About 40 years ago, the mental health services providing strategies have been dramatically changed worldwide. As well as, it is considered as a new revolution in mental health and named as community-based mental health movement. Moreover, mental health centers in Iran have been established in order to make a change in urban community-based mental health (CMHC). The first CMHC was founded in Tehran 16^th district in 2010. In Yazd, it was established in 2010. In this article, the steps for establishment of the first CMHC were described.