The Tribal TTA Center

Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA), we use a culturally 

relevant, evidence-based, holistic approach to support 

Native communities in their self-determination 

efforts through infrastructure development and 

capacity building, as well as program planning and 

implementation. 

Our Vision

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities 

have the cultural knowledge, skills, and resilience to 

create hope and healing. Their cultural beliefs and 

practices provide a foundation for promoting lasting 

wellness, solving problems, and taking action.

Our Goal

The goal of our TTA is to decrease the impact of risk 

factors and increase protective factors that are linked 

to the healthy and safe development of AI/AN children 

and their families.

[The] TTA [Center] 

presented the information 

in ways that were 

valid and entertaining. 

We learned about the 

essentials of working with 

traumatized populations 

and how that work can 

create trauma for the staff 

who works with them. 

-Kelly Anderson, Trauma Training for 7 

Nations Healing Lodge in Spokane, WA

How We Deliver TTA

TTA is customized and tailored to meet the need and 

readiness level of the community we work with. The 

Tribal TTA Center offers several types of TTA:

Broad

Training and technical assistance is provided to increase 

knowledge, build community capacity, and enhance 

systems. Available to all federally recognized tribes, 

other tribal nations, and rural and urban organizations 

that serve Native communities.

Focused

We offer support in implementing grant activities, 

strengthening successful interventions, increasing 

community capacity, and evaluating efforts in a 

culturally appropriate manner. We offer onsite and webbased TTA and have a large consultant pool of American 

Indian and Alaska Native expert trainers that help with 

the delivery of TTA. Available to SAMHSA tribal grantees 

via site visits, teleconferences, email, and webinars.

Intensive

Intensive TTA follows a community engagement 

process that helps communities determine next steps 

for bringing healing to their members. The TTA guides 

communities as they build prevention programs rooted 

in their own unique culture, strengths, and worldview. 

This process includes a series of site visits and virtual 

TTA. Currently, six communities receive Intensive TTA. 

Contact the Tribal TTA Center for further information.

Tribal Action Plan (TAP) Development

A strategic plan for guiding change among tribal 

members to address alcohol and substance misuse. 

Available to all federally recognized tribes, other tribal 

nations, and rural and urban organizations that serve 

Native communities.

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Menu of Services

The Tribal TTA Center offers several services to support 

Tribal communities, including but not limited to:

Curriculum

• Gathering of Native Americans (GONA)

• Gathering of Alaska Natives (GOAN)

• GONA/GOAN Training of Facilitators

• Mental Health First Aid

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

• Substance Misuse Prevention Training

Capacity Building

• Community Readiness Assessment

• Strategic Action Planning

• Needs Assessment

• Asset Mapping

• Social Marketing

• Community-Based Participatory Research

Training Topics

• Cultural Competency

• Motivational Interviewing

• Historical Trauma

• Digital Storytelling

• Trauma Informed Principles

• Opioid Misuse Prevention and Crisis Response

What is TTA?

We define training and technical assistance (TTA) 

as the process of providing targeted support using 

culturally relevant, evidence-based, holistic approach to 

support Native communities in their self-determination 

efforts through infrastructure development and 

capacity building, as well as program planning and 

implementation. 

How to Request TTA

Tribal communities and SAMHSA tribal grantees can 

contact the Tribal TTA Center to submit TTA inquiries via:

Tribal TTA Center Webpage

www.samhsa.gov/tribal-ttac

SAMHSA Tribal Training and Technical 

Assistance Center

Phone: 1-800-953-1379

189 E. Nelson Avenue #249

Wasilla, AK 99654

Email: TA-Request@tribaltechllc.com

Following your request, you will be contacted by 

Tribal TTA Center staff.