Saturday, November 23, 2024
11/23/2024
In our proposal for Congressional Discretionary Spending, Behavioral Health for Youth & Young Adults at Holy Cross Hospital, Sinai Health System’s Holy Cross Hospital will add behavioral health services for 75 or more youth and young adults ages 6-24 at risk or screening positively for serious mental health conditions. They will receive approximately 3,600 visits during the year. The program (to be named Under the Rainbow) will provide assessment, case management, counseling, advocacy, transportation, and referrals. Sinai’s Holy Cross Hospital serves 14 community areas across 7 zip codes in southwest Chicago with a Hardship Index Score of 86 (out of 100); the residents face severe hardships in terms of employment, housing, education, and poverty; factors that highly correlate with poor mental and physical health. In Sinai Chicago’s 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) process, as well as in 2016 and 2019, we heard from southwest Chicago community members that behavioral health and collective trauma within our communities – caused by repeated exposure to violence, racism, and socioeconomic threats to wellbeing – are key areas in need of immediate attention. HCH’s program ( to be named Under the Rainbow like its counterpart at Mount Sinai)will provide high-quality, trauma-informed, effective, and timely assessment and treatment services to youth through young adults who have experienced abuse, neglect, or complex trauma, and will also provide treatment for a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, ADHD, psychotic disorders, grief/loss, school related problems, and family conflict. The program has two goals: 1) Complete all preparation to begin Youth, Adolescent ad Young Adult Services in Holy Cross offices by December 2024 and 2) Implementation of the Youth, Adolescent and Young Adult Services Program at Holy Cross for the remainder of the award period. HCH UTR (under interim PD, Katherine Hall) will recruit and hire a 1.0 FTE Project Director/Clinical Supervisor to manage the emerging caseload and assist with the recruitment and on-the-job training of the psychotherapists and other staff to provide services within 60 days of the start date. HCH will hire three full-time psychotherapists, allocate a 50% FTE psychiatrist, and allocate or recruit a 50% FTE case manager, a 1 FTE central scheduler and support specialist, and 65% FTE insurance verifier to implement the program. Additionally, the program will engage community- and faith-based organizations, other child/adult-serving providers, and relevant public agencies in Southwest Chicago to maximize and coordinate treatment services and supports as indicated through social determinants of health screening to maximize the impact of these services in patients' lives.
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).
