Abstract: CCBHC Expansion Grants, FOA No. SM-20-012
Porter-Starke Services Inc.
Project Name: Healthy Together
The primary goal of Healthy Together is to improve healthcare outcomes for individuals with serious mental illness, children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance, those with substance use disorders, opioid use disorders and co-occurring disorders for Porter and Starke counties in Indiana. The minimum expected unduplicated client numbers annually are 1,000 in Year 1 and 1,500 in Year 2 for a total of 3,500. There are high rates of under diagnosis of these conditions and even after diagnosis, difficulty accessing the needed care. A repercussion is that these individuals often also have inadequate medical care as well leading to early mortality and chronic illness. This project will integrate medical and behavioral health care and improve access to care that is specific to need. Through an Advisory Work Group individuals with these disorders and their families will ensure that service design and delivery are most effective and responsive to the needs of the individuals affected. Operating as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, specific goals are to improve screening for medical and behavioral health issues (including HIV and Hepatitis A, B and C), assess and treat issues identified through screening, improve behavioral health functioning of participants, improve care coordination and access to other needed services (e.g. medical care, vaccinations), reduce overdoses, establish systems to work with the courts to avoid hospitalization for psychiatric reasons, expand access to/enrollment in wellness based programs, and decrease barriers to care. Services to be provided includes Medication Assisted Treatment, psychiatry, outpatient therapies, intensive outpatient addictions treatment, care management/coordination, tobacco cessation, wellness/recovery coaching, peer recovery supports and community health worker services.