Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
In response to the impact of COVID-19, Denton County MHMR Center proposes three goals to reduce the prevalence of suicide, domestic violence, and substance use in Denton County: strengthen the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team’s virtual presence in the community, hire additional staff to accommodate the needs of individuals discharging from local psychiatric hospitals, and implement educational courses such as Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) for direct service provider organizations to promote suicide awareness and teach crisis intervention skills. This grant will address the needs of adults age 25 and older with suicidal ideation, serious mental illness, substance use disorder, dual diagnosis, or who are victims of domestic violence. Increasing behavioral health and substance use service gaps are evident from the impact of COVID-19 while clinical characteristics show approximately half of individuals receiving mental health treatment from the Center in 2019 were comorbid with substance use. The Center will utilize evidence-based practice strategies including but not limited to Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) to address problems of suicide in Denton County and domestic violence reports that increased in the city of Denton and surrounding areas during COVID-19 restrictions. The Center’s objectives are to: obtain nine iPads for virtual screenings and assessments within the community, provide ASIST and MHFA training to least 10 different community agencies, train remaining Center staff in ASIST, utilize 100% of allocated funds towards the population of focus’ basic necessities, engage 75% of the individuals served in Employment Specialist services, provide a resource to 100% of referrals, ensure 50% of individuals served connect to that resource, explore 100% of barriers within individuals who did not connect to a resource, and lastly increase the number of face-to-face contact with individuals discharging from inpatient treatment to 90%. The number of individuals to be served with this grant is approximately 2,450 throughout the lifetime of the proposed project.
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).
