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CACTI Train-The-Trainer NYC 2019

Nineteen people participated in a two-day CTI Train-the-Trainer (TTT) event that was held in New York City this past November and led by Sally Conover, CTI Global Network director, and Carolyn Hanesworth, CACTI consultant. They represented nine agencies in six states from Arizona to Tennessee. One participant, who had implemented CTI for people with mental

CTI Trial in Brazil and Chile

A recent paper published in Cadernos de Saude Publica describes challenges and lessons learned in this study of CTI-TS (task shifting). From 2014 to 2017, 110 people with psychosis were recruited at the time of entry into community mental health centers in Rio de Janeiro and Santiago. Trial participants were randomly assigned to receive usual

Critical Time Intervention Chapter in New Social Work Textbook

Homelessness Prevention and Intervention in Social Work, a new textbook published by Springer, includes a chapter on CTI by Carolyn Hanesworth and Dan Herman. The book, edited by Heather Larkin, Amanda Aykanian, and Calvin Streeter, is intended to be an accessible resource for clinicians and community practitioners seeking current knowledge on the topic, practical approaches

Train-the-Trainer Nov 7-8, 2019

Are you an experienced trainer and Critical Time Intervention practitioner? The Center for the Advancement of Critical Time Intervention (CACTI) is holding a two-day Train-The-Trainer event in NYC this November. Attending the training will allow participants to become certified in training other CTI workers and gain access to training resources and materials. Where: Silberman School of Social Work

CACTI Train-the-Trainer NYC 2018

This past November, the CACTI team welcomed 9 trainees to our New York City CTI Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Event, led by our Director of CTI Global Network, Sally Conover, MPH, and CACTI Trainer and Consultant, Bebe Smith, MSW.  Already practicing Critical Time Intervention and representing 5 states from Utah to Pennsylvania, our trainees completed the two-day

CTI Train-the-Trainer Event in NYC, November 15 & 16

This fall, CACTI will be hosting a two-day Train-The-Trainer (TTT) event for experienced CTI practitioners! The training will allow individuals to become certified in training CTI workers, an especially valuable asset to have in-house for agencies unable to continually pay for external trainings of new employees. Previous training experience is preferred, but not required. Where:

CTI Rapid-Rehousing programs present at Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Conference

On Thursday, May 17th, a group of CTI trainers and program leaders presented their efforts to integrate Critical Time Intervention into Rapid Rehousing programs across the state at the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness’s 16th Annual Training Institute. The day long series of workshops and lectures took place at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.

Thunder Bay, Ontario, plans district-wide initiative

A service collaborative of representatives from the District of Thunder Bay, supported by the Provincial System Support Program (PSSP) of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, received CTI training in May 2018. The aim of the service collaborative is to improve outcomes among people with mental health and addiction challenges following discharge from the hospital

CTI Implementation in New Hampshire | Post #1: N4H’s Care Transitions Team

In January of 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced approval of the New Hampshire 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver entitled “Building Capacity for Transformation.” A key element of the delivery system reform, envisioned in the waiver, is the formation of seven regionally based “Integrated Delivery Networks” established to implement projects to support meeting