BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – All your mental health needs, all in one place. That’s what the Department of Health is promising as four facilities will soon qualify as federally certified community-based integrated health centers.
Health care and rehabilitation services of Windsor and Windham counties, the Howard Center, Northeast Kingdom Human Services, and Northwestern Counseling and Support Services are working with the Department of Mental Health to get a federal badge that would reduce costs by receiving federal rates.
“With the CCBHC model, all of that changes, she can visit one place in her community where her therapist, a peer support specialist, a substance abuse counselor, all of those folks can work together as a team,” said the Department of Mental Health Commissioner Emily Hawes.
The new federal certification is expected to be awarded in the summer of 2026.
