Saturday, June 7, 2025
6/7/2025
Establishment of CCBHC Services - Horizon Health Services (HHS) along with its affiliate, Horizon Village (HV), proposes to expand its current service delivery model of integrated care through a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grant to serve individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or substance use (including opioid) disorders (SUD); children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED); and individuals with co-occurring disorders (COD). The HHS CCBHC combines care coordination with actual service delivery of behavioral health and primary care. As a NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) licensed behavioral health treatment provider, HHS' existing services already include most of those required for CCBHC, and its infrastructure (staff and technology) is already sufficient to handle its current service level. HHS' intent is to build on its existing, comprehensive service model, which includes its residential and inpatient SUD treatment program that goes beyond the CCBHC requirements, to meet the existing market need and other goals for this project: (1) fully implement the required services within the CCBHC model for our existing clients; (2) expand CCBHC services to 1,718 new adults and adolescent clients in northern Erie, Niagara and Genesee Counties in Western NY; (3) expand our entire service model to include at least 100 children ages 3 to 12; and (4) achieve improvements in health, screening and treatment indicators. HHS provides: adult and adolescent (age 13+) individual, group and family counseling; psychiatric medication management and medication assisted treatment (MAT) for SUD; and numerous support services including vocational/educational placement, recovery coaching, integrated primary care support, health homes, and family support coordination. HHS will continue to use evidence-based comprehensive outpatient MH and SUD diagnostic and treatment practices including: MH and SUD screenings; clinical assessments; risk assessments; and treatments administered using Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). HHS also provides specialized MH and SUD programs that focus on women, including post-partum depression, adolescents, and armed forces active members and veterans, using the Seeking Safety and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) techniques. The objectives for this project will be accomplished through the framework provided by the CCBHC model and focus on the following areas of emphasis: increased client participation and community outreach; increased patient engagement that results in increased adherence to MH and SUD medications and treatment; decreased time to service provision from outreach or referral; increased participation in outpatient appointments; and other commonly monitored health and utilization indicators.
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).