Tri-County Mental Health

Mental Health CareMissouri, United States201-500 Employees

Formerly Tri-County Mental Health Services, Inc. Beacon Mental Health exists to provide prevention and recovery-oriented mental health and substance use services which are quality assured and responsive to consumer needs. In 1990, Beacon was established and is governed by a not-for-profit community board. Since its inception, the agency has progressed as a freestanding corporation and its growth includes ownership of facilities on the campus of Maple Woods Community College in North Kansas City. The agency is the primary safety-net provider of comprehensive behavioral health services to a community of more than 346,000 people who live north of the Missouri River in Clay, Platte, and Ray counties.  

Beacon Mental Health provides nationally recognized behavioral health services that include mental health, substance abuse treatment and prevention and wellness activities that include psychiatric services, therapy and outpatient programs, crisis services for individuals and families, and substance abuse programs for adults and adolescents.

Our agency utilizes a unique provider network allowing the agency to deliver accessible, cost-effective services to 7,700  consumers each year. In addition to hiring agency-based staff to provide services to the community, Beacon outsources clinical treatment for behavioral health problems to professionals who live and work throughout the three-county area. This includes private practitioners, social service agencies, and hospitals. 

Currently, Beacon has a site-based staff of 93, a network of 112 individual and agency providers, and more than 500 volunteers. By using these existing community resources, the agency has assembled the most professional collaborative team in the three-county area and successfully minimized overhead costs, maximized collaboration The agency also offers 24-hour per day, 365 days a year crisis response.

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