Preferred behavioral health group is proposing to expand its vast menu of services to offer a certified community behavioral health clinic to ocean/monmouth county residents through a samsha grant.…

Preferred behavioral health group is proposing to expand its vast menu of services to offer a certified community behavioral health clinic to ocean/monmouth county residents through a samsha grant. - preferred behavioral group (pbhg) is excited to expand its vast menu of services to offer a certified community behavioral health clinic to ocean and monmouth county residents through generous grant funding from the substance abuse and mental health services administration (samhsa). Pbhg has been a premier behavioral health provider in the jersey shore area for over four decades and serves over 30,000 individuals per year ages 0-100+. The need for a cchbc in this area is imperative as ocean and monmouth counties have been negatively impacted by the opioid epidemic and subsequent fatalities. This is compounded by a lack of public transportation, which is an ongoing impediment to accessing care. The goal of the ccbhc is to provide a single point of contact that will improve the overall health for 1600 individuals by focusing on the unique need of each individual. Pbhg's mission is to deliver quality and compassionate behavioral health services to individuals and families all the time through a trauma informed care philosophy and approach. The cchbc's goals and objectives are in alignment with this mission as IT aims to increase access to outpatient behavioral health treatment, thereby decreasing suffering, improving functioning, and decreasing reliance on more expensive modalities such as emergency rooms and impatient units. Further, the ccbhc will decrease misuse of substances and associated negative outcomes, including overdoses, arrests, and hospital admissions by increasing to outpatient substance use treatments. Pbhg has decades of successful outcomes treating mental health and substance use disorders across this lifespan. Integration of behavioral health and physical health is critical to overall well-being. The ccbhc will allow pbhg to address unmet needs by providing more meaningful and individual treatment.