Kmhs journey to excellence - project name: kmhs journey to excellence kitsap mental health services (kmhs) as kitsap county, washington's primary behavioral healthcare provider for persons with…

Kmhs journey to excellence - project name: kmhs journey to excellence kitsap mental health services (kmhs) as kitsap county, washington's primary behavioral healthcare provider for persons with serious emotional disturbance, serious mental illness, substance use, and CO-occurring substance use disorders, proposes a four-year project to become a certified community behavioral health clinic (ccbhc) to enhance excellence of behavioral health services for over 6,300 individuals across the lifespan. Kmhs provides treatment to about 6,340 persons each year, more than 5,000 of which are adults 18 and above, and about 1,300 ages 0-17. Nearly all persons are kitsap county residents, 83% of which are at or below poverty, insured primarily through managed care medicaid. Sub-populations of focus for this proposal include 1) 468 persons with recent history of 24/7 behavioral health inpatient, crisis triage, mental health or substance use residential treatment, have one physical health risk factor, are participating in outpatient treatment and are ages seven and above; 2) 1,522 persons of all ages who are members of black, indigenous, persons of color (bipoc) and including persons of hispanic origin, persons of all ages who are immigrants or refugees, persons of all ages who have low-english proficiency (LEP), and 3) 237 adults 18 and over who are veterans, and their families. Kmhs proposes to expand integration of consumer's physical and behavioral health through on-site primary care, monitoring and screening of health indicators and health risks; increased care coordination especially for persons with higher risk of physical health impacts; application of population health management strategies; and addition of new electronic health technology and information sharing capacities with health care, emergency department and social service providers to enhance whole person health, including social determinants of health, for consumers of all ages. The project boosts capacity to deliver evidence-based practices and culturally responsive access to care and treatment. Our commitment as a ccbhc has determined this proposal's overall design so as to ensure enhancements in service delivery will improve consumer care outcomes for all children, youth, families and adults in kmhs outpatient services programs. Goals and measurable objectives are: 1) kmhs will reduce health disparities through physical and behavioral health integration services for 100% of consumers with serious emotional disturbances (SED) or serious mental illness (SMI), substance use disorders (SUD) or CO-occurring disorders (COD); 2) kmhs will increase behavioral health treatment efficacy through evidence-based practices and culturally responsive care, and enhanced black, indigenous, people of color (bipoc) and veteran's services; and 3) kmhs will improve consumer care outcomes by achieving 100% of ccbhc standards. Kmhs provides treatment to an estimated 6,340 persons annually, and the impact of achieving physical and behavioral health integration services, treatment efficacy through evidence-based practices and improvements in consumer care outcomes by achieving ccbhc standards of care will impact every individual served. Overall, kitsap mental health services estimates this project over the course of four years will touch the lives of at least 11,095 persons in our community.