BHSN’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) are designed to ensure access to coordinated and comprehensive behavioral health care. CCBHCs serve anyone who requests care for mental health or substance use, regardless of their ability to pay, place of residence, or age. This includes developmentally appropriate care for children and youth. CCBHCs meet standards for the range of services they provide and are required to get people into care quickly with an urgent care/walk-in model. The CCBHC model requires:
- Crisis services to be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Comprehensive behavioral health services to be available so people who need care don’t have to piece together the behavioral health support they need across multiple providers.
- Care coordination to be provided to help people navigate behavioral health care, physical health care, social services, and the other systems they are involved in keeping with the preferences of the person receiving services and their care needs.
BHSN’s Behavioral Health Clinics are known for providing comprehensive, whole-person care that addresses social, emotional, and physical needs, thus contributing to the overall health and wellness of the communities they serve. Participation in the CCBHC model will enable BHSN to further expand access to behavioral healthcare.
The 9 core services provided by CCBHCs are:
- 24/7 Crisis Services
- Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Use Services
- Person- and Family-Centered Treatment Planning
- Community-Based Mental Health Care for Veterans
- Peer Family Support and Counselor Services
- Targeted Care Management
- Outpatient Primary Care Screening and Monitoring
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
- Screening, Diagnosis and Risk Assessment
The innovative design of CCBHCs fosters strengthening partnerships with community stakeholders, including local law enforcement which often receives crisis calls. Through these partnerships, BHSN and its CCBHCs are ensuring that those with non-life-threatening crisis needs receive the appropriate level of care in a caring, accessible, and supportive environment, while decreasing ER usage, as seen by the 94% in ER diversions since 2020.
Where can I learn more about CCBHCs?
- Check out the National Council’s CCBHC Success Center
- Learn more about CCBHCs, Crisis Care, and 988 Implementation
- Dive into how CCBHCs intersect with the justice systems
- Learn about how CCBHCs factor into the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) to help justice-involved individuals