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' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $2,000,000 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Planning Grant to the South Dakota Department of Social Services. The grant will fund a 12-month project to: 1) Identify gaps in the state's publicly funded behavioral health system and provide training/technical assistance to help providers achieve CCBHC certification readiness; 2) Explore Medicaid...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program, awarded a $600,000 project grant to the Cahaba Medical Care Foundation. This non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is located in Centreville, Alabama and serves underserved communities across central Alabama. The grant funding will be used to significantly expand Cahaba Medical Care's provision of mental health and...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Alabama Regional Medical Services, doing business as Birmingham Health Care, to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services. The grant will fund the integration of a multi-disciplinary behavioral health team into the organization's primary care services to provide diagnostic...
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...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 two-year Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Rural Health Medical Program, Inc. (RHMP) in Selma, Alabama. The "Whole Care, Whole Community: Integrating Behavioral Health with Rural Primary Care" project aims to expand mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services across RHMP's 9 clinic locations and through a mobile health unit. Key activities include...
This $4,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) aims to ensure the successful implementation of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model in Eddy County, New Mexico. The funding will be used to increase compensation for current staff, recruit and train new staff, furnish offices, replace technology, and hold team building activities for Carlsbad Lifehouse,...
This $11,274,864 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 fund the "Health in Action Project" at the Richard Hall Community Health and Wellness Center in Somerset County, New Jersey. The project aims to reduce disparities and improve access to integrated behavioral and primary healthcare services for 1,000 individuals in...
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) aims to expand access to comprehensive behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, at Franklin Primary Health Center Inc. (FPHC) in Mobile, AL and surrounding counties. The key activities to be funded include: 1) expanding mental health services by...
The Alaska Department of Health (DOH) has been awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant from 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 funding will support a dedicated planning year to prepare for the statewide implementation of the CCBHC model in Alaska, with the goal of expanding access to coordinated, comprehensive behavioral health care. Key objectives...
SOUTH CENTRAL MENTAL HEALTH BOARD CCBHC PROGRAM - PROJECT SUMMARY: SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH BOARD (SCAMHB), A PUBLIC, NON-PROFIT, COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, IS APPLYING FOR CCBHC-PDI FUNDING AS THERE IS GREATER DEMAND FOR ACUTE BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE CARE IN COVINGTON COUNTY THAN CAN BE PROVIDED BY EXISTING RESOURCES. THIS SERVICE GAP, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TREATMENT OF LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED), SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD), AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS (COD), CAN BE REDUCED WITH OUR PROPOSED CCBHC. GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT AREA: COVINGTON COUNTY, OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. PROJECT NAME: SOUTH CENTRAL MENTAL HEALTH BOARD CCBHC PROGRAM. POPULATIONS TO BE SERVED: LOW-INCOME CHILDREN, ADULTS AND SENIORS, WITH HIGH RATES OF BEING UNINSURED, AND WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) NEEDS, SPECIFICALLY INDIVIDUALS WITH SMI, SED, SUD, AND COD. NUMBER TO BE SERVED: YEAR 1: 100; YEAR 2: 150; YEAR 3: 200 YEAR 4: 250; LIFE OF PROJECT: 700. PROJECT STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS: SCAMHB WILL USE A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL EVIDENCE-BASED- INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT), TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE (TIC), AND MEDICATED-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT). PROJECT GOALS AND MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES: OUR GOALS INCLUDE: DECREASE SYMPTOMS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS BY INCREASING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH (MH) CARE; SCREEN FOR ACES AMONG CHILDREN, AND SCREEN FOR TRAUMA AMONG ADULTS AND REFER TO MH SERVICES; INCREASE ACCESS TO SUD CARE AND REDUCE USE OF SUBSTANCES. MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1) EACH GRANT YEAR, SCREEN 90% OF THOSE PROJECTED TO BE SERVED BY THE CCBHC FOR MH CONDITIONS, INCLUDING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY; 85% OF THOSE AT-RISK WILL ACCEPT REFERRAL TO MH SERVICES; 2) EACH GRANT YEAR, 65% OF CCBHC PATIENTS WILL HAVE REDUCED RISK FOR MH CONDITIONS, INCLUDING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, AS INDICATED BY IMPROVEMENTS IN PHQ-9 SCORES AND GAD-7 SCORES BETWEEN ASSESSMENTS; 3) FOR EACH GRANT YEAR, SCREEN 90% OF THOSE PROJECTED TO BE SERVED BY THE CCBHC FOR SUICIDE RISK USING C-SSRS; 85% OF CCBHC PATIENTS SCREENED AT-RISK FOR SUICIDE WILL DEVELOP A CRISIS PLAN; 4) EACH GRANT YEAR, SCREEN 90% OF CHILDREN/ADOLESCENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED BY THE CCBHC FOR ACES; 60% OF THOSE AT-RISK WILL ACCEPT REFERRAL TO SERVICES; 5) EACH GRANT YEAR, SCREEN 90% OF ADULTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED BY THE CCBHC FOR TRAUMA; 60% OF THOSE AT-RISK WILL ACCEPT REFERRAL TO SERVICES; 6) EACH GRANT YEAR, SCREEN 90% OF THOSE PROJECTED TO BE SERVED BY THE CCBHC FOR SUBSTANCE USE, USING UNCOPE AND CRAFFT; 75% OF THOSE AT-RISK WILL ACCEPT REFERRAL TO SUD SERVICES; 7) EACH GRANT YEAR, 65% OF CCBHC PATIENTS WILL HAVE REDUCED SUBSTANCE USE, AS INDICATED BY IMPROVEMENTS IN SCREENING SCORES BETWEEN SUD ASSESSMENTS. AS A DECADES-LONG BH PROVIDER, SCAMHB IS ALREADY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE MH AND SUD SERVICES, SO WE WILL BE EXCITED TO FORMALIZE THESE SERVICES INTO THE CCBHC MODEL OF CARE.