Association for Behavioral Healthcare

12/23/2025

Wishing you safe and happy holidays ❄️

12/22/2025

ABH is the leading statewide association for community-based care with over four decades of experience. Learn more about membership and the work we do at www.abhmass.org.

12/17/2025

ABH members are dedicated to providing all Mass. residents with quality, comprehensive, community-based behavioral health care.

Learn more about our organizational and associate memberships: https://www.abhmass.org/membership/overview.html.

12/15/2025

Dr. Elaine Campbell, VP of Outpatient Services at River Valley Counseling Center, discusses the immense value that mental health centers provide. To keep meeting their mission, centers need higher reimbursement rates.

Learn more at strengthenmentalhealthcenters.org.

12/10/2025

Mental health is a fundamental part of our well-being, affecting every aspect of our lives.

Community-based care unlocks access to essential behavioral health care services that individuals in need of care might otherwise go without.

12/05/2025

Congratulations to the following ABH member organizations named to The Boston Globe Globe’s 2025 Top Places to Work list: Advocates, Inc. Justice Resource Institute, Open Sky Community Services, Riverside Community Care and Vinfen Your commitment to fostering a workplace where employees feel valued and supported empowers them to make a difference in the lives of many. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/magazine/top-places-to-work-massachusetts/

12/01/2025

“The disproportionate impact of the opioid epidemic on rural communities has been heartbreaking. So the focus on access to medications for opioid use disorder will be an important component,” said Lydia Conley, ABH president and CEO, in a recent WBUR 90.9 FM story on the state’s request for funds to significantly expand rural health access: https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/14/massachusetts-rural-health-care-federal-funding.

The Commonwealth seeks to offer more mobile addiction treatment and remote appointments and build the behavioral health workforce, which would enable ABH member organizations and others to provide these important services to communities that historically have not had access.

In about six weeks, Massachusetts and all 50 states expect to learn whether they’ll receive some of a $50 billion federal fund for rural health care — and if so, how much. The money, from the Rural Health Transformation Program, was set aside by Congress to help prevent hospital closures as Medi...

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! We are grateful today, and every day, for our members 🦃🥧🍂

11/24/2025

“One of the challenges that we have is a shortage of clinicians to do community-based work. We have clinicians that are highly educated and highly skilled who are attracted to private practice because they’re actually making the compensation they deserve to make,” said Lesli Suggs, President and CEO of The Home for Little Wanderers and ABH board chair on the MassNonprofit News “Mission Critical” podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1coeVbzmwBbeGN3CoNcT0v?si=5a1846f477c8493b&nd=1&dlsi=0935902e4e55422f.

Learn how an act to strengthen mental health centers proposes to address this issue at strengthenmentalhealthcenters.org.

The Association for Behavioral Healthcare's goal for this bill is to strengthen mental health centers in Massachusetts to improve access to behavioral healthcare for our communities.

11/20/2025

As we approach the holiday season, National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week serves as a reminder that hunger and homelessness have profound impacts on behavioral health.

Project Bread and FreeFood.org offer resources for those facing food insecurity:
• https://projectbread.org/get-help
• https://www.freefood.org/s/massachusetts.

11/18/2025

We are beyond appreciative of the sponsors, speakers, and attendees at this year’s ABH Salute to Excellence, making it one to remember.

Your unwavering support of excellence in behavioral health care has left us inspired and hopeful for what’s to come.

Thank you from all of us at ABH!

11/11/2025

Today we honor all who have served or are currently serving our country for their bravery and heroism.

If you or a veteran you know is in crisis, the Veterans Crisis Line is available 24/7 by dialing 1-800-273-8255 and pressing 1.

Find additional resources: https://www.nami.org/your-journey/veterans-active-duty/.
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