Tuesday, April 23, 2024
4/23/2024
Recognizing the need for mental health services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH/A), FoundCare is proposing to serve individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or co-occurring Disorder (COD) with or at risk of HIV and/or hepatitis, throughout Palm Beach County (PBC). Utilizing Evidence-based practices (EBPs) such as Culturally Responsive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CR-CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), FoundCare intends to integrate mental health services within its existing primary care services in order to improve the overall health among racial and ethnic minority communities who are currently underserved. The proposed population will include Haitians, Caribbean Islanders, African-Americans and Hispanics living at or below 200% poverty level. This project will offer comprehensive services, such as outreach, HIV/Hepatitis prevention and education, peer support, case management and, evidence-based mental and substance use disorder intervention with the ultimate goal of decreasing of behavioral health disparities in Palm Beach County. Throughout its 4 years of implementation, this project will reach out to a total of 18,000 individuals during the outreach activities, providing prevention and rapid testing to 540 individuals, mental health screenings to 1,800 individuals and mental health services to 900 individuals from racial and ethnic minority communities throughout Palm Beach County. This project will undergo ongoing data collection and analysis to evaluate program outcomes.
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