The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $600,000 project grant to the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic (YVFWC) to expand access to quality behavioral health services in Central Washington. The two-year grant will support the recruitment, hiring, and training of frontline mental health and substance use disorder service providers, including mental health workers,...
This Project Grant award of $1,993,778.00 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696) supports the Washington State Health Care Authority's plan to expand and adopt the CCBHC model across the state. The key objectives are to expand CCBHC coverage to include 91% of Washingtonians within a 1-hour drive of a CCBHC, ensure coverage for vulnerable populations with...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program aims to expand integrated behavioral health services at Community Health Care's new health center in Puyallup, Washington. The funding will support the addition of a behavioral health consultant and part-time psychiatric ARNP to the primary care team, improving access to behavioral health services for low-income and underinsured...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program, awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Moses Lake Community Health Center (doing business as Quincy Community Health Center) to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder services in Grant County, Washington. The goal is to increase the number of patients accessing these services by expanding integrated...
This $600,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will enable International Community Health Services (ICHS) to expand access to behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services for its diverse, predominantly low-income and limited English-proficient patient population in Seattle, Washington. The funding will support hiring a...
This $600,000 federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Ole Health, doing business as Communicare Ole, to expand behavioral health services and substance use disorder treatment in its service area. The funding will increase the number of patients receiving mental health services and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, with a focus on reaching underserved...
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded the State of Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) a $1,000,000 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Planning Grant under CFDA 93.696. The one-year grant will fund activities to explore how the CCBHC model could complement and bolster Colorado's behavioral health care system, with a focus on improving access and integrated services for priority populations including...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), will support the expansion of behavioral health services at Peoples Community Health Clinic (PCHC) in Waterloo, Iowa. The funding will allow PCHC to add a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, two behavioral health counselors, a behavioral health therapist, and a behavioral health nurse to...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will fund the King County Behavioral Health Expansion Project (KCBHEP) to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, including medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), for individuals experiencing homelessness in the Seattle and greater King County area. The project will...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696). The grant will enable the Government of the District of Columbia's Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) and Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) to expand access to comprehensive, integrated behavioral health services for District residents through the adoption of CCBHCs....
CCBHC-IA YAKIMA COUNTY - COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE (CHC), A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER WITH 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, STRIVES TO IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE CHC CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC (CCBHC) PROJECT WITHIN YAKIMA COUNTY, WASHINGTON. COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE SEEKS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND SUPPORT, INCLUDING 24/7 CRISIS SERVICES, TO ANYONE IN THE YAKIMA COUNTY SERVICE AREA WHO NEEDS SUPPORT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY OR PLACE OF RESIDENCE. AS A CCBHC, CHC CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON SERVING ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER WHO SEEKS CARE, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) INCLUDING OPIOID USE; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED); INDIVIDUALS WITH CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE DISORDERS (COD); AND INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE-RELATED CRISIS. CHC STRIVES TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES AND PROVIDES SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, AGE, AND/OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. OVER THE COURSE OF THIS FOUR-YEAR GRANT CHC WILL SERVE A TOTAL OF 5200 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS: 1000 IN YEAR ONE, 1200 IN YEAR TWO, 1400 IN YEAR THREE, AND 1600 IN YEAR FOUR. STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS WILL INCLUDE SYSTEM AND SERVICE TRANSFORMATION TO ENHANCE RESPONSIVENESS AND SUPPORT FOR A WIDE ARRAY OF CLINICAL NEEDS, IMPLEMENTING CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT, INCREASED SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES, ENHANCEMENT OF THE CHC WALK-IN CLINIC, IMPROVING THE IDENTIFICATION OF AND RESPONSE TO SUICIDE RISK, INCREASED SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, INCREASING ACCESS TO PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, AND TRAINING TO INCREASE PRACTITIONER SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACHIEVED BY IMPROVING SERVICE DELIVERY STRUCTURES THROUGH ENHANCED OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT BY HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF TO INCREASE SERVICE DELIVERY CAPACITY, ADDING A MEDICAL ASSISTANT POSITION AT THE WALK-IN CLINIC, IMPLEMENTING USE OF THE COLUMBIA SUICIDE SEVERITY RATING SCALE (C-SSRS), IMPLEMENTING THE JUST IN TIME PRESCRIBING MODEL, AND HIRING OF BILINGUAL STAFF AND/OR REPRESENTATIVES OF MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS TO SUPPORT SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. CHC WILL FURTHER ENHANCE SERVICES THROUGH ONGOING TARGETED TRAINING OF STAFF AND CONSULTANTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, CULTURAL COMPETENCY, TRAUMA INFORMED SERVICES, DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE CARE, AND TREATMENT OF OLDER ADULTS.