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CONNECTing Children and Families to Integrated Care (CONNECT)

Award Number: H79SM082195
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2023

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CONNECTing Children and Families to Integrated Care (CONNECT) - The purpose of the CONNECT initiative is to expand and sustain the statewide infrastructure and service delivery system in Connecticut through a Care Hub approach to CONNECTing Children and Families to Integrated Care. CareHubs are designed to address current system fragmentation between primary care, schools, behavioral health, and families. The System of Care Implementation Grant awarded to Connecticut in 2014 enabled the expansion, development and implementation of: a local, regional, and statewide Network of Care (NOC); a youth-guided, family-driven, and culturally responsive approach with youth and families as full partners; a statewide governance structure to guide SOC policy; and services and activities to enhance a comprehensive statewide data system for integration and quality. The 2014 grant yielded many successes at the systems and child-family levels. However, results from our network analyses clearly identified the need to develop a mechanism for caregivers, schools, pediatric primary care providers (PCPs) and community-based behavioral health providers to work collaboratively to provide support and services for youth with SED. The population of focus for this grant includes all Connecticut (CT) youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) who are at risk for: inpatient hospitalization, admission to psychiatric residential treatment facilities, use of hospital emergency departments for behavioral health crisis, suicidal ideation, clinical high risk for psychosis or early/first episode psychosis. Connecticut is the 29th most populated state with 3.6 million residents of who 868,332 (or 24% are children and youth). Children with Serious Emotional and Disturbance are estimated at 10% or (over 86,000 children). More than 1,300 children/youth receive Wrap-around services annually however, the use of restrictive services remains too high and there is a need for more services/supports to occur through integrated community-based care. With a primary goal of reducing: 1) behavioral health visits to EDs; 2) utilization of state/private psychiatric/residential treatment facilities; 3) inpatient utilization; and, 4) youth suicide, this funding offers an opportunity to expand and apply our local infrastructure development through a CareHub model. The integrated CareHub model ensures that youth with SED/behavioral health needs are linked to appropriate locally-based care across the service array. With its request for $1,000,000 annually, this grant has four primary goals: 1) increase access to Connecticut’s service array for youth with SED through enhanced collaboration/communication between schools, PCPs, behavioral health agencies & families; 2) recruit, train, & support youth/families to participate as full partners & leaders in CT’s behavioral health system; 3) expand & sustain youth/family-driven local, regional, & statewide NOC infrastructure; and, 4) enhance & sustain comprehensive data system to promote integration & quality.


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: 2024 ( Subtotal = -$879,105 )
2024	2022	DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	000	4	3/13/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$879,105
														Subtotal = -$879,105

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2022	DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	001	4	3/3/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2023	2022	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	000	4	1/24/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $1,000,000 )
2022	2022	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	005	4	8/29/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,000,000
2022	2021	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	004	3	7/22/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2022	2021	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	003	3	3/28/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2021	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	001	3	3/10/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2022	2021	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	002	3	3/16/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2021	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	000	3	10/20/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,000,000

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $1,000,000 )
2021	2021	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	001	3	7/22/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,000,000
2021	2020	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	000	2	5/27/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $1,000,000

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $1,000,000 )
2020	2020	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06107	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	003	2	7/27/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,000,000
2020	2019	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	001	1	10/10/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2020	2019	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	000	1	10/2/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2020	2019	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)	002	1	10/30/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $1,000,000

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $1,000,000 )
2019	2019	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF	505 HUDSON ST	HARTFORD	CT	06106	CAPITOL	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	9/10/2019	NEW	$1,000,000
														Subtotal = $1,000,000

Grand Total All Awards = $3,120,895

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CONNECTing Children and Families to Integrated Care (CONNECT)

Award Number: H79SM082195

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2023

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