Center for Mental Health Services

The Center for Mental Health Services leads federal efforts to promote the prevention and treatment of mental disorders. Congress created CMHS to bring new hope to adults who have serious mental illness and children with emotional disorders. The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS): - Strengthens the Nation's mental health system by helping states improve and increase the quality and range of their treatment, rehabilitation, and support - Makes it easier for people to access mental health programs - Encourages a range of programs such as systems of care to respond to the increasing number of mental, emotional, and behavioral problems among America's children - Supports outreach and case management programs for the thousands of Americans who are homeless and the improvement of these services - Ensures that scientifically-established findings and practice-based knowledge are applied in preventing and treating mental disorders