Who We Are

For over 30 years, the Association for Behavioral Healthcare (ABH) has been the leading advocacy organization in Massachusetts’ mental health and substance abuse 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 membership organization representing nearly 100 community-based corporations that deliver critical services to people with mental health and substance-use disorders, and provide other important healthcare and social services to individuals and families in communities across the state. ABH’s providers serve approximately 117,000 Massachusetts residents on any given day and employ close to 20,000 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.