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FY 2024 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION - PROJECT ABSTRACT THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION STATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS ARE ONLY MEETING 27% OF THE ESTIMATED NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AMONG THEIR PATIENTS, AND 6 PERCENT OF THE ESTIMATED NEED FOR SUD SERVICES. ALTHOUGH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS COMPRISE HALF OF THE SIX MOST COMMON DIAGNOSIS AMONG PATIENTS, FEWER THAN 9 PERCENT ACCESSES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; AN ESTIMATED 17 PERCENT OF PATIENTS COULD BENEFIT FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES (SUD), FEWER THAN 1 PERCENT USED THEM. (HRSA, 2022. HEALTH CENTER DATA: HTTPS//DATA.HRSA.GOV/TOOLS/DATA-REPORTING/PROGRAM-DATA/NATIONAL.) COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE (CHA) IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC) PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED, AND UNDERINSURED, AND RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE, UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, RESIDING IN WASHOE COUNTY (RENO AND SPARKS), NEVADA. SERVING 30,000 UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS ANNUALLY, IT IS CHA'S INTENT TO REQUEST FUNDING SUPPORT FROM THE HRSA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION GRANT TO: 1) ESTABLISH A NEW SERVICE LINE FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD RELATED HEALTH SERVICES; 2) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS (UDS 2023) FROM 1212 TO 2000 UTILIZING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; 3) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS (UDS 2023) FROM 0 TO 700 UTILIZING SUD SERVICES, AND INCREASE NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIVING MOUD FROM 0 TO 200. NEVADA CONTINUES TO RANK LOWEST IN THE NATION FOR HEALTH INDICATORS AND FACES A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD, INCLUDING: 1) 41% OF ADULTS REPORTED SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION AS AN IMPACT OF COVID-19; 164,000 ADULTS WERE UNABLE TO RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE, WITH 51% CITING COST AS A BARRIER; 2) 33,000 YOUTH AGED 12-17 HAVE DEPRESSION; 3) IN NEVADA, 109,000 ADULTS HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS; 4) THE PREVALENCE OF PAST-YEAR SUD WAS 9.5% OR 241,000 INDIVIDUALS; 5) THE PREVALENCE OF PAST-YEAR ALCOHOL USE DISORDER WAS 6.2% OR 157,000 INDIVIDUALS; 6) THE NUMBER OF OPIOID-RELATED DEATHS INCREASED FROM 1,023 (2022) TO 1411 (2023), A 37.93% INCREASE; 7) HEALTH OUTCOMES ARE INTERTWINED WITH LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOOD INSECURITY, AND A TOURISM/SERVICE INDUSTRY PAYING LESS THAN LIVING WAGES. TO SUPPORT A NEW SERVICE LINE, CHA WILL OFFER SERVICES AT ITS CENTER FOR COMPLEX CARE FACILITY LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE WELLS AVENUE HEALTH CENTER (RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AS A PATIENT CENTER MEDICAL HOME). THE PROGRAM WILL USE A MODEL OF INTEGRATED CARE, CONNECTING THE PATIENT AND MEDICAL TEAM, WITH THE INTENT OF PROVIDING HOLISTIC SUPPORT FOR THE PATIENT. BOTH HEALTH CENTER FACILITIES ARE IN A LOW-INCOME AREA WITH ACCESSIBLE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, ADA ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES, AND BILINGUAL STAFF, SERVING UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, AND UNDERSERVED PATIENTS. USING AN INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL MODEL CHA WILL EXPAND THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE OPIATE USE DISORDER TREATMENT BY COLLABORATING WITH CLINICAL PHARMACY, MEDICAL PROVIDERS, AND DUALLY LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS (CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, LCSW, LMFT, PSYD WITH LADC). IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE ADDED STAFF WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND COLLABORATE WITH EXISTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE NORTHERN NEVADA HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE, JUVENILE REHABILITATION SERVICES, AND WASHOE COUNTY OPIATE ABATEMENT AND RECOVERY PROGRAMS. GIVEN THAT ALL OF THE REGION'S OPIATE USE TREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE COMPLETELY FULL, WITH PROLONGED WAIT TIMES AND LONG WAIT LISTS, CHA HEALTH CENTERS CAN SERVE AS AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS.
