Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Project Name: NorthCare CCBHC Expansion Program will increase access to and improve behavioral health services for transition age youth age 16-25 with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), and adults age 50 and older with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) or Substance Use Disorders (SUD), including those with co-occurring disorders in Oklahoma County, OK. Populations to be served include transition age youth 16-25 with SED and individuals aged 50 and older with SMI or SUD, including those with co-occurring disorders, especially those who are uninsured or underinsured. The total population of Oklahoma County is 787,958. Racial demographics are 69.0% White, 14.8% African American, 2.9% American Indian, 3.3% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, 3.3% Some other race, and 6.7% Two or more races. Hispanic persons comprise 16.5% of the population. Those aged 16-25 comprise 13.3% of the total population and number 101,705 persons, and those aged 50 and older comprise 30.7% of the total population, numbering 234,762 persons. An estimated 20,602 youth aged 16-25 are Seriously Emotionally Disturbed, and an estimated 11,691 individuals aged 50 and older are Seriously Mentally Ill. Approximately 16% of residents of Oklahoma County are uninsured. Seventy percent (70%) of the individuals with SMI, SED, and co-occurring disorders served by NorthCare are uninsured. Interventions added under this expansion to NorthCares existing wide array of evidence-based practices include NAVIGATE, designed to provide early treatment for those who have experienced a first episode of psychosis; Individual Placement and Support, a model of supported employment for individuals with serious mental illness; and, Functional Neuroimaging to assist with differential diagnosis and inform best treatment interventions. Goals include: 1) Increase access to and improve the quality of behavioral health services to transition age youth, age 16-25 years of age with SED, including those with co-occurring disorder, with measurable objectives of establishing stable housing, obtaining employment or obtaining vocational training, increasing knowledge of pregnancy and STD prevention, and reducing suicidal ideation; and, 2) Increase access to and improve the quality of behavioral health services to adults age 50 and over with SMI and SUD, including those with co-occurring disorder with measurable objectives of establishing stable housing, and showing an improvement in metabolic syndrome, and reducing suicidal ideation. The number of people projected to be served annually include approximately 400 transition age youth, and 785 adults age 50 and older for a total of 1,185 persons annually, with a projected 1,481 persons served over the two years of the project.
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