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CommCARE Launches Help Line

Regional mental health organization CommCARE has launched a new mental health helpline, 1-888-279-8188 or online at FirstStepForHELP.com.

The help offers master’s level clinicians available to help 24 hours a day. This is a free service to meet the behavioral health needs of the community. More information is available on this FirstStepsForHelp flyer pdf.

CommCARE focuses on the state of Missouri, but they extend they reach across state lines to include the entire Kansas City metro. The helpline service is multilingual and always confidential.

CommCARE is a not-for-profit behavioral health management organization that works in collaboration with community behavioral health centers and other providers to continually improve access to affordable, high quality, and effective behavioral health services. Our vision is a community where people are efficiently and effectively connected with high quality behavioral health services, supporting wellness and productivity of all.

You may learn more about CommCARE at www.CommCARE1.org.

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