South dakota ccbhc planning grant - south dakota's publicly funded behavioral health services are structured to provide access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services…

South dakota ccbhc planning grant - south dakota's publicly funded behavioral health services are structured to provide access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services across the entire state to both adults and youth. South dakota's department of social services (DSS) is always striving to support access to quality behavioral health services and is interested in exploring the ccbhc model to determine if the model would increase access and sustainability of the behavioral health system across south dakota. Publicly funded behavioral health services are organized, funded, and provided by DSS through two of its divisions: the division of behavioral health (DBH) and south dakota medicaid (SD medicaid). South dakota provides for a variety of behavioral health services across several categories: mental health services including community crisis services, rehabilitation services, employment services, housing services, educational services, substance use prevention and substance use disorder treatment services, support services, services for persons with CO-occurring mental health / substance use disorder(S) (M/SUDS), and through local school systems under the individuals with disabilities education act (IDEA). DBH and SD medicaid staff will use the ccbhc planning grant funds and timeline to design the demonstration period with three primary aims: 1) identify gaps in the publicly funded behavioral health system in meeting ccbhc certification criteria and implementing responsive training and technical assistance to aid providers in achieving readiness; 2) explore prospective payment systems (PPS) through SD medicaid and identify a model for demonstration in south dakota; and 3) provisionally certify ccbhcs by the end of the planning grant and launch of a demonstration grant. The team leading this work will include key staff from both DBH and SD medicaid, supported by contracted staff to be retained through RFP upon notice of grant award to aid in project management, PPS rate setting, agency readiness assessment, and technology enhancements to support collection and reporting of performance measures. Capacity, access to, and availability of enhanced behavioral health services through the ccbhc model will be open to all regions of the state. Priority areas for expansion will be identified through the readiness assessment and individual provider agencies interested in pursuing ccbhc certification. All populations of the state stand to benefit from this effort.