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 -…

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.