A meaningful family vision creates space to ask: What do we want life to look like? Where do we want to go together? In a new #CCFG Skills on the Go short, Covi and Conan discuss how care coordinators can help young people and families put their hopes for the future into words. 🎧 s.uconn.edu/ccfg7

Today is #988Day 💙 Join the nationwide effort to raise awareness about the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and promote accessible mental health support. You don't have to be in crisis to reach out. 🔗 Learn more: samhsa.gov/988Day

Recovery happens together. ❤️‍🩹 This #NationalRecoveryMonth, #SAMHSA created a digital toolkit and webinar series featuring innovative recovery practices, lived experience, and the goals of the Great American Recovery Initiative. 🔗 Explore the toolkit & register for a webinar: s.uconn.edu/nrm-toolkit

🚨 New Crisis 365 Academy 101 Dates! Our September Practice Essentials sessions are SOLD OUT due to high demand! 🎉 We added a new October 6-7, 2026 session for frontline teams and state leaders. 💰 $200 per class | Group cohort discounts available 👉 Register: s.uconn.edu/crisis-365 #CrisisCare

Strong universal supports benefit every child—not only children who are currently experiencing challenges. “The Case for Tier 1 Universal Supports” explores how supportive environments & intentional social-emotional teaching create a strong foundation for young children. ▶️ s.uconn.edu/piec-ll-4

📰 Oregon Health Authority (OHA) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for its Fidelity Wraparound Center for Excellence (FWC4E). 🔗Organizations interested in this opportunity can view the full RFP through OregonBuys by searching Solicitation # S-44300-00017234: s.uconn.edu/oha-fwc4e

📢We’re hiring! #InnovationsInstitute at the UConn School of Social Work is seeking a Continuous Quality Improvement Manager (Research Scientist). Apply by September 8: s.uconn.edu/cqi-jobs #Hiring #UConnSSW #UConnJobs #SocialWorkJobs #ResearchJobs #CQI

#SAMHSA released the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (#NSDUH). The data tracks #mentalhealth & substance use trends from 2021–2025, helping to identify unmet needs & inform policy. 🔗https://s.uconn.edu/nsduh-2025

Belonging goes beyond being welcomed—it means children & families feel seen, valued, included, and connected. Explore ways to foster authentic family belonging in early childhood programs in this recorded Pyramid Model Practice Lunch & Learn webinar. ▶️ Watch the recording: s.uconn.edu/piec-ll-3

How can data strengthen Wraparound practice? In the latest episode of #UnwrappingWraparound, Lydia Cartwright joins Covi & Conan to explore accessible evaluation, provider feedback, fidelity tools like WFI-EZ & DART, & using data to drive meaningful #SystemsChange. 🎧 Tune in: s.uconn.edu/lc-unwrap

📢Our colleagues at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are hiring a Wraparound Implementation & Continuous Quality Improvement Manager! Apply now before the position closes on August 28: illinois.jobs2web.com/job-invite/5... #Wraparound #IllinoisJobs #SocialWorkJobs #DCFS

🎙️ Help shape the future of Unwrapping Wraparound: Innovations in Care Coordination! Share your ideas for guests and episodes, or a submit a question for our hosts: uconn.fillout.com/unwrappingwr...

Why should youth with lived experience help shape crisis-response training? In Kentucky, a training module co-designed by young people with lived experience & #crisiscare experts from #InnovationsInstitute resulted in increased confidence among 💯 of participants. Learn more: s.uconn.edu/kentucky-yps

Next month is #SuicidePreventionMonth. 💙 The #SuicidePreventionResourceCenter has a go-to annual resource with ways to get involved this September, from sharing resources that promote healing to learning how to support someone who may be struggling. Read more: s.uconn.edu/sprc-spm

Are #crisisservices expanding in your state? Enroll frontline staff & supervisors to protect capacity, align practice, & scale training affordably. 🗓 Fall 2026 Academy: Sept. 2 💰 From $200/class + group discounts 🔗 s.uconn.edu/crisis-365 #988Lifeline

What changes when we view challenging behavior as communication? Pt2 of “Reframing Behavior” continues w/ practical ways early childhood providers, caregivers, & families can understand behavior & respond in ways that support children’s social & emotional development. ▶️ s.uconn.edu/piec-ll-2

