FY 2021 certified community behavioral health clinic expansion grants - ccbhc expansion grants - freedom house proposes to implement a project that will serve children and youth with serious emotional…

FY 2021 certified community behavioral health clinic expansion grants - ccbhc expansion grants - freedom house proposes to implement a project that will serve children and youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED), adults with severe mental illness (SMI), individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) including opioid use disorders (OUD) and those with CO-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (COD) project in warren, orange, and person counties in the central portion of north carolina. Following are the goals and objectives of the proposed project. Goal 1: to increase availability and accessibility of services objective 1: use mobile crisis teams in rural communities objective 2: embed mobile crisis teams in the community objective 3: institute policies to have mobile crisis teams work seamlessly with facility-based crisis for intake and admission when inpatient crisis and/or detox is required goal 2: to provide a comprehensive array of medical and mental health services to support long term wellness and recovery objective 1: provide physical and mental health screenings, assessment, and diagnosis within 48 hours of admission objective 2: coordinate care and peer support services as part of inpatient crisis treatment planning objective 3: provide screenings for HIV, viral hepatitis (a, b, and c), diabetes and other chronic medical conditions objective 4: increase early intervention and education about chronic CO-mobilities that negatively impact overall health and wellness goal 3: to partner with local law enforcement to decrease emergency room usage for mental health/substance use crisis objective 1. Increase awareness among local law enforcement of the availability and accessibility of crisis services, objective 2. Conduct at least three mental health awareness training events objective 3. Produce and distribute business cards and/or flyers with the mobile crisis call line number for law enforcement and EMS. Goal 4: to evaluate the project objective 1. Gather, analyze, and monitor project outcomes against stated goals and objectives objective 2. Collect data using the gpra instrument required for the project. Objective 3. Analyze and produce reports at least monthly to disseminate to the project management team and advisory committee for continuous quality improvement goal 5: position freedom house for project sustainability beyond the two-year funding by securing all credentialling and funder approvals to bill for services objective 1. Establish an advisory work group led by the director of credentialling and facilities and comprised of individuals with mental and substance use disorders, and family members to meet monthly to provide input and guidance to the ccbhc on implementation and sustainability. Objective 2. Work with utilization management and billing to understand and overcome barriers to reimbursement the proposed project will serve 400 individuals in the first year and 800 in the second year for a total of 1,200 over the grant funding period.