Cascade community healthcare AOT program - cascade community healthcare intends to submit a proposal to the substance abuse and mental health services administration (SAMHSA) for the FY 2024…

Cascade community healthcare AOT program - cascade community healthcare intends to submit a proposal to the substance abuse and mental health services administration (SAMHSA) for the FY 2024 assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) grant. This project will span at least four years and will focus on providing outpatient treatment under civil court order to individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) who have demonstrated difficulty engaging with treatment on a voluntary basis. Cascade will be partnering with lewis county superior court, providence centralia hospital, and our local designated crisis responders to fulfill the complete scope of care necessary to meet the requirements of the AOT criteria. The target population to be served with grant funds will be adults with serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED), and substance use or CO-occurring disorders (SUD and COD) residing in lewis county who have demonstrated difficulty engaging with treatment on a voluntary basis. The targeted subpopulations for the project will be comprised of individuals with low english proficiency (LEP) and veterans and their families. Lewis county is designated as both a health professional shortage area (HPSA) and a medically-underserved area (MUA), and as such there is a strong need for improved access to comprehensive healthcare for medicaid recipients and uninsured or underinsured individuals of all ages. High levels of poverty and medicaid eligibility rates have resulted in significant barriers to accessing equitable healthcare, especially behavioral health services.