Serv ccbhc - partners in wellness - serv centers of new jersey's partners in wellness PWP is a certified ccbhc currently operating with a samhsa grant

This new grant would allow PWP to serve more people and hone our capacity to provide integrated behavioral health care within a whole-person framework to 150 indvidiuals per year of the grant or 300 total. The population of focus will include children, adolescents, and adults with complex needs including chronic health conditions and/or behavioral health disorders. The county and its surrounding areas are affected by high rates of incarceration, homelessness, and poverty, all of which influence the high prevalence of behavioral health (BH) issues in relation to NJ and the US. This region has also been HIT hard by the opioid crisis. The county's low mental health provider rates for children and adults are inadequate to meet need. A 2016 community needs assessment in the southern passaic county area found that 5.3% of survey respondents (about 27,000 passaic residents) were unable to obtain MH services in the past year; 52.7% perceived substance use (SU) to be a major problem and 29.4% identified MH services as difficult to access in the community. The proposed goals and objectives reflect our primar mission to facilitate consumer connections to and provide quality health and behavioral health treatment and recovery supports so people with complex needs can participate fully in community life with improve health and wellness. The goals are to improve outcomes through care management and wraparound services to link consumers to services that effectively address their health and behavioral health needs and help them achieve their personal life goals; to increase access to health, behavioral health and community support service to address the low MH provider ratio and high level of need in passaic county; to improve treatment and service quality; and to increase community partnerships. PWP will use evidence based treatment approaches and recovery supports to empower consumers to set and achieve their own goals in employment, housing, education, and family/social relationships.