Mental health partners' project rise: RESILIENCE-INNOVATION-SUPPORT-EXPERTISE - mental health partners' rise (RESILIENCE-INNOVATION-SUPPORT-EXPERTISE) project intends to restore and transform…

Mental health partners' project rise: RESILIENCE-INNOVATION-SUPPORT-EXPERTISE - mental health partners' rise (RESILIENCE-INNOVATION-SUPPORT-EXPERTISE) project intends to restore and transform behavioral health services that were impacted by the covid-19 pandemic, focusing on removing barriers to care and addressing the drastically increased behavioral health needs within our delivery system. Rise will expand treatment and recovery infrastructure and increase current behavioral health programming capacity to meet the challenges that stemmed from the pandemic. The project aims to serve 400 individuals annually. The target populations are individuals with serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED), substance use disorders (SUD), or CO-occurring disorders (COD). Subpopulations of focus are key underserved groups in our community: rural mountain residents, hispanic/latinx and bipoc individuals and families, and low-income individuals, especially those who are underinsured. The project includes three primary goals: (1) increase clinical capacity by strengthening innovative telehealth/digital infrastructure for programs working with individuals with SMI, SED, SUD, and COD; (2) address the mental health needs as well as increase technology confidence for staff and clients by improving training and increasing technical SUPPORT for using telehealth technologies; and (3) expand access to community-based clinical and recovery SUPPORT services by opening the boulder strong resource center and implementing a mobile care model, the be well bus, targeting rural mountain residents as well as latinx and spanish-speaking families in the eastern portions of boulder county. The rise project will enable MHP to build back stronger, especially in the face of the undeniable digital transformation taking hold throughout the healthcare industry as a result of the pandemic.