Join Mobile Crisis Foundations & Capacity Building August 25 at 2pm ET! Grounded in #SAMHSA's 2025 National Guidelines for a Behavioral Health Coordinated System of Crisis Care, this webinar covers mobile #crisisresponse foundations & capacity-building. Register: s.uconn.edu/samhsamobilecrisis

Our colleagues at #NFF are hosting the 37th Annual Conference: The Urgency of Now, Oct 13-15. Connect w/ families, peer specialists, advocates, researchers, & national leaders to advance community-based #mentalhealth & #substanceuse support. Learn more: www.ffcmh.org/2026-confere...

ICYMI: The #TATelegram is on hiatus until after Labor Day, but our most recent issue includes a #readinglist spanning research, policy, practice, and systems change to add to your summer tbr: s.uconn.edu/8-10telegram

#988Day is September 8! In preparation, join #SAMHSA on August 20th at 2pm ET for a workshop featuring an overview of 988 Day, followed by breakout rooms where participants can brainstorm with others. Register now: s.uconn.edu/samhsa-988day #988Reasons #MentalHealth

Join us Tues. 8/18 for Pyramid Lunch & Learn focused on strategies that support your regulation, stress & mental state so that you have the capacity to care for children in a group setting. 🖥️ Pyramid Practice Lunch & Learn 📅 Tuesday, 8/18, 1:30–2:30 PM ET 🎟️ Register: s.uconn.edu/piec-8-18

A crisis plan should do more than sit in a file—it should be a practical tool they understand, trust & can use when things get difficult. In a new #CCFG Skills on the Go short, hosts Covi & Conan share 5️⃣ skills for developing effective, family-driven crisis plans. 🎧 s.uconn.edu/ccfg6

Young children’s behavior communicates important info about their experiences, emotions & needs. Part 1 of “Reframing Behavior” explores how looking beyond challenging behaviors can help adults respond w/greater understanding & identify the support a child may need. ▶️ Watch: s.uconn.edu/piec-ii-2

Our Pyramid Practice 8/2025 L&L, “Starting the School Year Off on the Right Foot,” offers practical strategies to help children, families & ECE teams begin the year feeling connected, supported & ready to learn. ▶️ Watch: s.uconn.edu/piec-ll-1 ▶️ Explore the full series: s.uconn.edu/pyr-playlist

🎙️ Help shape future episodes of #UnwrappingWraparound! Suggest guests, request Care Coordination Field Guide topics, submit questions for Covi & Conan, or share feedback. Your ideas can help strengthen care coordination & systems of care: s.uconn.edu/pod-survey

Did you miss a recent Pyramid Practice Lunch & Learn session? We know ECE providers can't always stop to watch a webinar. That's why recordings from the past year are available in 1 convenient playlist. ▶️Explore the full playlist: s.uconn.edu/pyr-playlist #PyramidModel

How can #MRSS transform crisis care for children & families? Sarah Quinn joins #UnwrappingWraparound to explore family partnership, responsive care & stronger systems. 🎧 Listen: s.uconn.edu/sq-unwrap 📘 Join the #Crisis365 Fall cohort starting in September: s.uconn.edu/register365

More than 40% of Americans live in a MH care shortage area. Our latest TA Telegram Policy Corner explores how states can strengthen the BH workforce & expand access to community-based care for children & families. 🔗 s.uconn.edu/7-13telegram 📩 s.uconn.edu/subscribe2ii #InnovationsInstitute #Workforce

Introducing Crisis Catalyst—our new Crisis Care quarterly briefing! The 1st issue explores SAMHSA's Model Standards for Crisis Care Workers & features new resources + a preview of our 7/22 #UnwrappingWrap episode. Crisis Catalyst Issue1: s.uconn.edu/ii-catalyst1 Subscribe: s.uconn.edu/crisissignup

📢 New time starting this month! Our Pyramid Practice Lunch & Learn is moving to 1:30–2:30 PM ET based on feedback from families & caregivers. Join us to explore strategies for supporting young children's social-emotional development through play. 🎟️Register: s.uconn.edu/piec-7-23 #PyramidModel