Behavioral Health

CARS is your partner in building collaborative solutions for lasting impact in behavioral health.

Our work is driven by data, ensuring we advance evidence-based approaches and continuously evaluate our effectiveness. We provide impact-driven, trauma-informed, and healing-centered training and resources to support you in creating meaningful results within your community, fostering connections across sectors—from education and public health to social services—to create truly integrated approaches. Our approach prioritizes community engagement, working alongside local organizations, schools, and families to create robust support networks that extend beyond direct services.

We are committed to building on the strengths and resilience of individuals and communities to create sustainable, positive change. By working collaboratively, we can achieve real impact in behavioral health.

Behavioral Health Subtopics

Mental Health Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery
Substance Use Prevention & Recovery
Child, Youth, Young Adult, & Family Mental Health
Workforce Development & Capacity
System of Care
Trauma-informed Care
Behavioral Health & Juvenile Justice
Peer support
Cross-systems policy development and implementation

Featured Team Members for Behavioral Health

Tracy Levins, PhD

Managing Director

Sukey Steckel, MSSW

Senior Technical Assistance Specialist

Lane Krumpos, MPA

Technical Assistance Specialist

David Eric Lopez, MACP

Technical Assistance Specialist

It isn’t my job to be an expert. The communities and organizations we support are the experts. They hold incredible wisdom and experience. My work is creating the conditions where folks can come together with a shared purpose to have conversations that matter and to ask questions that uplift the knowledge already in the room.
Alex Filippelli, MSW
CARS Co-Project Director, CRDP