Two-Part Interactive Workshop
Part 1: November 13, 2025; 12:00pm - 2:00pm ET
Part 2: January 8, 2026; 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
A Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) is a clinic that offers a wide variety of mental health and substance use services. These clinics are open to anyone, no matter what their diagnosis is or whether they have insurance. Directly or through formal partnerships, CCBHCs must provide: Crisis Services, Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Use Services, Person- and Family-Centered Treatment Planning, Community-Based Mental Health Care for Veterans, Peer Family Support and Counselor Services, Targeted Case Management, Outpatient Primary Care Screening and Monitoring, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, and Screening, Diagnosis and Risk Assessment. There is a strong convergence of mental and behavioral health challenges, for which CCBHCs are mandated to support, and brain injury.
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) are transforming the way behavioral health services are funded and delivered—but brain injury (BI) is often overlooked within these systems of care. Led by NASHIA and Jane King, PsyD, LP, a subject matter expert with extensive experience at the intersection of brain injury and behavioral health, this hands-on, skills-based intensive will equip brain injury and behavioral health administrators and local CCBHCs to partner for improved recognition brain injury and associated supports for improved outcomes. The overarching aim is to cultivate shared commitments within states to expand access to BI services, improve BI screening practices, and address the unique needs of individuals with brain injury within the CCBHC system.
This session is in two parts.
In session one, we will provide practical strategies for:
Achieving a common understanding about the importance of BI screening and supports within behavioral health/CCBHC settings
Exploring state-specific solutions to meet the needs of people with BI and behavioral health needs through training, screening, tailored supports, and community-based referrals when needed
Effective partner cross-training
Identifying funding streams and sustaining partnerships to initiate and advance this work
Session two will follow an “office hours” format to respond to concerns, barriers, and early successes states are having to set the stage for continued progress.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will leave with a “basics and beyond” understanding of CCBHC
Attendees will gain knowledge and tools to foster collaboration between behavioral health state administrators and brain injury state leads
Attendees will gain knowledge and tools to foster collaboration between BI service providers and CCBHCs in their communities
Presenters
Jane King, PsyD, LP, is a clinical psychologist with 30 years of experience developing and directing programs in the integrated mental health and substance use disorder treatment, homelessness and housing arenas. Dr. King worked for the Minnesota Department of Human Services on the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) implementation team and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing advising states and clinics as they developed the CCBHC model through Medicaid or Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grants or authorities.
Maria Crowley, MA, CRC, serves as NASHIA’s Director of Professional Development, planning and coordinating programs to enhance the knowledge and skills of the brain injury community, focusing on state government needs. She is also serves as a primary consultant for the TBI Technical Assistance and Resource Center, funded by the Administration for Community Living, supporting State TBI grantees and other stakeholders. She has worked in the disabilities field with state government for 30 years, and specifically in brain injury since 2000, to help individuals with disabilities reach their maximum potential in home, community, and employment. Maria was the State Head Injury Program Director for the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS), designated lead agency in Alabama for traumatic brain injury (TBI) services, for 14 years.
Jill Ferrington brings a 30-year history working on disability initiatives and grants in the areas of brain injury, competitive integrated employment (including self-employment) for people with disabilities, Home and Community-Based Services, and Medicaid Buy-In. Jill currently serves as a project manager for NASHIA’s Leading Practices Academy on Criminal and Juvenile Justice aimed at implementation of brain injury identification and support approaches within adult and youth settings. In addition to training and resource development on a variety of brain injury topics, she supports states in their efforts to prioritize needs and engage stakeholders in the development of actionable State Plans, conceptualize and plan tailored resource facilitation and peer support models, and enhance or expand service delivery for people with brain injury.
Cost/Certificates
Team:
$400/team of four (4) people
Individual:
$125 NASHIA Members
$150 Non-members
State leads are encouraged, as appropriate, to engage their brain injury associations/advocacy organizations, state behavioral health/CCBHC partners, and local CCBHC connections.
*If you sign up for this intensive, and request CCBHC TA at a later time through NASHIA, you will be eligible to access special rates.
Social Work CEs or General Certificate of Attendance included in cost.