LifeSkills, Inc. achieves Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic status

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — LifeSkills, Inc. has achieved certification as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic.

That’s according to a release Thursday by LifeSkills and the Pennyroyal Center.

According to the release, the honor is a model recognized across the United States and designed to “expand access to high-quality mental health and substance use services across the communities it serves.”

LifeSkills says it will collaborate with Pennyroyal Center to deliver services across 18 counties, including:

  • Allen
  • Barren
  • Butler
  • Caldwell
  • Christian
  • Crittenden
  • Edmonson
  • Hart
  • Hopkins,
  • Logan
  • Lyon
  • Metcalfe
  • Monroe
  • Muhlenberg
  • Todd
  • Trigg
  • Simpson
  • Warren

According to the release, clinics with this certification offer “a wide range of behavioral health services for people of all ages, including children and teens.”

Services will be available to those who need them, no matter their availability to pay or insurance status, the release states.

The certification comes in response to growing behavioral health needs across the region, according to Lifeskills.

Lifeskills says the community will see improved access to services, as well as more staff, extended hours with evening and weekend appointments and expanded Mobile Crisis Services available around the clock, every day of the year.

According to Lifeskills, current clients will continue receiving services without interruption while many individuals and families will benefit from expanded services.

Service expansion will continue through 2026.