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
Boosting the Power of Harm Reduction: Creating a Comprehensive and Culturally Responsive System of Care Serving People Experiencing Homelessness with Substance Use Disorders
Issue Brief | Publication | November 2022With drug overdose deaths rising precipitously and adding to the risks already faced by people experiencing homelessness, it is time to combine our best knowledge and most effective interventions.
Federal Policy Recommendations to Support State Implementation of Medicaid-Funded Mobile Crisis Programs
Issue Brief | Publication | January 2022In the context of new federal funding policies and the recent launch of the 988 behavioral health crisis line, this brief identifies important issues in mobile crisis implementation and describes ways that federal agencies can support state and local efforts.
Heart Equity Action Lab (HEAL) Racial Equity & Social Justice Tool
Manual | Publication | December 2021A step-by-step, holistic interrogation of youth homelessness community planning elements, to help teams prevent adverse consequences to racially marginalized and historically disenfranchised young people.
