Texas panhandle centers certified behavioral health center (ccbhc) expansion grant project - the texas panhandle centers ccbhc will increase access to behavioral health and primary health screening,…

Texas panhandle centers certified behavioral health center (ccbhc) expansion grant project - the texas panhandle centers ccbhc will increase access to behavioral health and primary health screening, treatment, and monitoring for people of all ages with SMI, SED, SUD, or COD in the 21-county texas panhandle region and expand outreach and care coordination for active military members and veterans. In the rural and frontier counties, we will provide a mobile wellness clinic program with a mobile staff team and clinic and expand telehealth capacity with mobile technology. TPC's ccbhc expansion grant funding will target a POF of adults, including active service members and veterans with serious mental illnesses, (SMI) substance use disorders, (SUD) and CO-occurring disorders (COD) in the entire 21-county catchment area, but will primarily dedicate project resources to accessibility of services for those living in the more rural and frontier 19 counties of TPC's geographic catchment area who currently have little or no access to treatment services, including a significant spanish-speaking population. During the two project years, we will serve 450 unduplicated people and achieve the following goals: (1) meet all 4-month ccbhc requirements for: advisory committee, staff recruitment and training, designated collaborating organization (DCO) and collaborative agreements, and protocols for monitoring and evaluation; (2) develop and implement outreach information on ccbhc services for dissemination in print and electronic formats to raise awareness and drive referrals to expanded wellness clinic services; (3) establish mobile clinic and telehealth services to increase access to care in remote communities: (4) establish and implement primary care screening and monitoring of health risks; (5) increase ccbhc services and supports to veterans; (6) identify individuals with unmet primary care needs and enroll them in integrated care services; (7) increase access to SUD services for individuals in the POF; and (8) demonstrate improvements in prevalence of elevated health risk factors such as blood pressure, ldls, triglycerides, and body mass index (BMI).