For over 30 years, the Association for Behavioral Healthcare (ABH) has been the leading advocacy organization in Massachusetts’ mental health and addiction services arena. Fighting for high-quality, community-based care for families and individuals with mental illness, addiction and substance-use disorders, ABH provides leadership and statewide coordination on important public policy, financing, preferred clinical models and quality assurance issues.

ABH is a statewide association representing over eighty community-based mental health and addiction treatment provider organizations.  Our members are the primary providers of publicly-funded behavioral healthcare services in the Commonwealth, serving approximately 81,000 Massachusetts residents daily, 1.5 million residents annually, and employing over 46,500 people.

ABH represents its member providers to funding, legislative and regulatory agencies at the state and national levels and has become a powerful and compelling advocacy organization to ensure that citizens throughout the Commonwealth have access to quality, comprehensive community-based care.

OUR MISSION

The Association for Behavioral Healthcare leads in promoting and advocating for community-based mental health and addiction treatment services.

Our Core Values

Bringing hope and health to individuals and families by promoting recovery and resiliency.

Ensuring access to quality person-centered and outcome-oriented care that is clinically and cost effective.

Committing to securing essential resources, including training, education and adequate salaries, for the development of a committed and stable workforce.

What Makes ABH Unique

ABH is the leading statewide association with four decades of experience advancing, promoting and preserving community-based mental health and addiction services for individuals and families.

ABH creates strategies that positively change public policy through legislative, budgetary and regulatory advocacy.

ABH identifies and impacts emerging issues relating to mental health and addiction treatment services.