CCBHC (Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic)
“The Link & Option Center, Inc. is always striving to expand and enhance our services to more effectively address the needs in our community. This CCBHC model opportunity at its best, brings a much-needed health equity transformation to the large Medicaid eligible population, the uninsured and others in our underserved and high need area,” said Dr. Twin Green, President & CEO of The Link & Option Center, Inc.
Our Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) is a new community mental health model that provides comprehensive, integrated and more effective treatment. The CCBHC provides a full range of mental health and substance-use disorder services and expands access to vulnerable individuals. It combines and better coordinates behavioral and medical care. Any individual in need who comes to the CCBHC will be served, regardless of the ability to pay. It offers crisis services 24/7 every day of the year and provides immediate screening and risk assessment for mental health, addictions and basic primary care needs. The CCBHC also provides care for veterans that’s customized to their particular needs.
The CCBHC model eliminates financial obstacles that have limited access to behavioral health care.
Our CCBHC is located at 900 E. 162nd Street, South Holland, IL. To contact our CCBHC, call 708-331-8111 or email us at contact@link-option.com Note: In case of a medical emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
Services
This evidence-based, comprehensive array of services is designed to create access, stabilize people in crisis, and provide the necessary treatment for those with the most serious, complex mental illnesses and addictions.
Our CCBHC breaks down the barriers to access care. It provides:
Easy and welcoming access to services regardless of ability to pay or location of residence to ensure those who need services are able to receive them.
24/7/365 crisis services to help people stabilize in the most clinically appropriate, least restrictive, and least traumatizing setting
Immediate screening, assessment, and risk assessment for mental health, addictions, and basic primary care needs.
Patient-centered treatment planning
Outpatient mental health and substance use services
Primary care screening and monitoring
Prenatal and Postpartum Care
Targeted case-management
Psychiatric rehabilitation services
Full clinical and operational commitment to peer and family support, recognizing these elements as essential for recovery.
Tailored emphasis on active and veteran military to ensure they receive the unique health care support they need
Coordination with other health care and social service providers (including hospitals, primary care, foster care, child welfare, education, and criminal justice), with a focus on whole health and comprehensive access to a full range of medical, behavioral and supportive services.
Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center with Observation Units will provide walk-in access to outpatient behavioral health crisis services, and medication management.
Crisis Stabilization Units (CSUs) limited in size to 16 beds or less, will provide short-term (3-5 days on average), overnight crisis stabilization services to patients experiencing a crisis and requiring peer support, assessment, psychiatric resources, and brief intervention.
Who does our CCBHC serve?
We serve any individual in need of care, regardless of ability to pay, including:
Adults with serious mental illness
Children with serious emotional disturbance
Those with long-term chronic addiction
Others with mild or moderate mental illness and substance use disorders
Underserved individuals and families
Low-income individuals and families
Those who are insured, uninsured or on Medicaid
Those with complex health profiles
Members of our armed services and veterans
The Client Access Portal located in our Electronic Health Records (EHR) is a way you can see your personal health information, ask questions and get answers, and see information about your appointments. It is private, secure and confidential.
