Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic

The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model is reshaping how behavioral health services are provided across the nation, with an increased focus on integration, accessibility and convenience of care, outcomes-driven services, and cost-based reimbursement. BBS is committed to helping states and providers best position themselves amid this sea change so the model can reach its true potential and more people can have access to effective, convenient, comprehensive care.

BBS provides expert advice to states, provider associations, providers, payers, and other entities on how to design and advance a CCBHC model that addresses local needs. BBS has partnered with three states and numerous providers to implement the CCBHC model. We also serve as subject matter experts in the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s CCBHC Success Center, shaping and elevating the model by authoring several CCBHC toolkits and resources, including the CCBHC: A Vision for the Future and the CCBHC Needs Assessment Toolkit.

Our services to providers include:

  • Grant writing for SAMHSA and state-level CCBHC funding opportunities

  • Assessment of readiness to meet state/federal CCBHC criteria

  • Community needs assessment design, implementation, and analysis

  • Staff training on the CCBHC model and its requirements

  • CCBHC strategic planning and project management

  • Development of continuous quality improvement plans that meet CCBHC requirements

  • Development of required policy and procedures, such as new staffing and training plans, and other workflow improvements

  • Partnership development with Designated Collaborating Organizations (DCOs) and care coordination partners

  • New service line implementation for nine core CCBHC services, with specialized expertise in children and family services, integrated care, and medications for opioid use disorder

  • Health information technology enhancement support and data reporting process design

  • Assistance to identify and implement evidence-based practices, with training to increase evidence-based clinical skills for all levels of direct service staff

  • Sustainability planning

  • Leadership coaching to build buy-in and operationalize organizational change efforts

Our offerings to states and associations include:

  • Statewide assessment of prospective CCBHCs to understand strengths, gaps, and technical assistance needs

  • Design, project management, and implementation support of state-level planning grants, demonstration projects, and Medicaid State Plan Amendment/1115 waiver design

  • Development of certification criteria and processes

  • Stakeholder engagement design and implementation support

  • Provider manual development

To learn more and request CCBHC consultation, please click here.