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View ReportCommunity Impact Report
How a better crisis response model is easing pressure on systems and helping thousands get back to their lives.
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View ReportBehavioral Health True Costs Report
The true cost of defaulting to ERs and incarceration for behavioral health crises, and why it doesn't work.
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Building the foundation for stronger behavioral health systems
When resources are limited and communities must make difficult decisions, behavioral health investment needs to be both strategic and practical. The goal is not simply to add more services, but to build a system where people can access the right level of care at the right time.October 2026 -
Building the foundation for stronger behavioral health systems
When resources are limited and communities must make difficult decisions, behavioral health investment needs to be both strategic and ...October 2026 -
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Physical health care's evolution: what behavioral health can learn from the move beyond hospital-centered care
Behavioral health systems too often default to inpatient care, even when individuals may be better served in less intensive, more ...September 2026 -
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The federal policy door for behavioral health is open, and counties are ready to walk through it
County officials don't usually get to say the federal policy stars are aligning, but at the recent National Association for Counties (NACo) ...March 2026
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Policy
Federal Policy Update: Key 2025 SAMHSA / CMS Guidance & National Technical Assistance Center
Section 5124 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (CAA, 2023; P.L. 117-328) directed CMS and SAMHSA to develop guidance to promote access to the ... September 2025.jpg)
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