Who We Are
Join Our Collaborative!
The Collaborative and its member organizations are advancing behavioral health care and social services innovation to children, adults, and families.
Enrollment is available and can provide your organization access to services and contracts with government agencies and health plans
The behavioral health care and social service sector is rapidly changing in Ohio and across the country. The Ohio Children’s Alliance responded to this volatility by establishing a Collaborative of community agencies that work together to improve their quality of care and promote their sustainability and relevance. Since 2017, the Collaborative has advanced value-based care and social services innovation among approximately forty community agencies spanning every region of Ohio.
​In creating this opportunity for Ohio Children’s Alliance member organizations, the Collaborative fosters communication and data-sharing, and information on best practices between health plans, health care organizations, and government agencies in behavioral health. This enterprise allows our members to leverage opportunities to innovate and improve health and social outcomes, achieve savings, foster health integration, and establish administrative efficiencies. In doing so, we achieve our mission by providing better care to those that matter most—children and families.
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Current Initiatives
Clinically Integrated Health Care Network (CIN)
With a focus on children and families, our clinically integrated network encompasses provider agencies in every region of the state, 3,500+ health care practitioners, and collectively serves more than 60,000+ clients each year. Together, we are enhancing our behavioral healthcare performance, quality, and efficiency to improve outcomes for kids and families.
Bridges Program
Ohio’s program which extends foster care to eligible young adults by equipping those who age out of the system with secure housing, employment, and pursue of higher education. Help Spread the Bridges Mission by utilizing the Bridges Marketing Toolkit!
Respite Care
A statewide Respite Care Program that offers therapeutic relief and time-limited breaks to families and other caregivers of CareSource and Aetna OhioRISE Members. Our network of respite care practitioners are available to assist members with normal activities of daily life in order to meet the needs of the primary caregiver, as well as the child.
Join Us!
Collaborative enrollment is available to any behavioral health agency, and can provide your organization access to various services and contracts with government agencies and health plans.
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Member Benefits Include:​
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​Participation in Ohio's first and largest clinically integrated network of community behavioral health care providers.
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Collaboration and support with like-minded agencies.
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Opportunities to join provider workgroups and committees focused on issues impacting behavioral health providers
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Access to behavioral health billing and coding consultants.
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Provider Relations support to escalate and assist with claims issues.
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Quality Improvement resources to support improved performance in value-based agreements.
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Enhanced payor contract rates and incentive opportunities through value-based agreements.