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Title of Collaborative Activity:

HHS Behavioral Health Coordinating Committee

Description of Collaborative Activity:

The HHS Behavioral Health Coordinating Committee is a coordinating body within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that identifies and facilitates collaborative, action-oriented approaches to addressing the HHS behavioral health agenda. Co-chaired by the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and is made up of various and changing subcommittees. The committee is charged with coordinating behavioral health activities across HHS, and has five subcommittees addressing early intervention; prescription drug abuse; teenage drinking; integrating behavioral health care with primary care; and, behavioral health communications. The subcommittees develop projects with clear goals, provide guidance to achieve steady progress and measurable outcomes, and develop key policy messages. The projects and activities build upon existing activities in the proposed areas and are consistent with other important HHS and Federal strategies and initiatives, such as Healthy People, the U.S. Preventive Task Force, and the National Drug Control Strategy.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

Other

Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

2009

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NIAAA, NIDA, NIMH, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR, OD/OCPL

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

ACF, ACL, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OS, OSG, SAMHSA