Evolving Roles of Community Mental Health Centers: CMHCs Face Managed Care, Competition and New Technology

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

Industry Analysis

The future of community mental health centers is a future of change. In the 1960s, community mental health centers (CMHCs) were created through federal legislation that provided federal funding for the improvement of the mental health of communities. Over time, the focus of community mental health centers became serving the seriously mentally ill through an odd mixture of federal, state, and local funding. And, as states sought to decrease their share of expenses for these services, a systematic effort . . .