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Mental Health First Aid for Senior Care Providers: Creating a Nexus Community

Award Number: H79SM081204
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2018
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2021

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Mental Health First Aid for Senior Care Providers: Creating a Nexus Community - The Primary Care Coalition's Mental Health First Aid for Senior Care Providers: Creating a Nexus Community project will target providers within 47 zip codes in Montgomery and Prince George's County in Maryland. The target population serves a growing number of adults aged 65 or older within the Nexus Montgomery Regional Partnership catchment area -- 13.7 percent of the Montgomery County population, according to 2016 American Community Survey estimates, up 1.7 percent from 2009. Trainees will include staff of the 38 skilled nursing facilities (SNF) in the Nexus Montgomery SNF Alliance, staff at independent living centers, health coaches for seniors, hospital care transition teams, home health providers, and Village volunteers. SNF staff report that unmet mental health needs are putting up to 30 percent of their patients, who are primarily seniors, back in the hospital. The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training will help SNF staff and other care providers identify signs of mental illness that may be impacting a patient's health, then refer patients to available community-based resources. Project goals are to increase the capacity of organizations providing health-related care to seniors in the Nexus Montgomery catchment area to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health disorders and to establish linkages between care providers for seniors and community-based behavioral health services. The project will train 750 care providers annually, for a total of 2,250 providers over the three-year project period. At least 80 percent of trainees will report gaining MHFA knowledge on post-training surveys, and at least 40 percent will report integrating that knowledge into their work at 30-day follow up. Project staff will roll out the Nexus Montgomery-branded version of the Aunt Bertha search portal for information on community-based services and introduce the Aunt Bertha tool to participants during training. Aunt Bertha is a public website that allows users to conduct filtered searches of available social services and provide direct referrals for themselves or other. The Nexus Montgomery branded platform offers the same search functionality with project-specific data collection and analytics built in. At least 40 percent of training participants will report referring one or more patients to mental health services within 30 days post-training, and the number of unique users recorded by the Aunt Bertha portal will be at least 40% of training attendance more than 30 days from the date of measurement. The MHFA trainings and Aunt Bertha portal work together to improve referral of seniors with unmet mental health needs to appropriate resources. Our project goals and objectives reflect the balance of human capital and systems resources needed for mental health awareness to drive meaningful action.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = -$184,603 )
2022	2020	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	3	3/15/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$124,632
2022	2019	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	2	3/15/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$59,971
														Subtotal = -$184,603

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2020	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	11/11/2020	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $124,632 )
2020	2020	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	003	3	6/15/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$124,632
2020	2019	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	2	6/12/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2020	2019	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	004	2	7/29/2020	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2020	2019	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	2	5/11/2020	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2020	2019	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	2	10/11/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $124,632

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $123,467 )
2019	2019	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	2	7/26/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$123,467
2019	2018	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	4/29/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $123,467

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $121,372 )
2018	2018	PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC., THE	8757 GEORGIA AVE STE 1000	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	9/18/2018	NEW	$121,372
														Subtotal = $121,372

Grand Total All Awards = $184,868

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Mental Health First Aid for Senior Care Providers: Creating a Nexus Community

Award Number: H79SM081204

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2018

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2021

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