An Innovative National Research Opportunity for CCBHCs
Learn how your agency can help advance national understanding of the CCBHC model through academic research.
A collaborative research project with the University of Maryland to better understand how the CCBHC model impacts communities.
Announcing a new national research partnership to understand the impact of CCBHCs.
Mission Driven Data and the University of Maryland are collaborating on a first-of-its-kind effort to understand how CCBHCs meet the needs of individuals experiencing crisis, and the impact of those crisis services.
A national effort to understand how CCBHCs deliver crisis care and how those services shape community outcomes.
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics [CCBHCs] are community-based providers that fulfill federal criteria related to the delivery of a comprehensive range of mental health and substance use disorder services. CCBHCs are expanding access to mental health and substance use services across the country, especially for people in crisis. Yet there is still limited national data on how crisis services evolve within the CCBHC model. This study brings together real-world data from clinics in diverse regions and stages of the CCBHC journey to help expand our understanding of the CCBHC model.
By examining patterns in crisis service delivery and engagement, the research aims to clarify how CCBHCs support individuals in crisis and how those efforts impact the populations they serve. Our goal is to contribute to a greater understanding of the model and its impact.
Benefits of Participating
By contributing your agency’s experience and data, you’ll be helping shape the national evidence base for crisis care.
Clear, data-driven visibility
into how your crisis services are delivered every day.
Direct support
from Mission Driven Data to extract the right EHR fields from any system.
A meaningful chance to help
shape study questions based on your community’s real needs.
Your data is fully de-identified
and encrypted, with PHI protected throughout the process.
Early access
to study findings that support quality improvement and future funding efforts.
Participation is free
Mission Driven Data covers the costs and infrastructure
“Our CCBHC services are vital to our community, and we are thrilled to contribute to research that will lead to system-wide improvements.”
Peter Lawrence, Chief Operating Officer
The Family Counseling Center
Meet the Research Team
This project is guided by a collaborative team from Mission Driven Data and the University of Maryland.
Amanda Mauri, PhD
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management
University of Maryland, College Park
Amanda Mauri, PhD, is a nationally recognized researcher whose work focuses on Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs), crisis response systems, and the intersection of behavioral health and emergency services. Her publications span leading journals including Milbank Quarterly, JAMA Health Forum, and Psychiatric Services.
She leads the academic research component of this partnership, bringing a rigorous, evidence-based approach to understanding crisis service delivery across CCBHCs nationwide.
Ginger Bandeen
Founder & CEO
Mission Driven Data
Throughout her 15+ year career in social work, quality improvement, and program development, Ginger has worked with diverse communities—from New York City to rural Oregon—spotting systemic challenges and creating practical, people-centered solutions.
She founded Mission Driven Data in 2019 in Portland, Oregon. Mission Driven Data partners with behavioral health agencies nationwide to turn their data into meaningful insights that strengthen care, enhance programs, and improve outcomes.
Today, Mission Driven Data supports more than 60 agencies across the country and remains dedicated to advancing the use of data to expand access, elevate quality, and transform the behavioral health system.
CCBHC Q&A Webinar
To help answer questions and give everyone a better sense of what participation looks like, we hosted a live Q&A. If you’re curious about the project, this is the perfect space to get answers to questions like: what the research involves, what data is used, how privacy is protected, what the timeline looks like, how we support your team, and whether your agency might be a good fit.
