Certified community behavioral health clinic CCBHC - improvement and advancement grants - anchorage community mental health services (DBA alaska behavioral health) seeks samhsa support for the FY 2022…

Certified community behavioral health clinic CCBHC - improvement and advancement grants - anchorage community mental health services (DBA alaska behavioral health) seeks samhsa support for the FY 2022 certified community behavioral health clinic improvement and advancement grant (CCBHC-IA) to develop and expand crisis services and improve outcomes for adults with SMI, children with SED, and youth/adults with COD/SUD. As a CCBHC, alaska behavioral health (AKBH) serves the anchorage municipality and fairbanks/north star borough, alaska's largest metropolitan areas. This catchment area is 9,042 square miles (larger than new jersey) and has a population of 384,849 (US census bureau estimate, 2020). Over half (52.5%) of alaska's population resides within this catchment area. Data identify critical shortages of services for children, transition age youth and adults who experience SED, SMI, SUD and COD. If awarded this grant, AKBH will develop and expand crisis mental health services by increasing the provision of mobile crisis assessment and intervention services and developing comprehensive community-based supports to maintain clients in stable, least restrictive, non-institutional care. AKBH will improve outcomes for adults experiencing SMI by increasing timely access to services and service capacity; increase the availability of continuum of SMI ebps that match population need; increase use of standardized measures; and increase provision of intensive non-institutional, community-based services. AKBH will improve outcomes for COD-SUD youth and adults by increasing service capacity; increasing the availability of a continuum of COD/SUD ebps that match population need; and increase screening and use of clinical guides. AKBH will improve outcomes for children and youth experiencing SED by increasing access to services and serve capacity; and increasing the availability of a continuum of SED sbps that match population need. Unduplicated to be served using grant funds: 7,140 unduplicated persons.