A center of excellence for building capacity in nursing facilities to care for residents with behavioral health conditions, inclusive of SMI, SED, SUD, and/or COD to strengthen BH practices…

A center of excellence for building capacity in nursing facilities to care for residents with behavioral health conditions, inclusive of SMI, SED, SUD, and/or COD to strengthen BH practices outcomes. - alliant health solutions, INC. (alliant) will establish a center of excellence nursing facility (COE-NF) program to equip facilities to better care for residents with behavioral health conditions. Alliant will accomplish this by developing and disseminating resources, delivering training and technical assistance, and work force development for staff who serve individuals with serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED), substance use disorders (SUD), or CO-occurring disorder (COD). The COE-NF will serve as a centralized hub and national model for expanding capacity in nursing facilities to care for residents with a variety of behavioral health needs. Goal 1: deliver MH and SU resources to NFS and community partners. Measurable objectives: objective 1.1: increase awareness of COE among NF and community partners. Objective 1.2: create a robust distribution process within salesforce to rapidly disseminate MH and SU resources to NFS and community partners across the US and territories within 2 months of award. Objective 1.3: complete environmental scans and build a contact network by the end of year 1 with at least 2000 entities with representation nationally. Objective 1.4: within 3 months of award, begin monthly dissemination of MH and SU resources across all the samhsa regions. Objective 1.5: by YR. 2, convene peer-learning opportunities for NF, including affinity and echo model groups. Goal 2: develop and disseminate core resources to support NF staff caring for residents with SMI, SED, SUD, or COD. Measurable objectives: objective 2.1: within 4 months of award, develop and disseminate via newsletter monthly core resources to NFS to increase understanding of SMI, SED, SUD and/or COD with a delivery rate of 95%. Objective 2.2: within 6 months, NFS across the 10 samhsa regions will be able to view and download educational resources on SMI, SED, SUD, and COD at no cost from the COE website. Goal 3: increase the awareness, knowledge, and skills of NF staff caring for residents with SMI, SED, SUD, or COD. Measurable objectives: objective 3.1: train 1200 individuals in MH awareness trainings to increase awareness of SMI, SED, SUD, and COD within 12 months. Objective 3.2: NF workforce participating in SU and MH awareness trainings will demonstrate a 30% increase in knowledge based on pre and post-test evaluations. Objective 3.3: provide suicide prevention training and supporting resources to 500 NFS staff within YEAR1. Objective 3.4: create trauma informed environments by training 600 NFS staff on trauma informed care. Goal 4: provide customized technical assistance to NFS. Measurable objectives: objective 4.1: provide at least 500 consultations across the US by the end of year 1. Objective 4.2: 100% of NFS requesting consultation are partnered with a quality advisor that assesses the facility's needs, collaborate on goals, help develop an implementation plan and support the plan until completion. Objective 4.3: of the NFS seeking consultation, at least 50% adopt an evidence-based intervention or participate in an evidence-based training. Goal 5: use state, regional, national partnerships to amplify, sustain COE-NF work. Measurable objectives: objective 5.1: within 4 months, collaborate with a combination of at least 8 state regional and/or national alliances to support the COE efforts with NF in year 1. Objective 5.2: promote COE and foster partnerships in at least 5 state, regional, and national meetings.