Cascade community healthcare CCBHC improvement and advancement - cascade community health care proposes a four-year project to improve and advance the current certified community behavioral health…

Cascade community healthcare CCBHC improvement and advancement - cascade community health care proposes a four-year project to improve and advance the current certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) to enhance the standard of behavioral health services available to lewis county residents in washington state. This program is designed for individuals of all ages who have or are at risk for a behavioral health condition. As part of the improvement and advancement of this program, cascade will implement a variety of quality improvement initiatives to increase program fidelity and raise the standard of care offered. The population of focus includes children and adults experiencing serious emotional disturbance (SED), serious mental illness (SMI), substance-use disorders (SUD), and CO-occurring disorders (COD). Targeted subpopulations for this project include low-english proficiency (LEP) individuals and members of the latinx community, veterans and their families, and uninsured and underinsured individuals who fall below the national poverty level. The first project goal is to strengthen and expand organizational capacity and staff retention to provide high quality health care services according to client needs. To accomplish this, cascade will advertise all vacancies and develop a retention plan that includes training personnel to ensure capacity. Goal two focuses on improving healthcare services and expand access to high quality integrated care and comprehensive behavioral health care services to meet the needs of all members of the community regardless of their insurance status. For this goal, we have developed several objectives, which include ensuring personnel capacity to increase SUD, cap, and primary care services, as well as expanding telehealth services at all locations. Goal three is to develop and implement a strategic community outreach campaign to increase presence within the community and decrease the stigma associated with behavioral health. The objectives for this goal focus on engaging a minimum of 300 new clients in SUD treatment per year. The final goal for this program is to improve the quality health care services offered to the community by utilizing quality improvement measures to leverage data and outcomes of the CCBHC program to address health disparities and improve long-term health outcomes. This will be accomplished through a quality improvement team and monthly data meetings. Through this program cascade will serve 500 new clients per year, with a total of 2,000 clients over the four-year period.