Overview

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC)

In September 2024 the State of Connecticut, specifically the Departments of Social Services, Mental Health and Addiction Services, and Children and Families, applied for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funding opportunity SM25-001, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Planning Grant.

The Departments proposed to implement the administrative, programmatic, and workforce development infrastructures required to prepare selected provider agencies to become Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs). Given that public behavioral health services are currently funded, organized, and provided, in part, through a the Connecticut Behavioral Health Partnership that involves these three agencies, the collaboration on this project strategically positions Connecticut for success.

Under the CCBHC Planning Grant, the Departments are committed to ongoing involvement of stakeholders. The Departments will facilitate a stakeholder process to include a diverse group of participants. In addition to persons in recovery and family members, the departments plan to include veterans, tribal representatives, representatives for people with disabilities, providers, other community members and state agency representatives in various subcommittees. These subcommittees will be tasked with various planning activities during the grant year to assure a wide range of voices are heard and assimilated in this process.

General CCBHC program inquiries can be directed to: MHA-CCBHC@ct.gov

Department-specific inquiries can be directed to one of the following:

Department of Social Services	Fatmata Williams: fatmata.williams@ct.gov Hector Massari: Hector.massari@ct.gov
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services	Robert Haswell: Robert.haswell@ct.gov Mark Vanacore: mark.vanacore@ct.gov
Department of Children and Families	Stephney Springer: STEPHNEY.SPRINGER@ct.gov Lois Berkowitz:LOIS.BERKOWITZ@ct.gov