Welcome to the Quad Cities Behavioral Health Coalition
The work of the Quad Cities Behavioral Health Coalition (QCBHC) will be collaborative, inclusive, cross-sector, results-based, and unified by person-centered care principles supporting client choice. Our vision is that the QC region is known for outstanding, comprehensive, and coordinated behavioral health services that are accessible to all in a timely manner. The Coalition will collectively promote awareness and tell our community’s story, measure and showcase our progress, drive innovation, and support the identification of new resources.​

Why Should You Be Involved?

How Can You Connect to the Work? 
Mental Health is integral to our overall health and essential for creating a healthy community where we all live, work, learn and play. From our community health assessments, we know this is a priority area for our community and that we have room to improve. Consider information from the 2021 Community Health Assessment:
  • 23.1% of adults in the QCA rate their mental health as "fair" or "poor" and this has increased over time ​
  • 42.7% of adults in the QCA have experienced symptoms of chronic depression 
  • 27.8% of QCA parents of children age 5-17 report that their child needed mental health services in the past year; this number has increased from 10.3% in 2015 
The Coalition-at-large meets quarterly (currently via Zoom) 
  • 2022 dates and times: February 22nd, May 24th, August 23rd, and November 15th (9-10 a.m.)​

Current Focus

The Coalition is currently focused on a QC Zero Suicide Initiative, which incorporates a community-wide adoption of best practices in suicide prevention and person-centered care. Objectives include a 1,000-day awareness campaign (“Suicide is Preventable”), getting 100 orgs to sign-on to the Initiative from every sector, and recruitment of 1,000 “high-touch” citizens to receive online training in suicide prevention

The Coalition has Four Teams

Promotion seeks to create and implement a communications plan to consistently share updates and progress with coalition members and the community; it also seeks to build online and social media engagement in order to share stories, awareness, and promote services; it identifies education/ training opportunities (holding quarterly training sessions); and promotes Make It Ok and Zero Suicide through trainings and social media.
Outcomes seeks to track behavioral health measurements across provider organizations and develop an annual dashboard. 
Funding & Resources s seeks to identify and secure funding sources to support the QC Zero Suicide Initiative and overall Coalition work. 
Innovation seeks to identify and review evidence-based practices in mental health and make recommendations on their applicability in the Quad Cities; and intends to discover, spotlight, and/or collaborate with evidence-based work in the Quad Cities [partnering with Promotion].
Quad Cities Behavioral Health Coalition
QCBehavioralHealth@gmail.com