiative

36. National Workforce Study

37. Agenda
• History
• Network Structure
• Primary Audience of the Network
• Primary Work of the Network
• Questions

38. Questions?
laurie.krom@attcnetworkoffice.org or 816-235-6985