The Community Behavioral Health Liaison (CBHL) program is part of the Strengthening Mental Health Initiative. Eighty-one CBHLs work across the state to assist law enforcement and courts.
The goal is to form better community partnerships between Community Mental Health Centers, law enforcement, and courts to save valuable resources that might otherwise be expended on unnecessary jail, prison, and hospital stays and to improve outcomes for individuals with behavioral health issues. Liaisons also follow-up with Missourians referred to them in order to track progress and ensure success. Through the CBHL program, people with behavioral health issues who have frequent interaction with law enforcement and the courts will have improved access to behavioral health treatment. For more information about the Community Behavioral Health Liaison initiative contact Amanda Dennison at (573) 634-4626, ext. 141 or adennison@mobhc.org