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CCBHC Funding Streams

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics: A New Type of Prospective Payment System

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) are transforming access to addiction and mental illness care. CCBHCs must meet stringent criteria regarding timeliness of access, care coordination, quality reporting, staffing and scope of services. In return, they receive Medicaid payment based on a prospective payment system (PPS). States and the federal…

Structural & Systemic Biases SJLA May 2022 Webinar Slides

This centered around the topic of bias, discrimination, and stigma at the personal, organizational, and community levels. We will discuss how conscious and unconscious biases shape our daily thoughts and actions, and how bias paired with power creates social injustices. View the webinar recording.

Hill Day 2022 Factsheet: Substance Use & Overdose Crisis Solutions

Bottom Line: Curbing our nation’s overdose epidemic requires removing unnecessary barriers tomedication-assisted treatment (MAT), standardizing prescriber education practicesand expanding access to care for our nation’s most vulnerable populations. The Ask: Cosponsor and support the passage of the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment(MAT) Act (S. 445/H.R. 1384), the Medication Access and…

Hill Day 2022 Factsheet: Workforce Shortage Solutions

Bottom Line: Nearly 150 million people live in mental health professional shortage areas. We needsolutions now to help expand the workforce in the wake of increased demand. Expandingthe Medicare workforce to include marriage and family therapists, mental health counselorsand peer support specialists will dramatically increase access to lifesaving care for…

Hill Day 2022 Factsheet: 988 Implementation Act

Bottom Line: With a July 2022 transition date for 988 implementation fast approaching,significant investments are needed to improve and bolster the suicide prevention,mental health and substance use crisis care continuum. The Ask: Cosponsor and support the passage of the 9-8-8 Implementation Act of 2022(H.R.7116). Additional Resources: Visit SAMHSA’s…

Hill Day 2022 Factsheet: CCBHCs & The Excellence Act

Bottom Line: Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) provide critical care forpeople with mental health and substance use challenges. Every state should have theopportunity to participate in the CCBHC demonstration program. The Ask: Cosponsor and support the passage of the Excellence in Mental Health and AddictionTreatment Act (S. 2069/…

NCBH ‘Incident To’ Toolkit

Understanding the Public Health Workforce’s COVID-19 Mental Health Challenges

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing created this graphic essay to increase understandingof the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS) conclusion that “implementing prevention and control practicesthat eliminate, reduce and manage factors that cause…

2022 Access to Care Survey Results

Barriers to access may complicate or delay treatment, according to the 2022 Access to Care Survey.