Pennyroyal center's samhsa CMHC grant - pennyroyal center (PC) is one of the largest behavioral health organizations in kentucky, serving over 15,000 individuals annually

PC will focus on the emerging and underserved needs of the targeted population of seriously mentally ILL (SMI) adults, seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) youth, and individuals with CO-occurring disorders (COD) in caldwell, christian, crittenden, hopkins, lyon, muhlenberg, todd, and trigg counties in western kentucky. The pennyroyal region houses approximately 202,000 individuals, with five of the eight counties exceeding the standard (pre-PANDEMIC) poverty rate of 16.3 percent for kentucky. The overall goal of the community mental health center (CMHC) grant program will focus on increasing access to and providing a full-service array for the targeted population. PC serves any person experiencing mental illness and/or substance use disorder regardless of where they live or their ability to pay for services. The CMHC will service approximately 550 individuals in year one and 600 individuals in year two of the grant and will concentrate on four specific underserved populations: 1. Adults with serious mental illness 2. Adults with serious mental illness and substance use disorder 3. Youth with serious emotional disturbance 4. Youth with serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorder the PC is requesting 2.49 million dollars in year one and 2.37 million dollars in year two to support the direct service provision of the above target population. Grant funds will be utilized to sustain and restore crisis intervention, mobile crisis, and school-based services. In addition, funds will be utilized to support the expansion of psychosocial rehabilitation services, supportive housing, a recovery community center, and a rapid response team. The PC will utilize evidence-based practices to include, but not limited to, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive processing therapy and accelerated resolution therapy. Services will be provided in the traditional outpatient setting and within the community. Building on the principles of whole-person care, services will include careful assessment of physical, behavioral, social, and economic issues. The PC's person-centered approach, combined with a recovery-focused model, puts the person receiving services at the center of all decision-making, working towards an agreed-upon goal. Our CMHC will provide a full spectrum of integrated services/interventions, including crisis intervention and stabilization, mobile crisis, school-based services, targeted case management, peer support, psychosocial rehabilitation, and outpatient services for the targeted population.