Our Capabilities
CARS is your partner in creating collaborative solutions with real impact.
As a trusted national leader in training and technical assistance, we’re known for delivering high-quality, evidence-informed support to organizations and agencies across sectors. With over 50 employees and a network of over 600 subject-matter expert consultants, we deliver a full spectrum of training and technical assistance services.
We provide over 400 training events every year and thousands of hours of customized support. Each year, CARS hosts over 400 training events and provides thousands of hours of customized support. Our expertise spans mental health, juvenile justice, substance use prevention, health equality, crisis response, systems leadership, and more.
I believe that the technical expertise provided by CARS and its partners’ qualifications, subject matter expertise, and relevant experience on issues and programs related to [our grant] have greatly contributed to our state’s progress in this change initiative.The level of responsiveness, flexibility, and respectful interactions that inspire the very collaboration we are called to promote in [our grant] is mirrored by CARS staff, and we appreciate that very much.
Wisconsin State Agency Staff
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Virtual Conference Events
We plan and produce large-scale virtual conferences from start to finish—developing themes, managing logistics, curating content, and cultivating meaningful engagement. Check out our System of Care Virtual Summit led by our NTTAC team.
Onsite Professional Conferences
We organize and facilitate in-person conferences that bring professionals together to share best practices, build networks, and drive system change. Check out the Regional Behavioral Health Policy Conferences led by our ABHPC team.
Onsite Community Events
We design and deliver engaging community events that center culture, wellness, and belonging while strengthening local partnerships. Check out Blossoming Together, led by our OC MHWB team.
Monthly Newsletters
We craft and distribute branded newsletters that share timely updates, highlight partner work, and keep communities informed and connected. Check out Prevention Pathways, led by our ABHPC team.
Planning Tools
We create user-friendly tools to support strategy, implementation, and sustainability for programs and systems. Check out the California Mobile Crisis Implementation Plan, developed by our MTAC team.
Podcast Series
We produce podcast series that elevate voices, share field innovations, and spark dialogue across systems of care. Check out Conversation Corner, led by our NTTAC team.
The CARS team have been accessible and responsive, tailored their supports to meet the unique needs and contextual realities of our state, and provided invaluable resources, ideas, guidance and support. Kentucky presents a complex landscape for integrating school- based behavioral health services, trying to connect more than 170 schools districts operating under local control and fourteen regional behavioral health centers into some type of consistent model of effective service delivery. Dr. Wolf-Prusan and the CARS team have offered us evidence- informed approaches that allow for adaptation to meet individual needs, but also enable the state agencies to monitor consistency and fidelity.
Miriam Silman, MSW Executive Advisor, Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health
Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
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Having the right support makes all the difference. Explore our customized services to help turn your vision into action.
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Case Study: Advancing Mobile Crisis Response
We developed a comprehensive training and technical assistance (TTA) model to prepare states, counties, and county-contracted providers to build the capacity needed to meet federal and state-defined requirements for mobile crisis response…
