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On September 14th, BHECON hosted a Legislative Forum in Branson, MO in conjunction with the Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare’s annual conference. The panel featured three state representatives who serve on the House budget committee, including the chair, who took time to attend the panel despite being in special...
Read moreOn June 22, 2018 the Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare, in partnership with the Behavioral Health + Economics Network (BHECON) and the Independence Center, hosted a regional breakfast to bring providers, individuals with behavioral health needs, state legislators and Congressional staff together to discuss challenges and opportunities for...
Read moreThis advocate tool highlights the key ways that Missouri’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics are addressing behavioral health workforce shortages, expanding integrated care including substance use disorder treatment, and saving Missouri money by decreasing ancillary hospitalizations and jail costs. The ask is to support the Excellence in Mental Health...
Read moreIn December 2016 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced the selection of the eight participating states: Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Now a quarter of the way through the two-year demonstration program, the National Council surveyed CCBHCs to find how...
Read moreEstimated Number of People Living with Serious Mental Illness in Missouri
Read moreImproving access to high-quality medical care for patients with mental illness remains one of the most vexing problems facing the healthcare system in the United States. As a way to highlight key data on the health and economic impact of Medicaid and other federal policies in expanding access to...
Read moreOn June 26, the Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare, in partnership with the Behavioral Health + Economics Network (BHECON), hosted a forum on how Missouri’s crisis intervention system has improved outcomes for individuals in crisis in the emergency room, relieving the burden on emergency department workers and law...
Read moreStatement by the National Council for Behavioral Health on the Missouri House Budget Committee vote on HB 986 Repealing protections in current law that ensure access to psychiatric medication On behalf of the millions of Americans living with mental health disorders, their families and communities, the National Council for...
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