community mental health center

noun

1. a healthcare facility or network of agencies that is part of a system originally authorized by the U.S. government to provide a coordinated program of continuing mental health care to a specific population.

Example Sentences

Many community mental health centers have legal clinics that help people navigate the name and gender marker change process.

From Washington Blade

In 1963, President Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Centers Act, authorizing $150 million in grants for construction of public and nonprofit community mental health centers.

From Time