Sustaining Independence
Equipping People, Families, and Communities
Practical tools, educational resources, and shareable information organized to support everyday functioning, community living, and quality of life, curated with real-world use in mind.
Designed for professionals, caregivers, and family members working alongside individuals with behavioral health conditions, across a range of settings, life stages, and levels of need.
Resource Library
Find tools, learning materials, and shareable information organized by topic below. This library is a starting point, not exhaustive, and focuses on national and Texas resources rather than local city/county listings.
Access resources designed to help you implement CAT with confidence. Explore training videos, webinars, and downloadable practitioner tools, including the CAT manual and intervention templates.
Cognitive Adaptation Training helps address everyday challenges linked to cognitive and executive functioning barriers that can interfere with follow-through in treatment and daily routines. The resources below offer practical guidance, examples, and tools to support real world application, from intervention planning to environmental supports. Use the manual, templates, and videos to tailor strategies to a person’s goals while staying consistent with core CAT principles.
Clinician’s Corner
Downloadable templates of CAT interventions, manual & treatment planning forms.
Training Videos
Watch as we engage with previous CAT participants and hear their individual stories.
Clinician to Clinician
Connect with other people using CAT to share your experiences and seek answers to challenging questions.
CAT as a Medicaid Service
Find out how CAT is authorized, filed, and paid for via Medicaid (STAR+PLUS Billing Guidance PDF).
CAT Webinar Series
This webinar series is designed to enhance understanding and build knowledge in Cognitive Adaptation Training (CAT). Each session explores key topics essential to supporting individuals and developing effective CAT interventions while fostering strong, collaborative partnerships. These tips and strategies provide practical tools to help tailor your interactions with those you serve.
Explore resources that support financial wellness, along with help for basic needs like housing, food, benefits, employment, and legal assistance. These tools can help build stability day to day.
Financial strain and unmet basic needs can quickly undermine recovery for people living with serious mental illness. This section brings together practical links for benefits, budgeting, employment, housing, food, transportation, and legal help to reduce day to day stress and strengthen stability. Start with the financial wellness tools, then use the topic links to find programs and services that match the need.
Financial
Transportation
Nationwide Resources
- US Department of Transportation, Resources for Individuals
- National Rural Transit Assistance Program
- ITN America
Texas Resources
Housing
- SAMHSA Permanent Supportive Housing Toolkit
- Volunteers of America Affordable Housing
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Project Access
- Housing Choice Voucher Section 8
- 211 Housing Choices – Finding A Place To Live
- Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
- NAMI Texas Finding Stable Housing
- HHSC Types of Housing and Eligibility
- Section 811 Project Rental Assistance
Food Assistance
Find resources for family members and caregivers supporting a loved one with serious mental illness. Explore guidance, education, and links to trusted organizations to help you navigate challenges, communicate effectively, and find support for yourself along the way
Family members and caregivers often provide steady encouragement, practical help, and early warning when symptoms change. National estimates suggest at least 8.4 million Americans are caring for an adult with an emotional or mental health condition. The resources below include education, communication tips, and planning tools, plus links to trusted organizations so caregivers can find guidance and protect their own well-being along the way.
Aging and behavioral health includes the mental, emotional, and social well being of older adults, who may face stressors such as physical changes, isolation, and loss. This section includes trauma informed resources, brief learning modules for long term services and supports, and additional tools and information.
Older adults may experience mental health and substance use concerns alongside medical complexity, isolation, and loss, and past trauma can amplify distress. National survey data suggest about 1 in 8 adults age 60 and older experienced any mental illness in the past year. This section includes short learning modules and practical resources for people who want to learn more about aging and behavioral health, as well as those who work with older adults and people with disabilities.
Nationwide Resources
- CareerOneStop, 55+ workers
- Caregivers
- Elder Justice, National Center on Elder Abuse
- Meals on Wheels, older adults
- National Council on Aging; Benefits Checkup
- The National Institute of Mental Health – Older Adults and Mental Health
- The National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults
- Transportation, Older drivers, Road safety
Texas Resources
Learn more about mental illness through short modules and shareable resources covering symptoms, treatment options, recovery, and support. A simple starting point for individuals, families, and the people who work alongside them.
More than 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year, and more than 1 in 20 experience serious mental illness. This section offers short online modules and shareable resources that explain symptoms, treatment options, recovery, and ways to find help, with materials you can use yourself or share with clients, families, and community partners.