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FY 2024 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION - PROJECT ABSTRACT THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION STATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS ARE ONLY MEETING 27% OF THE ESTIMATED NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AMONG THEIR PATIENTS, AND 6 PERCENT OF THE ESTIMATED NEED FOR SUD SERVICES. ALTHOUGH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS COMPRISE HALF OF THE SIX MOST COMMON DIAGNOSIS AMONG PATIENTS, FEWER THAN 9 PERCENT ACCESSES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; AN ESTIMATED 17 PERCENT OF PATIENTS COULD BENEFIT FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES (SUD), FEWER THAN 1 PERCENT USED THEM. (HRSA, 2022. HEALTH CENTER DATA: HTTPS//DATA.HRSA.GOV/TOOLS/DATA-REPORTING/PROGRAM-DATA/NATIONAL.) COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE (CHA) IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC) PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED, AND UNDERINSURED, AND RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE, UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, RESIDING IN WASHOE COUNTY (RENO AND SPARKS), NEVADA. SERVING 30,000 UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS ANNUALLY, IT IS CHA'S INTENT TO REQUEST FUNDING SUPPORT FROM THE HRSA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION GRANT TO: 1) ESTABLISH A NEW SERVICE LINE FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD RELATED HEALTH SERVICES; 2) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS (UDS 2023) FROM 1212 TO 2000 UTILIZING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; 3) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS (UDS 2023) FROM 0 TO 700 UTILIZING SUD SERVICES, AND INCREASE NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIVING MOUD FROM 0 TO 200. NEVADA CONTINUES TO RANK LOWEST IN THE NATION FOR HEALTH INDICATORS AND FACES A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD, INCLUDING: 1) 41% OF ADULTS REPORTED SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION AS AN IMPACT OF COVID-19; 164,000 ADULTS WERE UNABLE TO RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE, WITH 51% CITING COST AS A BARRIER; 2) 33,000 YOUTH AGED 12-17 HAVE DEPRESSION; 3) IN NEVADA, 109,000 ADULTS HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS; 4) THE PREVALENCE OF PAST-YEAR SUD WAS 9.5% OR 241,000 INDIVIDUALS; 5) THE PREVALENCE OF PAST-YEAR ALCOHOL USE DISORDER WAS 6.2% OR 157,000 INDIVIDUALS; 6) THE NUMBER OF OPIOID-RELATED DEATHS INCREASED FROM 1,023 (2022) TO 1411 (2023), A 37.93% INCREASE; 7) HEALTH OUTCOMES ARE INTERTWINED WITH LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOOD INSECURITY, AND A TOURISM/SERVICE INDUSTRY PAYING LESS THAN LIVING WAGES. TO SUPPORT A NEW SERVICE LINE, CHA WILL OFFER SERVICES AT ITS CENTER FOR COMPLEX CARE FACILITY LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE WELLS AVENUE HEALTH CENTER (RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AS A PATIENT CENTER MEDICAL HOME). THE PROGRAM WILL USE A MODEL OF INTEGRATED CARE, CONNECTING THE PATIENT AND MEDICAL TEAM, WITH THE INTENT OF PROVIDING HOLISTIC SUPPORT FOR THE PATIENT. BOTH HEALTH CENTER FACILITIES ARE IN A LOW-INCOME AREA WITH ACCESSIBLE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, ADA ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES, AND BILINGUAL STAFF, SERVING UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, AND UNDERSERVED PATIENTS. USING AN INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL MODEL CHA WILL EXPAND THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE OPIATE USE DISORDER TREATMENT BY COLLABORATING WITH CLINICAL PHARMACY, MEDICAL PROVIDERS, AND DUALLY LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS (CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, LCSW, LMFT, PSYD WITH LADC). IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE ADDED STAFF WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND COLLABORATE WITH EXISTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE NORTHERN NEVADA HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE, JUVENILE REHABILITATION SERVICES, AND WASHOE COUNTY OPIATE ABATEMENT AND RECOVERY PROGRAMS. GIVEN THAT ALL OF THE REGION'S OPIATE USE TREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE COMPLETELY FULL, WITH PROLONGED WAIT TIMES AND LONG WAIT LISTS, CHA HEALTH CENTERS CAN SERVE AS AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS.
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