Project Grant H79SM089213

PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CCBHC AT SOUND'S AUBURN CLINIC - SOUND WILL ESTABLISH A CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER IN AUBURN, WASHINGTON. BY ESTABLISHING A CCBHC SOUND WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED CARE TO MEET THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDER TREATMENT NEEDS IN UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. IN KING COUNTY WASHINGTON BOTH THE BIPOC, AND LGBTQ COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGHER INCIDENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS AND SUBSTANCE USE. SOUND WILL DIRECTLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE UN/UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON REACHING THE BIPOC AND LGBTQ COMMUNITIES. SOUND'S CCBHC IS A STEP FORWARD IN INCREASING ACCESS TO TIMELY, HIGH-QUALITY CARE FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND BY THE WEALTH AND HEALTH GAP. OVER THE FOUR YEARS OF THE CCBHC-PDI GRANT PROJECT SOUND AIMS TO SERVE 500 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY FOR A TOTAL OF 2,000 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS SERVED THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE GRANT. SOUND HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING PROJECT GOALS AS BEING INSTRUMENTAL TO MEETING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE TO INSTILL HOPE AND FOSTER RECOVERY. TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY ACCESS TO SERVICES SOUND WILL INCREASE TIMELY ACCESS TO INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING SMI, SUD, AND COD DIAGNOSES IN KING COUNTY. BY 3/29/24, SOUND WILL IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN A PRE-INTAKE RISK ASSESSMENT TO PRIORITIZE AND MEET THE TREATMENT NEEDS OF HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS. BY 9/30/24 SOUND WILL MEET, OR EXCEED THE 1-, AND 10-DAY INTAKE TIMELINE BY INCREASING INTAKE CAPACITY BY 25% BY ENHANCING RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND INCREASING INTAKE STAFFING TO MEET DEMAND. TO ENSURE SOUND IS MEETING THE NEEDS OF MARGINALIZED AND UNDERSERVED PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES SOUND WILL INCREASE THE PENETRATION AND UTILIZATION RATES OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE USE AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDER TREATMENT INCLUDING BUPRENORPHINE IN UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. SOUND WILL HELP SUPPORT TREATMENT ENGAGEMENT AND CONNECTION BY PROVIDING CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TO THE BIPOC, LGBTQ, AND VETERAN POPULATIONS IN KC. BY 12/30/23 SOUND WILL ENHANCE AND TARGET HIRING PRACTICES WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING A CLINICAL WORKFORCE EVEN MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BIPOC AND LGBTQ POPULATION BEING SERVED. SOUND WILL STABILIZE AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF MEDICALLY MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS BY INCREASING ACCESS TO INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE IN KING COUNTY. BY 3/29/24 SOUND PRIMARY CARE SOUND WILL CONTACT CCBHC CLIENTS IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING PRIMARY CARE SERVICES FOR ENGAGEMENT. BY 6/28/24 SOUND WILL CONDUCT HEALTH SCREENINGS AND ROUTINE MONITORING FOR ALL CCBHC CLIENTS. BY 6/28/24 SOUND CCBHC STAFF WILL SUPPORT CLIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS IN SETTING HEALTH GOALS AND CONNECTING WITH PRIMARY CARE SERVICES. TO ADDRESS THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS THE OPIOID CRISIS IS HAVING ON KING COUNTY AND THE INCREASING RATE OF OPIATE OVERDOSE DEATHS SOUND WILL INCREASE SUPPORT FOR OPIATE ADDICTION RECOVERY BY INCREASING RAPID ACCESS TO BUPRENORPHINE TREATMENT IN KING COUNTY. BY 3/29/23 SOUND WILL BEGIN OUTREACH SERVICES TO JAIL AND HOSPITAL RELEASE AND DISCHARGE PLANERS NOTIFYING THEM OF PRIORITY BUPRENORPHINE APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY FOR MAINTAINING PEOPLE THAT HAVE RECEIVED INDUCTION AND ARE AT INCREASED RISK FOR OVERDOSE IN THE COMMUNITY. SOUND WILL DECREASE THE RISING NUMBER OF OPIATE DEATHS IN KING COUNTY BY PROVIDING THOSE AT THE HIGHEST RISK FOR OVERDOSE WITH NALOXONE. BY 5/31/24 SOUND WILL BEGIN PROVIDING NALOXONE TO ALL CLIENTS. BY 5/31/24 SOUND WILL CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO TRAIN ALL STAFF AND CLIENTS RECEIVING NALOXONE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF IT.