Grantee Spotlight: Celebrating the Success of the Kansas CCBHC Model

The Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas (ACMHCK), along with Community Care Network of Kansas, received funding as part of the Delta Center for a Thriving Safety Net’s State Learning and Action Collaborative. By July 2024, ACMHCK will conclude a nearly 5-year effort to transition all its 26 Licensed Community Mental Health Centers into Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers. While the typical pathway for states to pursue the CCBHC model is through a federal demonstration grant, Kansas became one of only two states to establish the CCBHC model through state legislation. 

To learn more about the Kansas Delta Center team’s efforts to bring the CCBHC model to life, we interviewed Michelle Ponce, Associate Director of AMHCK.