CCBHC State Technical Assistance Center Resources
The Role of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in Response to Natural and Human-made Disasters: A Case Study on the 2023 Maui Wildfires – This case study highlights how Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) can strengthen behavioral health disaster preparedness and recovery. Drawing on the Maui County CCBHC's response to the 2023 Lahaina wildfires, the publication explores crisis response, trauma-informed care, care coordination, workforce strategies, and community partnerships that support long-term recovery. The resource offers practical lessons for CCBHCs and behavioral health providers preparing for future natural and human-made disasters.
What is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic? – Provides an overview of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model, including its purpose, core service requirements, and impact on expanding access to comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder care. It outlines the federal certification criteria, nine required service areas, key features of the CCBHC model, national reach and outcomes, and the primary funding mechanisms that support CCBHC implementation through SAMHSA grants and Medicaid programs. This resource is intended for behavioral health providers, policymakers, administrators, and stakeholders seeking a high-level understanding of the CCBHC model and its role in strengthening community-based behavioral health systems.
What is a CCBHC? – The National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s CCBHC Success Center provides an overview of the CCBHC model – how CCBHCs work, how they’re funded and the positive impact they have demonstrated in communities across the country.
Types of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and Pathways to Becoming One – This resource briefly explains the three different types of CCBHCs and the pathways for becoming each. The resource was designed for potential CCBHCs, CCBHC leadership and staff, and state government officials to use to support their engagement and understanding of the CCBHC model. The resource also includes a brief timeline of the CCBHC model’s expansion across the U.S. since 2014.
2024 CCBHC Impact Report – This updated report from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing presents new data showing the impact of the CCBHC model on improving wellbeing and transforming mental health and substance use care across the US.
2022 CCBHC Impact Report – This report from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing outlines data showing how CCBHCs are having tremendous success in tackling the dual mental health and substance use crises in America.
Transforming State Behavioral Health Systems (PDF | 3.1 MB) – This report summarizes the impact of implementing CCBHCs across eight states participating in the CCBHC demonstration program, highlighting the CCBHC model’s ability to increase the workforce, as well as increase the number of individuals receiving care.
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics: A Vision for the Future – This Vision Paper was developed by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing for stakeholders to learn how the CCBHC model can be leveraged by clinics, policymakers, partner organizations and the private sector to re-think access to mental health and substance use treatment and care in America. This paper is the National Council’s vision for how CCBHCs can fully realize the model’s promise.
The Role of CCBHCs in Crisis Services and Systems – This paper provides guidance for developing policies, funding collaborations and making other crisis system improvements that harness the power of CCBHCs to improve statewide access to high-quality behavioral health crisis response.
Improving Housing Stability for People With Behavioral Health Needs Through the CCBHC Model – The Improving Housing Stability for People With Behavioral Health Needs Through the CCBHC Model resource document highlights strategies CCBHCs can use to promote housing stability and strengthen partnerships with national, state, and local organizations to better support people with behavioral health needs.
Impact and Opportunities for CCBHCs in Rural Communities – The Impact and Opportunities for CCBHCs in Rural Communities resource document examines how CCBHCs are improving access to and quality of care in rural areas, while highlighting opportunities and key considerations for serving rural communities.
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and Criminal Justice System Collaboration – The CCBHCs and Criminal Justice System Collaboration resource document provides a high-level road map of how CCBHCs can work with criminal justice systems and identifies strategies and opportunities to improve coordination and outcomes when CCBHCs and state CCBHC programs engage with criminal justice systems.