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The Modoc Nation Emergency COVID 19 Response Grant will seek to provide an immediate plan of treatment for mental and substance use disorders, crisis counseling, recovery support services as well as outpatient services to adults who may have behavioral health issues as a result of the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. . The Tribe will contract with Grand Lake Mental Health Center an established mental health provider to provide these relevant services. Services include operating a crisis recovery program that will provide treatment services for individuals who are struggling with substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, and behavioral health disparities as a result of the impact from the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tribe’s service area for its existing outpatient treatment program Lost River Treatment Center (LRTC), spans in a 50-mile radius from the central point of the Tribe’s headquarter office in Miami, OK. This location provides outpatient Medication Assisted Treatment and Substance Use Counseling treatment access in the four-state area of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. The immediate county of service provided impact is Ottawa County, Oklahoma, with the adjacent counties of Cherokee, Kansas; Jasper, McDonald and Newton Counties in Missouri; Delaware, Craig, Mayes and Cherokee Counties in Oklahoma; and Benton County, Arkansas. This treatment service area includes a total of 533,909 adults over the age of 18 as of 2017. The Modoc Tribe will embed LRTC Licensed Counselor(s) within the Grand Lake Mental Health Center (GLMHC) Crisis Stabilization Units at Intensive Outpatient Center located in Vinita, OK and the Grand Recovery Center located in Pryor, OK. The agreement with GLMHC for 24/Crisis Intervention Services and Crisis Unit will be to provide mental health and substance abuse treatment services, and crisis intervention for individuals identifying being impacted by the natural flooding disaster occurring in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, May 2019. Initial patient assessment will take place at Grand Lake Mental Health Centers with a licensed mental health professional. Individuals will be assessed to qualify services by answering a brief questionnaire identifying ways COVID-19 impacted their mental health and / or substance abuse disorders, as well as, the ways other environmental factors associated with COVID-19 impacted them. The project start date will be May 31, 2020 with anticipated service delivery date to be through September 30, 2021 and serve 100 clients. To achieve our desired project start date, the Modoc Tribe will receive program consultation and collaborate with an established mental health / substance abuse treatment provider organization, Grand Lake Mental Health Center. Through the power of partnership, GLMHC and LRTC are able to effectively provide wraparound services including but not limited to psychotropic medications, Subutex based medication, methadone and other Medication Assisted Therapies traditionally associated with substance use disorder treatment. Although there is a degree of overlap in this partnership, the two organization work in a complimentary manner by referring based on client needs. The organizations are effectively leveraging the strengths of each other to facilitate the best outcome for each consumer. GLMHC has a full array of services available including Medication Assisted Treatment, Intensive Outpatient services for both mental health and substance abuse, IPS Employment services, housing services, screening for residential treatment, IMR (illness management and recovery) groups, 24 hour crisis services and integrated health services.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
