Learning and Resource Guide: Establishing Strong Peer Support Programs and Practices in CCBHCs

The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) is an effective model to provide access to coordinated, comprehensive, person-centered behavioral health care, regardless of an individual’s ability to pay, place of residence or age. To reach these goals and establish uniform standards across the country, CCBHCs must meet a set of six program requirements, with specific criteria developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and to deliver nine required services. This guide focuses on the CCBHC requirement to deliver peer supports, peer counseling and family/caregiver supports.

In 2024, the CCBHC-Expansion Grantee National Training and Technical Assistance Center partnered with the Alliance for Rights and Recovery on a webinar series to support CCBHCs in strong peer support implementation. The series covered four key areas: assessing organizational readiness, establishing the role of peer support in CCBHC service delivery, quality supervision and education for peer staff, and authentic integration of peer voice. This guide summarizes the content of that series.