Thursday, April 18, 2024
4/18/2024
The purpose for the Cow Creek Health & Wellness Center (CCH&WC) Mental Health & Substance Use COVID-19 Grant Project is to integrate evidenced-based mental health treatment and awareness, crisis services, and system of care wraparound strategies into the existing CCH&WC efforts. In an effort to sustain the increase in services we propose to arm our department with two new qualified staff to provide early detection, increase screenings, intensive care coordination, case management, and wrap-around recovery support services for adults and children with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric disorders including those with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Substance Use Disorder (SUD), and individuals with mental disorders less severe than SMI. We propose specific outreach efforts for healthcare professionals that have been impacted by COVID-19 to offer treatment and resources. We aim to increase our crisis management capacity by contracting with an after-hours crisis support line. With this project, we will observe an increased number of mental health screenings, an increased number of evaluations, a reduced number of hospitalizations due to crisis, an increased number of referrals, an increased number of multidisciplinary team cases for recovery service support, and a reduced number of calls to our after-hours crisis line. At this time, our behavioral health department is operating at maximum capacity with nearly 169 patients per week, an average of 33.8 patients per day. With the assistance of this program and the implementation of the proposed objectives, the CCH&WC could hold nearly 10,000 visits in a 16-month project period. This number does not include unscheduled crisis management appointments with our Behavioral Health Case Manager. Unmet needs for mental health and substance abuse treatment are already prevalent in our County and periods of crisis such as the one we are facing during the current COVID-19 global pandemic will increase the need for care, resources, and treatment.
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).
