This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program provides $600,000 in funding to the Community Health Service Agency, Inc. of Hunt County d/b/a Carevide to expand mental health and substance use disorder services in its rural North Texas service area. Specifically, the funding will allow Carevide to hire 3.0 FTE licensed clinical social workers to provide counseling and treatment services, as well as...
This $4,000,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696) will enable the Collin County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, doing business as Lifepath Systems, to enhance crisis services and improve access to community-based mental health and substance use disorder treatment in Collin County, Texas. The project will serve individuals...
The Louisiana Department of Health, through its Office of Behavioral Health Division, was awarded a $1,000,000 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Planning Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the FY 2025 grant period. The goal of this Project Grant is to expand statewide behavioral healthcare capacity, access, and availability for Louisiana residents of all ages with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services, awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant to the State of North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (NC DHHS) for the FY 2025 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Planning Grant Program (CFDA 93.696). The funding will support North Carolina's efforts to certify CCBHCs across the state, expanding access to...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Federal Grant Program, awarded a $600,000 project grant to Mountain Community Health Partnership, Incorporated (MCHP), a non-profit community health center in Bakersville, North Carolina. The funding will support MCHP's efforts to expand behavioral health services, including increasing access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, in...
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 Christ Community Health Services Augusta, Inc. to expand its behavioral health services in the Central Savannah River Area of Georgia and South Carolina. The funding will support the addition of new full-time behavioral health providers, including three focused on adult patients and one on pediatrics/adolescents. It will...
This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will allow Lone Star Circle of Care (LSCC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network in central Texas, to establish direct substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, at an existing primary care clinic in Austin. The...
The $600,000 Federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable the Central City Community Health Center, Inc. to expand patient access to behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, across its service area of over 5.12 million residents. The funding will allow the organization to increase its number of behavioral health specialists and workforce,...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program supports the Delta Health Center, Inc. (DHC) in Mound Bayou, Mississippi to expand the availability, accessibility, and utilization of mental health and substance use treatment services across its network of 11 primary care access points. The key goals of the Behavioral Health Services Expansion project are to: 1) Integrate addiction treatment...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc. to expand mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including the provision of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment, in its service area in North Georgia. The funding will allow Georgia Highlands Medical Services to establish a two-track system of...
BURKE'S CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT GRANT - BURKE'S FY 2023 CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC - IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT (CCBHC-IA) GRANT PROGRAM ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE, ENHANCE, AND EXPAND CAPACITY FOR OUR CHRONIC CARE MANAGEMENT (CCM) MODEL WITHIN THE EAST TEXAS REGION. THIS PROJECT SHALL TARGET ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED), AND INDIVIDUALS WITH CO-OCCURRING PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD), AND/OR PHYSICAL HEALTH DISORDERS IN OUR TWELVE COUNTIES: ANGELINA, HOUSTON, JASPER, NACOGDOCHES, NEWTON, POLK, SABINE, SAN AUGUSTINE, SAN JACINTO, SHELBY, TRINITY, AND TYLER. THE CCBHC-IA PROGRAM SHALL SERVE 600 INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR, WITH A CUMULATIVE 2250 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS SERVED OVER THE PROJECT PERIOD. THROUGH USE OF THESE FUNDS, BURKE SHALL EXPAND CURRENT SERVICE DELIVERY CAPACITY FOR INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND PRIMARY CARE, PHYSICAL SCREENING, CARE MANAGEMENT, AND POPULATION HEALTH MONITORING BY ADDING 0.5 FTE MEDICAL DOCTOR, 3.0 FTE NURSES, 5.0 FTE CARE MANAGERS, 1.0 FTE APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER, AND 0.5 FTE POPULATION HEALTH COORDINATOR. THESE STAFF SHALL REACH THE HISTORICALLY UNDER-SERVED TARGET POPULATION, REDUCE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOHS) RELATED TO ECONOMIC INSTABILITY AND ACCESS TO CARE, AND BUILD UPON CURRENT CARE COORDINATION PROJECTS. PROJECT STAFF WILL FOCUS ON MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES, IMPLEMENT PROVISIONS TO IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH INDICATORS, SUCH AS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, BMI, AND UNHEALTHY ALCOHOL USE, REDUCE ACCESS TO PHYSICAL CARE BY 10% AND TRAUMA SYMPTOMOLOGY BY 10% IN THE HISPANIC SUBPOPULATION OF FOCUS, IMPLEMENT NETSMARTTM CAREMANAGER SOFTWARE FOR RISK STRATIFICATION, AND DEVELOP A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. BURKE SHALL FORMALLY PARTNER WITH BROWN FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC. AS ITS DESIGNATED COLLABORATING ORGANIZATION (DCO) FOR THIS PROJECT, TO PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE VACCINATION. THE MEDICAL DOCTOR AND NURSES SHALL WORK TO CONDUCT PHYSICAL HEALTH AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE SCREENINGS, CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION, AND REFERRALS. THE CARE MANAGERS SHALL COORDINATE CONSUMERS ENROLLED ON THE MEDICAL DOCTOR'S CASELOAD TO IMPROVE RETENTION, MAINTENANCE, AND DAILY FUNCTIONING POST-PROJECT. THE APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER AND POPULATION HEALTH COORDINATOR SHALL WORK ON CAREMANAGER IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION, HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HIT) INTEROPERABILITY, AND ENDEAVOR TO MONITOR HEALTH OUTCOMES AND INEQUITY ACROSS THE PROJECT TIMELINE TO ADDRESS APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS WHEN NEEDED.