The Role of CCBHCs in Reducing Incarceration

• By: Veronica Richardson, MHA, RHIA, CHPS, CHC First Class Solutions, Inc.
• October 12th, 2026
• CCBHCs, community behavioral health, compliance, criminal justice diversion, crisis response, Fall 2026 Issue, reentry, serious mental illness, substance use disorders
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For decades, jails and prisons have functioned as the nation's largest, and least appropriate, providers of mental health and substance use treatment. People with untreated serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorders (SUD) often move repeatedly through arrest, incarceration, release,...

The Future of CCBHCs: From Program Expansion to System Transformation

• By: Tom Curtis National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
• September 1st, 2026
• accreditation, behavioral health, care coordination, CCBHCs, community behavioral health, Medicaid, quality measurement, system transformation
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As policymakers search for solutions to the nation's mental health and substance use crisis, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) represent one of the most promising opportunities for meaningful system change. CCBHCs were established through the Protecting Access to Medicare Act...

Integrating Peers in CCBHCs: The Power of Lived Experience

• By: Sarah G. Gilliard, LCSW Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• April 21st, 2026
• behavioral health integration, CCBHCs, co-occurring disorders, lived experience, multidisciplinary teams, peer support, recovery-oriented care, Spring 2026 Issue, stigma reduction
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Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) have shifted the way we approach treatment and the delivery of behavioral health services. Those who hold the designation of CCBHC have been tasked with providing a person-centered model that combines mental health services, substance use...