Rediscover community mental health center grant program - rediscover's cmhc project will expand and support the current capacity of four behavioral health crisis focused programs to address the…

Rediscover community mental health center grant program - rediscover's cmhc project will expand and support the current capacity of four behavioral health crisis focused programs to address the unmet needs children and adults with SED, SMI, and COD are experiencing in jackson county, missouri (MO) through the covid-19 pandemic. Cmhc funds will be used to support existing and new staff to continue and expand services. Programs will include the kansas city assessment and triage center (KC-ATC), the behavioral health urgent care clinic (bhucc), the CO-responders program, and the zero youth suicide program. This multi-faceted approach will respond to an increasing number of behavioral health crises in the community and in schools, and the ever-growing demands put on our mental health professionals to support those in crisis. Rediscover's service area is jackson county, missouri including LEE's summit, kansas city, raytown, and grandview. The target population includes traditionally underserved residents like the indigent, uninsured, or underinsured. This project will serve adults and children with serious emotional disturbance (SED), serious mental illness (SMI), or who have a CO-occurring disorder (COD) like SMI and substance use disorder (SUD). Based on our current client population, 84% will be ages 18 and older and 16% will be under age 18. Ethnicities served will include 50% caucasian, 23% african american, 3% mixed race, 2% hispanic, and 21% undisclosed race. Ninety-five percent will live at or below poverty level; 35% will be uninsured, 30% will be on medicaid, and 16% on medicare. Project goals are to: increase capacity to serve individuals in crisis referred from hospitals, law enforcement, and other cmhc's and mental health providers and provide immediate care and resource connections; enhance the ability of law enforcement to respond to those in crisis; increase school capacity to support youth in crisis; and increase staff resilience and decrease turnover. Rediscover will serve 500 unduplicated clients each year, totaling 1,000 clients over two years. Rediscover will deliver trauma-informed screening and assessments; person-centered, culturally competent care; and increase access to outpatient, urgent, same-day care at the bhucc with additional staff. At KC-ATC, rediscover anticipates service levels will increase to pre-pandemic levels by accepting client referrals from other mental health providers, cmhcs, and walk-INS. Telehealth and technology infrastructure will be sustained to ensure continued full virtual services. New employee development and enhanced employee assistance measures will be implemented. Additional qualified mental health professionals will be hired to expand capacity to respond to children in crisis in schools and mobile crisis mental health services through the CO-responder program with three police departments.