2010 - The Year in Review

On November 4, 2010 CCBC Celebrated Its 40 Year Anniversary

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Despite continuing challenges in 2010, CCBC has made positive strides to fulfill our mission, to develop and deliver compassionate, responsible culturally competent and quality mental health and substance abuse services to meet the prevention, education, treatment, rehabilitation and recovery needs of those in our community.

Positive growth has proven to be difficult for many organizations as a result of the greatest financial crisis in our lifetime, followed by a slow if not invisible recovery. For those that rely on government for a major part of our funding, government at all levels continues to reduce services and lay off employees. Mental health services in particular have been hit hard by cuts that affect our most vulnerable clients. It is this uncertain fiscal climate that continues to pose the greatest challenges for CCBC and other providers of mental health and substance abuse services.

Nonetheless, in the face of this uncertain climate, CCBC has had a successful year on many levels. CCBC has continued with expansion of office sites in Plymouth and Taunton, and the addition of a site in New Bedford. We have added staff at nearly all locations, added highly qualified and experienced psychiatrists to our medical staff, enhanced our training programs, and upgraded our technology to produce improvement in client outcomes and satisfaction.

2010 Highlights

Number of clients served by CCBC in 2010 has increased to over 11,000. Over the last 4 years the total number served has increased by 50%.
The Southeast Recovery Learning Community and other area RLCs were awarded distinguished service awards from the DMH Commissioner during the mental health month observance in May.
Selected as the designated agency to provide mental health services to FEMA for people affected by the catastrophic spring floods.
Appointment of Dr. David Kurland as CCBC’s Medical Director.
Conversion to electronic medical records which results in reduced errors and improved efficiencies.
Completed construction of the build-out of 5,000 additional square feet of clinic space at Mill River Place.
Elder Mobile Outreach Team (EMOT) received a very favorable review from researchers at UMass Medical School.
CCBC received generous support from the Greater Attleboro Taunton United Way for our housing programs for the homeless that will be used for matching HUD grants.
Addition of a child psychiatrist and a registered nurse prescriber.
Steady growth in referral rates to the Community Service Agency program, with about 100 clients in the system at all times.
Leased space expanded for Community Support Program at 4 Main Street in Brockton.