Community Care Teams (CCT) are innovative neighborhood based interdisciplinary teams facilitated by a mental health professional and directed at the creation of person-centered behavioral support plans for long term care residents. This model, which is the subject of a recently published book by the American Psychological Association titled “Transforming Long Term Care: Expanded Opportunities for Mental Health Providers”, provides long term care staff with the psychologically based insights, tools and skills necessary to enhance care for residents with dementia. This evidence-informed model has been utilized in a range of long-term care settings for over 15 years and its impact is supported by quality improvement data related to resident outcomes, staff satisfaction, and operational improvements in long term care settings, as well as findings from a recent effectiveness and implementation study. Informed by evidence and implemented through standardized processes that integrate into the daily operations of a long-term care setting, the model provides benefit to residents and staff alike. While this model of care is informed by evidence based approaches and incorporates psychological interventions that are widely accepted as best practice by mental health professionals engaged in serving older adults within long-term care settings, these approaches are not commonly utilized because of limitations in reimbursement by third-party payors, e.g. Medicare. In this regard, the Community Care Team model lends support for a shift in public policy by emphasizing the value and positive impact of fully integrating expanded behavioral health services and expertise into long term care settings. Specifically, through the Community Care Team model incorporation of behavioral intervention, interdisciplinary team collaboration, best-practice based staff training and mentoring, continuous quality improvement, and traditionally-reimbursed psychological services, the model serves as an illustration of the benefits derived via full integration of behavioral health into long term care. In particular, the Community Care Team model has the potential to significantly enhance quality of care for residents with dementia by enhancing the person-centered behavioral support provided by supporting and informing those who provide the 24/7 care.