This $1,200,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. to expand behavioral health services in 8 counties in western North Carolina over a 2-year period. Key activities include:
Hiring care managers with lived experience to immediately connect referrals to assessment and community resources; increasing availability of psychological testing; expanding training in areas like eating disorders and autism; increasing the number of dual-licensed clinicians; and covering supervision costs to grow the licensed clinician workforce. This expansion aims to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including those receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT), by 2,400 individuals over the 2-year grant period. Blue Ridge Community Health Services will track referrals, treatment, and outcomes measures to evaluate the impact of the expanded services.
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