Certified community behavioral health clinic expansion grant - project name: MFI certified community behavioral health center summary for publication: MFI seeks ccbhc support to become a certified…

Certified community behavioral health clinic expansion grant - project name: MFI certified community behavioral health center summary for publication: MFI seeks ccbhc support to become a certified community behavioral health clinic in order provide a comprehensive array of services that create access, stabilize people in crisis, and provide the integrated treatment of physical, behavioral health, and recovery support services for those with the most serious and complex mental and substance use disorders and comorbid physical health disorders. Population to be served: low-income, underserved, and uninsured residents within the service area (western riverside county) who are most in need of coordinated, integrated quality care, and those who are court-ordered to services including those with serious mental illness (SMI) or substance use disorders (SUD), including opioid use disorders; children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED); and individuals with CO-occurring mental and substance disorders (COD). Strategies and interventions: existing services include: crisis mental health services: screening, assessment, and diagnosis, including risk assessment; patient-centered treatment planning; including risk assessment and crisis planning; outpatient mental health and substance use services; outpatient clinic primary care screening and monitoring of key health indicators and health risk; targeted case management; psychiatric rehabilitation services; and comprehensive community recovery supports including peer support, counselor services, and family supports. New services to be introduced include: intensive community-based mental health care for members of the armed forces and veterans, consistent with minimum clinical mental health guidelines (VA health administration); and assertive community treatment. Goals and measurable objectives: MFI's goal is to become a ccbhc to improve the behavioral health of riverside county citizens by: providing integrated community-based physical health, mental and substance use disorder services; advancing integration of behavioral health with physical health care; assimilating and utilizing evidence-based practices; employing care coordination; and promoting improved access to high quality care in a "person and family centered" environment: by the end of the grant period: increase community-based mental and substance use disorder services by 5 % to improve mental health and SUD outcomes (aligned to those needing and receiving mental health and SUD); increase integration of behavioral health with physical health care by 25% to decrease the barriers those with mental health problems experience in relation to healthcare needs; utilize three additional evidence-based practices to achieve recovery and wellness for mental health and physical health improvements in 70% of clients served; promote improved access to high quality care by removing barrier to care such as transportation, a shortage of primary care physicians, and few mental health providers for individuals. Number people served: year 1: 2,036; year 2: 2,138 for total project of 4,174