Mental Health Resources

The Director's Guide is published by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, this guide is intended to provide CAC directors with information to support and expand the existing mental health services component within CACs; include evidence-based, trauma-informed assessments and interventions in services offered to clients; strengthen, expand, and enhance existing community mental health resources; expand the CAC’s role as a broker for evidence-based assessment and treatment for children and their families; and clarify mental health roles and boundary issues in the delivery of services within the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).