Monday, November 25, 2024
11/25/2024
Project Abstract Summary Summary. The proposed four-year NFusion IV System of Care will serve five rural North Mississippi counties, and will build upon the existing system of care foundation in DeSoto County and expand and enhance system of care services in Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah and Tishomingo counties. Through EBPs, TF-CBT, Wraparound (MYPAC), A-CRA the expanded system of care will improve mental health outcomes for children and youth, birth through age 21, children and youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and those with early signs and symptoms of serious mental illness (SMI), including first episode psychosis (FEP) and their families by focusing on sustainable financing, cross-agency collaboration in Region IV through implementing enhanced policy and infrastructure and youth-guided and family driven peer leadership. The proposed 4-year system of care will result in comprehensive system of care services ensuring effective cross-agency expansion and the provision of mental health and recovery supports. Project Name: NFusion IV System of Care. Populations served: Birth to 21 years of age; 15% African American; 5% Hispanic; 2% Multi-racial. Strategies: NFusion IV System of Care seeks to expand trauma-informed, cultural and linguistically appropriate system of care EBPs, supports and policies with a cross-agency approach of coordinated service delivery and integration of mental health services, ensuring effective cross-agency expansion and the provision of mental health and related recovery support services to participants with SED and those with early signs of SMI, including FEP to include an array of non-mental health supports, i.e. vocational counseling, education services, health-related services, substance abuse prevention, stable housing, independent living skills and advocacy. Each participant will work with a care team that facilitates the identification and implementation of an individualized service plan in partnership with the child/youth, family, natural supports and professional supports to achieve their personal goals. NFusion IV System of Care will develop a cross-agency infrastructure through an integrated system of care and ensure national and local evaluation of performance assessments are conducted. Goals: (1 Expand Region IV cross-agency collaboration to serve SED individuals and those with early signs and symptoms of SMI, including FEP; 2) Provide a broad array of accessible and coordinated services/supports; 3) Ensure individualized, managed care; Plan, deliver, and evaluate these services with the full participation of families and youth in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner; and 4) Facilitate broad-based, sustainable systemic support for the population of focus. Objectives: Annually and over four-years: 1) 90% of participants will improve diagnosis; 2) 80% of participants improved mental illness symptomatology; 3) 80% of participants will improve employment/education; 4) 80% of participants will reduce criminal justice involvement; 5) 80% of participants will improve stability in housing; 6) 80% of participants will reduce readmission to psychiatric hospitals; 7) 80% of participants will improve social support/social connectedness; and 8) 85% of participants will report a high client perception of care. # served: 75 Year(s) 1-4, totaling 300 in four years.
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