Kentucky’s 2022 CCBHC Program Launches With Four Provider Organizations: NorthKey, Pathways, New Vista & Seven Counties

On January 1, 2022, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) launched its two-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Demonstration Program. Four provider organizations have been qualified to participate in the demonstration: NorthKey, Pathways, New Vista, and Seven Counties.

CHFS selected these four provider organizations in 2016 when the organizations submitted their applications to participate in the CCBHC demonstration. CHFS used a two-step process. In step one, CHFS invited all 14 community mental health centers (CMHCs) in the state to apply to participate to become CCBHCs. The selection process was focused on each center’s . . .