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Mental illness, addiction, and developmental disabilities touch 1 in 4 Alabama families. The Alabama Council represents 21 community providers who deliver care in every corner of the state. Here's how it works, and how to find support near you.
21 member providers · complete statewide care · Serving Alabama since 1972
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Community behavioral healthcare means treatment and support delivered close to home, through outpatient clinics, crisis services, and residential programs, rather than in a hospital far away. It covers mental illness, substance use disorder, and developmental disabilities. Alabama's 21 community providers serve people at every stage, from a first conversation to long-term recovery.
What counts as behavioral healthcare? →As new leaders take office in Montgomery, we're working to keep community mental health, substance use, and IDD services in front of policymakers. Access to care isn't a partisan issue. It's an Alabama issue.
Continue investment beyond the Legislature's $10M FY26 commitment and the Governor's proposed $2.5M FY27 addition.
Prioritize CMHCs and CCBHCs for Rural Health Transformation Program dollars. Mental healthcare is rural healthcare.
Support ADMH's $12M FY27 request to move ID/DD services off one-time funds and onto stable, recurring state funding.
Update substance use residential treatment rates, many of which are over a decade old and haven't kept pace with costs.
Two days of training, networking, and policy discussion with providers from across the state.
