Our Mission
The Technical Assistance Collaborative is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping our nation’s human services, health care, homelessness, and affordable housing systems implement policies and practices that empower people to live healthy, independent lives in the communities they choose.
This commitment requires that we work to advance racial and social justice by embodying racial justice principles, centering lived expertise in implementing our technical assistance strategies, and dismantling oppression both within and beyond TAC. Learn more by reading our Racial Equity Statement.
Focus Areas
Homelessness
With TAC's assistance, progress toward preventing and ending homelessness is achieved through the strategic use of resources and Housing First strategies.
Affordable Housing
TAC helps states and communities develop policies and financing to increase the supply of rental housing that meets the needs of extremely low-income people with disabilities.
Mental Health &
Substance Use Disorders
TAC helps organizations and agencies to align systems, leverage resources, and deliver the effective care and services that people with mental illness and substance use disorders need to thrive.
Olmstead & Community Integration
TAC helps states comply with Olmstead law and federal standards by increasing the supportive housing supply, identifying funding sources, and improving access to community-based services.
Medicaid
TAC is skilled at leveraging Medicaid to promote access to services that can help people with disabilities, youth in foster care, and people experiencing homelessness to live at home and in the community.
Racial Equity
Action Lab
TAC shares proven equity innovations — including strategies to incorporate lived expertise — with policymakers working to eliminate racial, ethnic, and social disparities.
Featured Resource
Vouchers Database
TAC maintains a comprehensive database of Housing Choice Vouchers targeted to people with disabilities and other special needs. This database is updated each time the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announces new funding awards.
Recently Published
Coordinating Systems of Care to Provide a Comprehensive Behavioral Health Crisis Response to Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
Manual | Publication | May 2023Action steps and implementation examples to achieve the goal of systems alignment and improve outcomes for people with substance use disorders who are experiencing homelessness.
Jordan Neely Did Not Deserve to Die
Homelessness | Mental Health & Substance Use | Racial Equity Action Lab | Blog Post | May 2023It must become universally unacceptable for a person like Jordan Neely not to receive needed treatment services and affordable housing — let alone for them to be killed as a result of their circumstances.
Optimizing Recovery Funding, Volume 2: Strategies for State Funding of Recovery Support Services
Report | Publication | February 2023In partnership with the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence, TAC conducted a baseline analysis of state funding on recovery support services, highlighting strengths and obstacles to spending and support for this critical component of the SUD care continuum.
