The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $2,000,000 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Planning Grant to the South Dakota Department of Social Services. The grant will fund a 12-month project to: 1) Identify gaps in the state's publicly funded behavioral health system and provide training/technical assistance to help providers achieve CCBHC certification readiness; 2) Explore Medicaid...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program, awarded a $600,000 two-year Project Grant to Santa Rosa Community Health (SRCH) to increase the number of patients receiving mental/behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services. SRCH will expand a fully integrated Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model at three of its largest clinic locations, hiring...
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) has been awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696). This one-year planning grant will support HCPF and the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration in exploring how the CCBHC model can complement and strengthen Colorado's behavioral health care system. Key...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to School Health Clinics of Santa Clara County (SHC) to expand its behavioral health services. The funding will enable SHC to increase the capacity of its existing behavioral health program to meet growing demand, including expanding services to provide substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and medication-assisted treatment (MOUD). SHC, a non-profit...
This $600,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Harbor Community Health Centers (HARBORCHC), a non-profit organization in San Pedro, California, to expand their behavioral health care services. The funding will support the provision of mental health screenings, therapeutic treatments, medication-assisted treatment for opioid use...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1.2M Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Project Grant to the Saban Community Clinic (formerly the Los Angeles Free Clinic) to expand access to behavioral healthcare services for the Los Angeles community. Over the 2-year grant period from September 2024 to August 2026, the Saban Community Clinic plans to: 1) increase the number of patients receiving mental health services,...
The Santa Cruz Community Health Centers (SCCHC) received a $600,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to enhance behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services. The funding will allow SCCHC to expand the availability of individual and group therapy sessions, further integrate mental health screenings into primary care visits, and hire additional licensed mental health professionals to...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Universal Community Health Center (UCHC) to expand mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services in South Los Angeles. Through this FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion initiative, UCHC will increase the number of patients receiving MH and SUD services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. The...
This Project Grant award of $1,800,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will fund the Valley Homeless Healthcare Program's (VHHP) Behavioral Health Services Expansion Project. The project aims to increase access to integrated substance use disorder and mental health services for a vulnerable, hard-to-engage population: homeless individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. The...
The Louisiana Department of Health, through its Office of Behavioral Health Division, was awarded a $1,000,000 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Planning Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the FY 2025 grant period. The goal of this Project Grant is to expand statewide behavioral healthcare capacity, access, and availability for Louisiana residents of all ages with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and...
SCHARP CCBHC PDI - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM (SCHARP), A BLACK-LED ORGANIZATION, HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS PROVIDER OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) AND RELATED SERVICES TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY (LAC) SINCE 1994. IT IS PROPOSING TO PLAN, DEVELOP, AND IMPLEMENT A CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC (CCBHC) IN AN AREA OF LAC KNOWN AS VERMONT VISTA, WITHIN LAC PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT (LACDPH) SERVICE PLANNING AREA 6 (SPA 6). IT IS 1.56 SQUARE MILES AND HAS A POPULATION OF 25,797. GAPS IN SERVICES INCLUDE THE OVERWHELMING NEEDS IN THE POF COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT THE VERMONT VISTA AREA IS AN UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITY, WITHOUT SUBSTANCE USE CARE PROVIDERS WITHIN IT (LAC SERVICE & BED AVAILABILITY TOOL, 2022), AND A DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH AND PRIMARY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS (HPSAS). IT HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOTH THE CITY AND LAC. THE POPULATIONS OF FOCUS (POF) ARE HOMELESS AND/OR JUSTICE INVOLVED (ADULTS INCLUDING VETERANS AND CHILDREN) WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI) OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD), CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISORDERS (SED), AND INDIVIDUALS WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS (COD), AND A GENERAL SMI, SUD, SED, AND COD POPULATION. GOALS INCLUDE 1) PLAN FOR, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A CCBHC THAT MEETS CCBHC CERTIFICATION CRITERIA AND 2) PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED, AND PERSON- AND FAMILY-CENTERED INTEGRATED SERVICES FOR THE POF THAT SUPPORT RECOVERY FROM MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT GOALS ARE: 1) COMPLETE FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS TO SUPPORT PRIMARY CARE SCREENINGS, 2) RECRUIT, HIRE ALL STAFF REQUIRED TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CCBHC SERVICES, 3) COMPLETE A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, 4) DEVELOP A PLAN FOR STAFFING, TRAINING, AND DELIVERY OF ALL REQUIRED SERVICES INCLUDING CARE COORDINATION, LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY, AND USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES (EBPS), 5) COMPLETE A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, 6) MEET ALL CCBHC CERTIFICATION CRITERIA AND SUBMIT AN ATTESTATION TO SAMHSA FOR APPROVAL, 7) PROVIDE STAFF TRAINING FOR THE DELIVERY OF ALL REQUIRED SERVICES, INCLUDING CARE COORDINATION, LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY, & USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES. 8) INTEGRATE THE USE OF LANES HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE TO SUPPORT COORDINATION & TRANSITIONS OF CARE, 9) IMPLEMENT A REPLACEMENT EHR - QUALIFACTS - AND RELATED DASHBOARDS TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND POPULATION HEALTH MEASURING AND REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES, 10) REVIEW, EVALUATE, AND ADOPT ALL NECESSARY PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES, 11) ASSESS SITE SERVICE HOURS AT THIS LOCATION TO MAXIMIZE CLIENT ACCESS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, 12) ACHIEVE STATE SITE CERTIFICATION FOR SUD SERVICES. THROUGH THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CCBHC AT THIS SITE, SCHARP WILL SERVE 450 INDIVIDUALS OVER THE FOUR YEARS OF FUNDING AND SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND IMPROVE OVERALL SERVICE QUALITY FOR ADULTS WITH SMI, CHILDREN, AND YOUTH WITH SED AS WELL AS THOSE WITH COD.