Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
The Center for Human Development, Inc. (CHD) CCBHC Expansion Grant Project will implement a Community Health Team (CHT) approach to address unmet behavioral health care needs for unserved and underserved persons who reside in Franklin and Hampden counties, in Massachusetts, and who experience serious mental illness, serious substance use disorders, or co-occurring disorders, including behavioral health and medical conditions. The target population includes African Americans, Latinos (limited- and non-English speaking), LGBTQ youth and young adults, young adults with serious mental illness and/or serious substance use disorders, homeless individuals and families, and uninsured or underinsured persons. CHD’S outpatient clinics located in Greenfield and Orange (Franklin County) and Holyoke and Springfield (Hampden County) will participate in the project. Each participating clinic will operate a Community Health Team to enhance and expand CCBHC capacity to provide integrated, coordinated behavioral health services and to reach consumers in their respective communities who are not currently served. Each CHT will include case managers, a Nurse/Health Educator, a Peer/Recovery Specialist, a licensed behavioral health clinician, and a medical prescriber. Other community providers, care coordination entities, and state agencies that serve target consumers will be asked to participate on each CHT in order to promote person-centered, coordinated, and comprehensive care. CHD’s CCBHC Expansion Project will address the most pressing behavioral health needs for unserved and underserved populations, by accomplishing the following goals: (1) reduce the incidence of opioid-related overdoses and deaths; (2) reduce adverse health outcomes for consumers with behavioral health and co-occurring medical conditions; and (3) increase the capacity of clinics to promote consumer-driven recovery goals through the provision of peer support and rehabilitation services. Measurable objectives for the target population include: (1) engage 400 consumers in Medication Assisted Treatments (MAT); (2) provide wraparound and peer support services to 400 MAT consumers; (3) conduct primary health screening and monitoring for 60% of all clinic consumers; (4) provide behavioral health assessments, brief treatment, and referral services to 920 community health center and family practice patients; and (5) assist 40% of target population consumers to obtain permanent housing, employment, or enrollment in education programs. The Project will serve 700 unduplicated people annually and 1,400 people over the 2-year grant period.
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).
