The NITHA Mental Health and Addiction (MHA) program goal is to support Partnership needs in Mental Wellness. The MHA advisor works collaboratively supporting the 2nd level and acknowledging community approaches. The key areas of the third level support role of mental health and addictions are: building capacity to influence policy and practices in mental health and addictions, innovation in programs and services including identification and implementation of wise and best practices., improving service delivery from a micro and macro perspective, enhanced services for children and youth and strengthening processes and improving accountability and outcomes. It is the role of the Mental Health and Addictions Advisor to:

• Strengthen the capacity of First Nations to deliver culturally appropriate and responsive services
• Identify best practice and best fit for the Partners and their communities;
• Offer clinical expertise and educational opportunities which build capacity to be responsive to community needs;
• Work with the Partners front line MHA workers and their supervisors/representatives to determine what is needed in their communities
• Support communities in developing their own infrastructure and capacity which includes standards, policy and procedure development.