Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland

09/28/2023

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics play a vital role in delivering high-quality, recovery-oriented care through peer support specialists, care planning, and treatment services. The National Council has supported the CCBHC model since initiation, working with states and clinics to support implementation and advocating for continued expansion across the country.

This Recovery Month, join us in advocating for CCBHC expansion to reach more people in need: https://bit.ly/3LDsNYG

09/21/2023

The President’s Award was presented to Lauren Grimes at the OOOMD 2023 Annual Conference. This award is presented at the discretion of the OOOMD Board Presid...

09/19/2023

Thank you to Secretary Herrera-Scott, Senator Ferguson, Senator Hester for their leadership improving school mental health access for Maryland students, all empahsizing the need to partner with community providers.

09/18/2023

09/14/2023

Loving Virginia's new behavioral health workforce dashboard! Maryland should copy this. Great tool for understanding the workforce crisis.

Behavioral Health Workforce in Virginia, Virginia's Behavioral Health Workforce

09/08/2023

RELEASE: The Maryland Department of Health has announced a social media campaign and a Peer Recovery Celebration event to honor Governor Wes Moore's proclamation naming September Recovery Month in Maryland.

Learn more: bit.ly/45JmvPl

09/01/2023

Members in the news!

With doors missing doorknobs, miscellaneous construction supplies scattered here and there, and newly painted walls that had just finished drying before the ribbon-cutting celebration...

07/27/2023

Calls to Maryland's crisis hotline up 38% since switch to 988 last year.

Calls to Maryland’s crisis hotline have increased 38% since the number was shortened last year from 10 digits to the easier-to-remember 988.

07/11/2023

REGISTER July marks the one-year anniversary of the 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline, when the three-digit number became available to everyone in the U.S. to call, text, or chat to access a nation…

07/11/2023

We're hiring! Learn more about our opening for a Public Policy Director and how to apply here: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3655654569/

06/15/2023

06/15/2023

CBH member MAT Clinic's op-ed: Maryland needs case management for individuals receiving addiction treatment.

Reducing Maryland’s high rate of opioid overdose deaths will require improved approaches by the state’s health care providers, says Dr. Enrique Oviedo, a psychiatrist who serves as medical director of MATClinics.