Flipa launch - finger lakes independent provider association (flipa) is requesting $3,941,621 over 5 years in samhsa linking actions for unmet needs in children's health program (launch) funding for…

Flipa launch - finger lakes independent provider association (flipa) is requesting $3,941,621 over 5 years in samhsa linking actions for unmet needs in children's health program (launch) funding for the flipa launch project. The overarching goal of the project is to promote the wellness of young children, from birth to 8 years of age, by addressing the social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and behavioral aspects of their development, as well as to prepare them to thrive in school and beyond. Flipa launch will promote resilience and emotional health for children, youth, and their families in upstate new york (NY) through training and dissemination of resources on effective and innovative early childhood mental health practices and services, expedited connections to services, and increased mental health services. Flipa exists to support federally qualified health centers (fqhc), behavioral health care, and social care provider members located in the finger lakes, central NY, southern tier, capital, and north country regions of upstate new york in quality standardization and improvement projects and value-based payment (VBP) readiness and contracting. Flipa includes 22 healthcare providers serving 27 counties (all included in this project) and is currently providing care for over 300,000 people. The total population of the service area is 4,331,637. The service area includes 20 rural counties, 5 counties with some rural areas, and 2 counties that are not rural. Three of NY's largest cities-rochester, syracuse, and albany-are also included in the service area. The area is burdened by rising poverty and, especially among families with children, very limited transportation options (including in cities), limited education levels particularly among parents of children in poverty, and very limited community resources particularly for children with behavioral health needs. The average per capita income per county is $33,789 compared to $37,638 across the US and $43,208 for NY statewide. On average, in counties served by flipa: - 13% of people live in poverty compared to 11.6% across the US. - 18.2% of children live in poverty. 11 counties have 20+% of children living in poverty. - 36.2% of female-headed households with children live in poverty. The project will achieve these outcomes: (1) increased number of caregivers and professionals who have received training in prevention or mental health promotion; (2) increased number of organizations collaborating/coordinating/sharing resources with other organizations; (3) increased number of individuals screened for mental health or related interventions; (4) increased number of individuals referred to mental health or related services; and (5) increased number of people receiving evidence-based mental health-related services. Strategies planned to achieve these aims include but are not limited to: standardizing a comprehensive list of physical and behavioral health, development, cognitive functioning, and social determinant of health screenings and assessments for children birth to 8 years of age (young children) to be implemented by all flipa fqhcs; establishing an online repository of asynchronous video trainings and other resources for parents, early childhood educators, childcare providers, and healthcare providers for supporting building positive behaviors and supporting mental health and wellness in young children and their families that is based on evidence-based and best practices (EB/BP); making available brief videos using EB/BPS on youtube and social media; offering live remote parent educational support/treatment groups and healthcare provider learning collaboratives; partnering with rochester institute of technology (RIT) to engage psychology predoctoral interns as additional mental health providers and expert child psychologists in teaching and administrative positions as consultant providers; establishing new child mental health care levels such as a mental health treatment camp.