The Native Center for Behavioral Health is a research and training center in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the University of Iowa College of Public Health. We are committed to developing programs to support the behavioral health workforce in Native American and Alaska Native communities across the country. Our current projects include the National American Indian/Alaska Native Childhood Trauma Treatment and Service Adaptation (TSA) center; a Mental Health Awareness Training program focusing on American Indian/Alaska Native individuals in the Greater Sioux City, Iowa, area; and Indigenous Motivational Interviewing training for child welfare professionals working with all tribal communities in the state of Oregon.

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Previously, the Native Center for Behavioral Health was home to three technology transfer programs funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the areas of addiction (ATTC), mental health (MHTTC), and prevention (PTTC), as well as school mental health for Native youth (MHTTC K-12 School Supplement), a Tribal College and University Initiative, an Indigenous Behavioral Health Program, and a Leadership Academy for American Indian and Alaska Native behavioral health professionals.