Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
The Aspire ACT Team Expansion & Enhancement Project will target adult males and females with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), who are 18 years of age or older and reside in Orange County, Florida. The project will provide evidence-based Assertive Community Treatment services and expand the capacity of Aspire’s existing ACT Team allowing it to serve an additional 50 adults with SMI. (This will increase the team’s active caseload from 100 to 150.) Based on a project 15% dropout rate, the project will serve 80 unduplicated adults with SMI over the 5-year life of the project. The ACT team is a self-contained, integrated, multi-disciplinary team that provides intensive community based treatment to adults at risk of hospitalization, homelessness and/or incarceration due to a mental health disorder and insufficient attention to their primary care needs. The team provides culturally competent services focused around the strengths and needs of each adult and his/her family and natural support systems. By increasing access, engagement, and retention in treatment services, the ACT Team improves health, behavioral health, and social outcomes for adults with SMI. The goals of the Aspire ACT Team Expansion & Enhancement Project are: 1.) Increase the unduplicated number of adults with SMI receiving evidence-based ACT services; 2.) Increase access, engagement, and retention in treatment services among adults with SMI; and 3.) Provide a full continuum of treatment and ancillary services to reduce rates of hospitalization, mortality, substance use, homelessness, and involvement with the criminal justice system among adults with SMI. The project’s measurable objectives include: 1.) 85% of individuals admitted into ACT services will remain actively engaged in treatment services for 12 months post admission; 2.) 80% of individuals enrolled in the program for at least 60 days will adhere to their medication schedule as prescribed by the ACT Treatment Team for 12 months post admission; 3.) 85% of individuals enrolled in the program for at least 60 days will increase abstinence from the use of alcohol and other drugs not appropriately prescribed as part of their ACT Individualized Treatment Plan; 4.) 85% of individuals enrolled in the program for at least 60 days, will demonstrate improved functioning and ability to perform self-care tasks as measured by the FARS and the DLA-20; 5.) 85% of individuals enrolled in the program for at least 60 days will remain in stable housing in the community for more than 12 months post admission; 6.) 75% of individuals enrolled in the program for at least 60 days will have no inpatient admissions or ER visits for 12 months post admission; 7.) 75% of individuals enrolled in the program for at least 60 days will have no arrests and spend no days incarcerated for 12 months post admission; 8.) 100% of individuals enrolled in the program for at least 30 days, will be linked to physical health services; and 9.) 100% of individuals enrolled in the program for at least 30 days, will be linked to appropriate educational and employment services.
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).
