HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Horizons Mental Health Center has been awarded a $3.1 million expansion grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). SAMHSA is an agency in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in the nation’s capital.
Horizons was one of only six community mental health centers in Kansas selected as recipients of the expansion grants. Approximately 340 agencies throughout the nation are CBHCCs or have made an application to become one.
To complete the steps required to be a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, Horizons will be required to provide a comprehensive number of treatment services that create access, stabilize clients dealing with crisis, and provide treatment and recovery services for those with the most serious and complex mental health and substance abuse issues.
A primary focus of a CCBHC is to ensure there is coordination and integration of care in order to ensure all providers are working in a coordinated manner to ensure better outcomes.
Another requirement is to ensure people with mental health or substance abuse problems receive the care they need rather than ending up in the legal system when they have contact with law enforcement.
We’ll have more on this during the BW Morning show with Nick Gosnell as his guest will be Mike Garrett from Horizons.