The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Crossroad Health Center, a Christian-based 501(c)(3) federally qualified health center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The grant funding will enable Crossroad Health Center to expand access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and integrated behavioral health services to address the significant need for these services...
The Collin County CCBHC Improvement and Advancement Project, a $4,000,000 federal grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grant Program (CFDA 93.696), will enhance crisis services and improve access to community-based mental health and substance use disorder treatment and support for individuals ages 3 and older in Collin County, Texas. The project aims to serve a population...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Community Health Care Systems, Inc. (CHCS), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to expand behavioral health services in 15 rural counties in East Central Georgia. Specifically, the funding will allow CHCS to hire additional clinical staff, including a psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical social worker, and certified peer...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will support the expansion of behavioral health services provided by Community Health & Wellness Partners (CHWP) of Logan County, Ohio. Specifically, the funding will enable CHWP to increase the number of patients receiving substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, including medication-assisted treatment, by hiring chemical dependency counselor...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Erie County Health Department and Erie County Community Health Center (ECHD/ECCHC) in Ohio. The purpose of this FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion grant is to increase access to behavioral health services, including substance use, opioid use, and co-occurring mental health disorder treatment, for vulnerable populations in the high-risk rural...
The Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Board (CCCMHB) will receive $1,568,760 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP). The funding will support three objectives from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. CCCMHB will expand the Cuyahoga County Multi-Jurisdictional Overdose Surveillance Program to enhance data collection and dissemination on...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Research Centers (CFDA 93.155) program to the Ohiohealth Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio. The grant, titled "The Connections to Treatment and Recovery Project" (the Connections Project), will ensure improved access to evidence-based, comprehensive substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) care and...
This Project Grant award of $11,274,864 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696) will support the "Health in Action Project" at the Richard Hall Community Health and Wellness Center in Somerset County, New Jersey. The project aims to reduce disparities and improve access to integrated behavioral and primary healthcare services for 1,000 individuals,...
This $4,000,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) aims to ensure the successful implementation of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model in Eddy County, New Mexico. The key objectives are to increase compensation for current staff, recruit and train new staff, furnish offices, replace technology, and conduct team building exercises for Carlsbad...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program, provides $2,068,801 to conduct a service user-informed, mixed-methods study on the implementation and impacts of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) in New York State. The study has three key components: Assessing CCBHC implementation through qualitative interviews, clinic surveys, and administrative data to describe how clinics changed...
3CS (COMPREHENSIVE CCBHC COLLABORATION): IMPROVEMENT OF SYSTEM-WIDE ACCESS TO CARE, SERVICES, AND OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN LAKE COUNTY, OH - CROSSROADS HEALTH, A LAKE COUNTY, OH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDER WITH 48 YEARS' EXPERIENCE SERVING CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND ADULTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, WILL ACHIEVE SYSTEM-WIDE AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL OUTCOMES WITH ACCELERATED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CCBHC MODEL. WITH 9 LOCAL AND STATE COLLABORATORS, THE PROJECT WILL SERVE 300 INDIVIDUALS, EXPANDING MOBILE HEALTH CRISIS SERVICES, ACCESS TO CARE, AND LINKAGE TO EBP-INFORMED SERVICES. CROSSROADS HEALTH'S PROPOSED PROJECT, 3CS, SERVES 1. CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISORDERS (SED), AND 2. ADULTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ADDICTION, OR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS, THIS POPULATION OF FOCUS RESIDES IN LAKE COUNTY, OH, A CATCHMENT AREA OF 23 CITIES, TOWNSHIPS, AND VILLAGES. DURING THE TWO-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD, CROSSROADS WILL SERVE 150 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY, OR 120 ADULTS AND 30 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, AND 300 INDIVIDUALS, OR 240 ADULTS AND 60 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN TOTAL. THE PROJECT GOALS ARE TWO-FOLD, PRODUCING SYSTEMS-WIDE AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL OUTCOME. FIRST, CROSSROADS WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE ON A SYSTEMS-WIDE LEVEL WITHIN LAKE COUNTY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CCBHC MODEL AT CROSSROADS HEALTH BY 12.30.2020. OBJ. A - INDIVIDUAL ACCESS TO MOBILE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SERVICES WILL INCREASE IN LAKE COUNTY. BY 8.29.2022, CLIENT USE OF THE LAKE HEALTH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WILL DECREASE BY 20 PERCENT AND MOBILE CRISIS SERVICES IN LAKE COUNTY WILL INCREASE BY 20 PERCENT. OBJ. B - INCREASE INDIVIDUAL ACCESS IN LAKE COUNTY TO SERVICES OFFERED WITHIN THE CCBHC MODEL AT CROSSROADS. BY 8.29.2022 INCREASE INDIVIDUAL ACCESS TO CCBHC SERVICES BY 50 PERCENT. OBJ. C - PLAN AND IMPLEMENT ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT (ACT) SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN LAKE COUNTY IN NEED OF INTENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. BY 8.29.2022 ACT ENROLLMENT IN LAKE COUNTY WILL REACH UP TO 20 INDIVIDUALS AND 10 IS FULL CASELOAD CAPACITY. THIS IS A 100 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT OVER THE CURRENT STATE. SECOND, CROSSROADS WILL IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS BY UTILIZING THE CCBHC MODEL. OBJ. A - BY 8.29.2022 INCREASE REFERRALS TO CROSSROADS OF INDIVIDUALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER SERVICES BY 20 PERCENT. OBJ. B - BY 8.29.2022 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS AND INTAKES OF INDIVIDUALS REFERRED TO CROSSROADS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES BY 10 PERCENT. OBJ. C - BY 8.29.2022 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS LINKED WITH 1 OR MORE EBP-INFORMED SERVICES AT CROSSROADS BY 20 PERCENT AND INCREASE CLIENT OUTCOMES BY 10 PERCENT FOR INDIVIDUALS LINKED WITH EBP-INFORMED SERVICES AT CROSSROADS.