Heritage ccbhc-IA project - heritage will expand and enhance access to behavioral health and substance use services in macon and dewitt counties in central illinois

Our population of focus (POF) is low-income children, youth, and adults with behavioral health needs CO-occurring disorders (COD). Our population is largely white (78%), with 16% as identifying as african american. Approximately 6% identify as lgbtq+ and 7% are veterans. The area experiences high levels of poverty. Last year, heritage served 2,170 individuals in outpatient mental health programs and 600 individuals in outpatient substance use programs. We anticipate service approximately 250 unduplicated individuals annually, and a total of 700 unduplicated individuals across all four project years. Heritage will use the ccbhc-IA grant to build upon our past 2 years of successful implementation of the ccbhc model in our community. Heritage provides all services required in the ccbhc criteria. Our goals for this grant are to strengthen and broaden targeted services, including our substance use recovery services; expand and improve care coordination; and further develop a robust system for continuous quality improvement, fidelity monitoring for ebps, and use of quality health indicators for client care and program management. Our specific project goals are: (1) increase access to and engagement in medication-assisted recovery (MAR) services for individuals with substance use and CO-occurring disorders, and ensure that clients are served using the most appropriate medication, (2) increase the proportion of heritage clients who receive care coordination services and develop an interdisciplinary care management team, (3) remove barriers to treatment access by expanding telehealth services and increasing outreach and engagement in the community, (4) improve client outcomes by strengthening fidelity to existing ebps and increase use of ebps across all programming, (5) improve clinical quality and client retention in treatment by expanding meaningful involvement of consumers and family members in their own care and the broader governance of the ccbhc, and (6) continue to increase access to and utilization of ongoing primary and specialty care through improved screening, and more effective care management and coordination with primary care providers.