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About ABH
For over 40 years, the Association for Behavioral Healthcare (ABH) has been the leading advocacy organization in Massachusetts’ mental health and substance use disorder treatment 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.
What is Community-Based Care?
Community-based mental health care delivers support where people live, work, learn, and connect - making care more accessible and reducing isolation while supporting recovery in everyday settings.
More than a compassionate alternative to institutional care, it is an evidence-based approach that expands access, promotes individual rights, and leads to better health and social outcomes.
ABH is the leading statewide association with four decades of experience advancing, promoting and preserving community-based mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for individuals and families.
Our Mission
ABH leads and amplifies the diverse voices of the Massachusetts behavioral health field to improve and shape community-based mental health and substance use treatment services for all.
Our Vision
We envision a Commonwealth in which behavioral healthcare is accessible, equitable, and valued as critical to overall health and wellbeing.