Oklahoma Mental Health Advocates: Please Urge Senators To Support the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act Today

Alliance Calls On Mental Health Advocates to Urge U.S. Senators To Support the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act 

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) are improving access to high-quality mental health and substance use care throughout the country. CCBHCs provide comprehensive mental health, crisis care, and substance use disorder services, offer 24/7 access, and serve anyone who walks in the door, no matter their ability to pay. These incredible capabilities help address unmet needs in communities. Despite CCBHCs’ success, millions of people still don’t have access to one in their community.

To help support the growth and sustainability of CCBHCs, we need YOUR HELP. Urge your senators to support the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.2993) today!

CCBHCs have the power to change lives and communities, and the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act will support the sustainability of the CCBHC model, making sure that they are an enduring part of the healthcare landscape.

What does the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act do?

• Establishes CCBHCs formally in federal law and creates infrastructure to build upon the model’s current success
• Creates ongoing technical assistance infrastructure to enhance and improve new and existing CCBHCs
• Authorizes new enhancement and improvement grants to support activities to strengthen the CCBHC workforce

Why does the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act Matter?

• CCBHCs dramatically increase access to treatment and alleviate the impacts of the behavioral health workforce shortage. It is imperative we ensure the sustainability of the CCBHC model and the high quality, lifesaving care CCBHCs provide.

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