Community Behavioral Health, Inc. is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization

The Kansas Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (KSBHCoE) is a subsidiary of Community Behavioral Health. The KBHCE was established to support educational and training opportunities in behavioral health to strengthen and increase the workforce. To that end, KBHCE is employing a number of strategies to both develop emerging leaders ready to enter the workforce as well as to support and retain the existing workforce.

As a consortium of professionals in the field, KBHCoE’s mission is to promote innovation and workforce development in mental and behavioral health, and human services, fostering a high quality of statewide interprofessional care.  The KBHCoE’s mission is to promote innovation and rigor in mental and behavioral health, and human services, fostering a high quality statewide interprofessional care model of prevention, resilience, and quality of life for all.

For FY 2025 the Kansas Legislature approved $5.7m for expansion of psychiatric residency and addiction medicine fellowship programs; development of a forensic psychology program; additional applied learning opportunities in behavioral health degree programs; paid internships; and recruitment and retention bonuses for nursing faculty in 2-year degree programs.

Application for Nursing Faculty Bonus Funding Click here for application

For more information on the KSBHCoE, please contact mponce@acmhck.org.