National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention

The National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention (National Center) provides technical assistance (TA) and training to 106 federally-funded Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) grantees and to six Project LAUNCH (Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health) (PL) grantees. With systems integration and change as an overarching grantee goal, the TA Center provides an array of culturally competent in-person and electronic services to assist grantees in planning, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining activities that foster resilience, promote health and mental health, and prevent youth violence and mental and behavior health disorders. Grantees’ work focuses on implementing evidence-based programs and practices to develop wellness at the individual, family, and community level.