Transforming Rural Mental Health Care: The Promise of CCBHCs

What does it take to make mental health and substance use care accessible in some of the nation’s most rural communities? This week's episode covers how Westbrook Health Services is rethinking behavioral health care delivery in West Virginia, and why a new approach to funding is creating opportunities for lasting change. In this episode of The State of Mental Wellbeing, host Mohini Venkatesh sits down with Kevin Trippett, president and CEO of Westbrook Health Services, to discuss how the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model is expanding access to mental health and substance use care across rural West Virginia. Their conversation explores whole-person care, workforce challenges, community partnerships, innovations in crisis response, and how sustainable funding is helping providers move from survival mode to long-term impact. Listeners will learn: How CCBHCs expand rural mental health and substance use care The importance of care coordination, peer support and partnerships How prospective payment supports whole-person care and innovation Kevin Trippett has served as President and CEO of Westbrook Health Services since 2017. He has been with Westbrook since 1999, previously serving as accountant and CFO. In 2018, he received West Virginia Executive magazine’s Sharp Shooters Award. Follow for weekly conversations shaping mental health and substance use care.