Friday, May 9, 2025
5/9/2025
Connecticut COVID Behavioral Health Response and Assistance (COBHRA) - The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) proposes to launch the Connecticut COVID-19 Behavioral Health Response and Assistance (Connecticut COBHRA) initiative to address the global pandemic of COVID-19, which has had a significant impact in Connecticut, being in such close proximity to the "epi-center" of the pandemic, New York City. This proposal describes specific and feasilbe plans to respond to pandemic-related mental healthcare needs of specific populations that have been impacted the most by this disease. Specific projects include: purchase of telehealth equipment for DMHAS providers and Department of Corrections (DOC) healthcare practitioners; additional mobile crisis clinicians for eight DMHAS-funded mobile crisis teams; enhanced staffing at the new statewide call center for adult crisis calls at United Way 2-1-1; Family-Based Recovery services for youth and their families; enhanced services and awareness of them for victims of intimate partner violence (IPV); a voucher system to help healthcare practitioners in accessing behavioral health services; and a needs assessment and strategic planning process to enhance employee assistance programs (EAPs) at DMHAS-funded agencies. Consistent with the funding announcement, we will serve those with severe mental illness (SMI), substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, youth with severe emotional disturbances and their families, individuals with less severe mental health conditions, and healthcare practitioners.
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