Thrive cmhc expansion - this program seeks to develop an array of services to address the needs of individuals with SED, SMI, or COD who impacted by the covid-19 pandemic. - thrive behavioral health's…

Thrive cmhc expansion - this program seeks to develop an array of services to address the needs of individuals with SED, SMI, or COD who impacted by the covid-19 pandemic. - thrive behavioral health's current cmhc seeks to support and restore the delivery of clinical services that were impacted by the covid-19 pandemic and effectively address the needs of individuals with serious emotional disturbance (SED), serious mental illness (SMI), and individuals with CO-occurring disorder (COD) in washington and kent counties in rhode island. This geographic area covers a land area of 497.76 square miles and has a population of 289,869. The project will expand evidence based behavioral health practices to address the needs of individuals with behavioral health conditions, including minority populations and economically disadvantaged communities that have not been met during the pandemic. For this cmhc project, thrive proposes six projects to serve 365 individuals year 1 and 365 individuals year 2, for a total of 730 individuals. 1)mental health supports for public schools: this program would increase universal supports related to mental health by providing emotional support and skills to the entire student body. This school-wide behavior plan is designed to outline practices that will nurture students' social and emotional development, supporting the whole child. 2) youth and family services expansion south county: for this program, TBH will place program staff in the westerly office of the wood river health services to deliver home-based services, either through enhanced outpatient services (EOS) or child and family intensive treatment (cfit). 3) coventry and west warwick outpatient services expansion: for this program TBH will provide services to adult and youth and families in our west warwick office to increase access to services in west warwick and coventry. Youth will participate in a social skills group to help with problems relating to others. Parents participate in parent education groups to learn healthy parenting skills. 4) outpatient services for new clients impacted by covid-19: this program will expand outpatient behavioral health services to vulnerable adults and children impacted by covid-19, including those who are underserved. The program will seek to eliminate the barriers faced by low-income, minority populations by ensuring culturally competent care to better address behavioral health issues and reduce the stigma of treatment. The service delivery model is based on integrated care using interventions that address chronic and toxic stress. 5) emergency services for individuals in crisis. Emergency crisis services is a short-term, acute intervention for an individual experiencing a behavioral health crisis that is designed to mitigate adverse reactions, facilitate coping and planning, assist in identifying and accessing available supports, normalize reactions to the crisis, and assess capacities and need for further support or referral to the next level of care. 6) infrastructure (training, information technology and transportation). In this component, a director of training (to address agency-identified workforce needs), a systems engineer (to meet increased information technology demands) and a driver (to transport clients to clinically needed services) would be hired, which would increase service accessibility and quality.