The State of Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) has been awarded a $1,000,000 one-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Planning Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under CFDA 93.696. The purpose of this grant is to support Colorado's exploration of how the CCBHC model could complement and bolster the state's behavioral health care system to promote integrated and accessible services with...
The $560,813 Project Grant awarded to Pueblo Community Health Center (PCHC) on September 1, 2024 by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Federal Grant Program aims to: 1) Increase the number of patients receiving mental health services, and 2) Increase the number of patients receiving substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD). PCHC, a non-profit organization...
This FY 2024 Project Grant award of $599,940 from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Sunrise Community Health, a non-profit healthcare provider in Northern Colorado, to expand integrated behavioral health services. Key activities include: Contracting with North Range Behavioral Health, a certified community behavioral health clinic, to embed 6.0 FTE mental health and substance use disorder staff within Sunrise's...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will provide $600,000 to the Creek Valley Health Clinic in Colorado City, Arizona to improve and expand behavioral health and substance use services in the rural northern Arizona region. The project aims to: 1) Reduce barriers to treatment access, 2) Improve the behavioral health workforce, 3) Increase the number of residents receiving behavioral health...
The High Plains Community Health Center (HPCHC) received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program. The award will enable HPCHC to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services at its clinics in Lamar and Holly, Colorado, serving a rural, medically underserved population of approximately 23,000 residents in southeastern Colorado and western Kansas....
This $1,057,978.00 federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) supports the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) in expanding and enhancing behavioral health services for underserved and vulnerable populations in Denver, Colorado. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, with a completion date of August 31, 2026, will enable CCH to provide comprehensive, culturally competent, and...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696) supports the State of Montana's implementation of the Montana CCBHC Planning Project. The project aims to transform the delivery, access, and measurement of behavioral health services in Montana by implementing high-quality, recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and equity-based...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program to Mountain Community Health Partnership, Incorporated (MCHP) to expand behavioral health services in rural Western North Carolina. The two-year grant, running from September 1, 2024 to August 30, 2026, will allow MCHP to increase access to mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and...
The Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc. (AMHC) was awarded a $7,999,996 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Improvement and Advancement Project Grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under CFDA 93.696. The grant will fund AMHC's efforts to enhance its existing CCBHC in northern Maine, expanding access to comprehensive and coordinated behavioral health services for 808 unduplicated individuals with serious mental illness, serious...
The $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Bureau of Primary Health Care (CFDA 93.224 Community Health Centers program) will enable Community Care of West Virginia, Inc. (CCWV) to expand behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, with a focus on underserved and rural populations. The grant will support an integrated care model that combines primary care and behavioral health services to increase...
COLORADO WEST REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH, INC. DBA MIND SPRINGS HEALTH CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER EXPANSION - COLORADO WEST REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH, INC. DBA MIND SPRINGS HEALTH, INC.'S (MIND SPRINGS HEALTH, MSH) CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC EXPANSION (CCBHC) PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH MIND SPRINGS HEALTH AS A CCHBC AND INCREASE ACCESS TO AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES IN NINE RURAL AND ONE SEMI-URBAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO. POPULATIONS OF FOCUS WILL INCLUDE HISPANIC/LATINO IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLEES AND PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING FOR STAFF IN WORKING WITH VETERANS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED. MIND SPRINGS HEALTH WILL SERVE A TOTAL OF 14,000 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS DURING THE TWO-YEAR GRANT PERIOD, WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN INCREASE OF 300 MEMBERS OF THESE FOCUS POPULATIONS IN YEAR ONE AND 600 IN YEAR TWO. THE CCBHC PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS SERVICE GAPS AND UNMET MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. SERVICE GAPS EXIST DUE TO PROVIDER SHORTAGES, HIGH COST OF CARE AND INSURANCE AND LACK OF INSURANCE, AND OTHER SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH). PREVALENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD CONDITIONS IS RELATIVELY HIGH IN THE SERVICE AREA FOR BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN, AS COMPARED TO STATE AND NATIONAL RATES, AND THERE ARE DISPARITIES FOR THE POPULATIONS OF FOCUS RELATED TO THESE SDOH. GOALS FOR MIND SPRINGS HEALTH'S CCBHC PROJECT INCLUDE: (1) ELEVATE STANDARD OF CARE BY ACHIEVING CCBHC STAFFING, ACCESS, CARE COORDINATION, SCOPE OF SERVICES, QUALITY, OTHER REPORTING, AND OTHER ORGANIZATION AUTHORITY GOVERNANCE AND ACCREDITATION, (2) IMPROVE MSH CAPACITY TO EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TREAT CLIENT NEEDS AND SYMPTOMS THROUGH POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING, (3) IMPROVE CLIENT ACCESS TO AND EXPERIENCE OF CARE BY REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES AND SYSTEM/QUALITY BARRIERS THAT PREVENT CLIENT ACCESS TO AND ENGAGEMENT IN CARE, (4) INCREASE CAPACITY TO CONDUCT DATA-DRIVEN PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES BY INCREASING USE OF TECHNOLOGY, STAFF DATA LITERACY, AND TECHNOLOGY FUNCTIONALITY. MSH WILL PROVIDE A FULL CONTINUUM OF OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD CARE, INCLUDING TELEHEALTH OPTIONS, FOR PREVENTION, INTERVENTION/TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, UTILIZING PROVEN CARE DELIVERY MODELS SUCH AS PERSON/FAMILY-BASED CARE AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES. STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE PROJECT ARE DESIGNED TO INCREASE STANDARD OF CARE, STAFF CAPACITY, CLIENT EXPERIENCE, CLINICAL OUTCOMES, AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TO IMPROVE CLIENT ACCESS AND QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE, AND POPULATION HEALTH, PARTICULARLY FOR HISPANIC/LATINOS PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.