Membership: Overview
National Council member organizations are
- Community-based mental health and addiction treatment provider organizations.
- Rehabilitation, club house, and residential programs.
- Hospitals that provide a continuum of mental health and/or addiction disorder treatment and support services.
- State and county behavioral health departments and regional boards.
- Managed care organizations that allocate resources, oversee services, and/or directly provide services.
- Associations of human service, mental health, and addiction treatment organizations.
The National Council’s membership consists primarily of healthcare providers offering critical mental health and addiction treatment services to nearly 6 million adults, children, and families in communities across the country.
Operating successfully in highly fragmented and complex health and human service environments, these provider organizations are integral to the health of the communities they serve. They are also critical economic engines within those communities. Together, member organizations employ approximately 250,000 staff, including administrators, clinical professionals, para-professionals, peer counselors, and support staff.
National Council member organizations deliver billions of dollars every year in services — financed by federal, state, and local grants and contracts; Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial insurance; self-payers; and individual and corporate charitable contributions. These organizations have annual budgets ranging from several million dollars to in excess of $250 million.
Providers that are members of the National Council reach out to those with special needs, including older adults, refugees, individuals with HIV/AIDS, veterans, the homeless, children in foster care, and individuals in the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems — providing services such as
- Psychiatric crisis services, inpatient hospitalization, outpatient medication and psychotherapy, case management and assertive community treatment, and treatment for trauma and post-traumatic stress disorders.
- Programs for the prevention of addictions, violence, and suicide; community education; early intervention; and jail diversion and prison re-entry initiatives.
- Addiction disorder treatment programs, including detoxification, residential, and intensive outpatient.
- Rehabilitation and educational interventions, including supported work and housing, illness self-management, and family psychoeducation.
- Specialized services for children, including therapeutic foster care, multi-systemic therapy, functional family therapy, and mentoring and respite services.
The National Council membership includes the following affiliate associations that represent providers’ interests at the state and local level and that work closely with us on public policy advocacy and practice improvement initiatives.
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Alaska Behavioral Health Association
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Hawaii State Hospital
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Montana Council of Mental Health Centers
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New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
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Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs
