Monday, March 24, 2025
3/24/2025
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) selected Integral Care as one of 8 sites in Texas to participate in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) certification process. Through partnership with HHSC staff, Integral Care received the approval as a CCBHC site in October 2016. This project entitled, ‘Amplified Care through CCBHC’ expands access to a fully integrated system of care, in the interests of improving the health status of Integral Care clients. This project will enroll approximately 250 individuals per year over 2 years for an unduplicated number of 500 individuals. The project would focus on adults and children annually who have serious mental illness, substance use disorder (SUD), serious emotional disturbances (SED), co-occurring disorders (COD), and/or a chronic medical condition. These conditions are often intertwined; estimates are that more than 40% of Integral Care clients have multiple diagnoses. Therefore, we have identified interventions to coordinate and amplify existing services including: 1) improved coordination and access to substance use and COD treatment services for children and adults; 2) increased access to routine whole-person integrated care and 3) implementation of health navigation services to improve continuity of care. Goal 1: Increase Integral Care’s capacity to provide coordinated and integrated substance use treatment services as measured by a) training 75% of management staff on Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment, b) fully staffing a Substance Use Treatment Hub to provide coordinated and integrated substance use services for children and adults with SUD or CODs, and c) increasing by 30% the number of individuals engaged in substance use treatment services. Goal 2: Increased access to culturally competent and routine mental health services as measured by a) increasing by 25% the number of individuals who receive routine services after hours and on the weekends, b) training 85% of direct staff on culturally competent care for active military personnel and veterans, and c) increasing by 30% the number of individuals who receive routine psychiatric services within 15 calendar days. Goal 3: Enhance care continuity and coordination via health navigation as measured by a) establishing a population health team to identify clients in need of intensive care management services and health navigation, b) fully staffing a care coordination team to promote linkages to care across the continuum, c) providing care coordination services to a minimum of 100 individuals.
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).