Lifeways certified community behavioral health clinic improvement and advancement project - lifeways has provided behavioral health services since 1966

We are a commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (carf)-accredited agency whose aim is to provide comprehensive integrated behavioral health services to hillsdale and jackson counties in south central michigan. Using certified behavioral health clinic (ccbhc) expansion grant funds of $998,990.52, lifeways proposes to serve an additional 4,600 unduplicated individuals who lack services that address their specific needs, have difficulty accessing services, and have increased risk of comorbidity. Lifeways plans to serve 700 individuals in year 1 and a total of 4,600 unduplicated individuals by the end of year 4. Lifeways' primary goal is to address the unmet needs identified for our population of focus, which are those who have a diagnosis or are at risk of developing a diagnosis of serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED), substance use disorder (SUD), or CO-occurring disorders (COD). Goal 1: increase capacity to provide comprehensive services that address the needs of those uninsured, underinsured, and underserved. Goal 2: reduce barriers to accessing services by developing an outreach program that engages the underserved populations. Goal 3: deliver comprehensive and coordinated care that provides access to effective evidence-based interventions for individuals with complex care needs. To accomplish these goals, we will expand our crisis diversion options to reduce hospital inpatient use and recidivism by expanding access to our 23-hour crisis room as well as our five-bed crisis stabilization unit, expand our SUD service array by offering medication assisted treatment, conduct outreach, and develop specific programming to underserved individuals such as veterans, lgbtqia+, hispanic/latino individuals and african americans to utilize care coordinators to screen and monitor health indicators that impact overall health. Through partnership with federally qualified health center (fqhc), center for family health, we plan to expand and enhance our ability to provide primary care services to a larger group by offering more availability for integrated behavioral health and primary care. All objectives within our project focus on improvement of health outcomes by providing and coordinating the right services at the right time. All strategies include the use of data and continuous quality improvement efforts to improve overall health, wellness, recovery, and resiliency.