The Onondaga County Integrated Mental Health Services System of Care (OCIMHSOC) project, funded by a $2,990,757 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CFDA 93.104) program, aims to address the disparities faced by youth aged 0 to 21 in Onondaga County who have serious emotional disturbances (SED), including autism and/or developmental, physical, or...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Access Community Health Centers, Inc. in Madison, Wisconsin. The purpose of the grant is to expand behavioral health services integration at Access Community Health Centers' five clinics located in federally recognized Opportunity Zones where medically underserved populations experience social and economic...
This $600,000 Project Grant award, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), supports 1ST Choice Healthcare, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Northeast Arkansas, in expanding access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services. The primary objectives are to increase access to mental health services, integrate SUD treatment including medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in primary care, develop...
The Cortland County Integrated System of Care Expansion Initiative is a $2,868,258 federal grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CFDA 93.104) program. The goal of this 4-year project, which runs from September 2024 to September 2028, is to improve mental health services for youth aged 12-18 in Cortland County, New York, particularly those at...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Cornell Scott-Hill Health Corporation (CS-HHC) in New Haven, CT. The 2-year grant will enable CS-HHC to expand mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment capacity at its Recovery and Wellness Center site. Specifically, the funding will support adding an 0.59 FTE addiction psychiatrist, 2.4 FTE...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), will enable United Community And Family Services, Inc. (UCFS) to expand access to integrated behavioral health, mental health, and substance use disorder services within their primary care setting in Norwich, CT. UCFS will use the funding over 2 years to add integrated care clinicians, recovery coaches,...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Community Health Care Systems, Inc. (CHCS), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to expand behavioral health services in 15 rural counties in East Central Georgia. Specifically, the funding will allow CHCS to hire additional clinical staff, including a psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical social worker, and certified peer...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,177,976 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Regional Health Reach Inc., a non-profit community health provider in Rochester, NY. The grant, titled "Providing Access to Transformational Health Services (PATHS)", aims to expand access to and increase utilization of mental health care and substance use disorder (SUD) services for individuals...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), provides $1,800,000 to Northern Counties Health Care, Inc. (NCHC) to expand behavioral health services in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom region. The funding will enable NCHC to enhance counseling access, expand medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, and improve the availability of specialized behavioral...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), will enable Unicare Community Health Center, Inc. (UCHC) to expand behavioral health and substance abuse services across its network of 17 clinics and one mobile clinic serving Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties in Southern California. UCHC, a private non-profit Federally Qualified...
ACCESS AND ENGAGEMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH FOR ONEIDA COUNTY NY - UPSTATE CEREBRAL PALSY (UCP)'S CMHC IS A NYS ARTICLE 31 OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC. WITH THIS GRANT, UCP-CMHC WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR 400 INDIVIDUALS WITH SMI, SED, AND COD EACH YEAR (600 UNDUPLICATED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT PERIOD). UCP'S PROPOSED SERVICE AREA, ONEIDA COUNTY, NY IS HOME TO NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE. ONEIDA COUNTY IS A FEDERALLY DESIGNATED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND WITH POCKETS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISTRESS. COMPOUNDED BY THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF COVID-19, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT NEED TO IMPROVE THE DISPARITIES IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND OUTCOMES IN THE AREA. POPULATION SERVED: UCP-CMHC WILL TARGET INDIVIDUALS WITH SMI, SED, AND COD. THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATIONS SERVED WILL BE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY'S LARGEST CITY, UTICA. IN UTICA, ONE-THIRD OF THE POPULATION IS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. IN ADDITION TO EXHIBITING SIGNS OF SOCIOECONOMIC DISTRESS, THE COUNTY IS HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS INCLUDING NEARLY 15,000 VETERANS AND OVER 18,000 FOREIGN-BORN INDIVIDUALS (19% OF POPULATION). THESE SPECIAL POPULATIONS ARE PARTICULARLY AT-RISK FOR INCREASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) NEEDS AND HEALTH DISPARITIES; FOR EXAMPLE STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT BH DISORDERS (PTSD, DEPRESSION, AND ANXIETY) WERE THE MOST PREVALENT HEALTH CONCERN AMONG THE REFUGEE POPULATION. FURTHERMORE, THE PANDEMIC HAS LED TO INCREASES IN INDIVIDUALS REPORTING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. ACCORDING TO A NYSHEALTH REPORT, THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF ADULT NEW YORKERS REPORTED SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY AND/OR DEPRESSION - TRIPLE THE NUMBER DURING RECENT PRE-PANDEMIC PERIODS. STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS: TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES AND BETTER SERVE FRONTLINE STAFF, UCP WILL COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED ACTIVITIES. UCP WILL ESTABLISH, STRENGTHEN, AND R SUSTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE AUDIO AND AUDIO-VISUAL TELEHEALTH CAPABILITIES BY ESTABLISHING TELEHEALTH PODS AND BETTER EQUIPPING STAFF TO DELIVER REMOTE CARE. UCP WILL PROVIDE OUTPATIENT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SED, SMI, AND COD IN THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA UTILIZING EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES AND HIGHLY TRAINED STAFF. UCP WILL PROVIDE TRAUMA INFORMED SCREENING, ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS, AND PATIENT-CENTERED TREATMENT PLANNING AND TREATMENT DELIVERY. UCP WILL PROVIDE CLINICAL AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH BH NAVIGATORS AND CERTIFIED RECOVERY PEER ADVOCATES. UCP WILL DEVELOP AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF CMHC INCLUDING WELLNESS RETREATS, BREAKROOM ENHANCEMENTS, AND EQUIPPING A CONFERENCE ROOM AS AN EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTER. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: UCP HOPES TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS: (1) INCREASE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SED/SMI/COD (2) ENHANCE RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES (3) INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF HIGH-QUALITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE STAFF IN THE REGION AND (4) INCREASE STAFF WELLNESS AND SATISFACTION.