Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
The Robert Young Center - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic” (“RYC-CCHBC”) will increase access to and improve the quality of community mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or substance use disorders (SUD); children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED); and individuals with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders (COD). RYC-CCBHC expects to serve 15,000 individuals over the two-year grant period: (Year 1: 6,750; Year 2: 8,250) living in Rock Island and Mercer counties in Illinois and Scott and Muscatine counties in Iowa. RYC-CCBHC’s population of focus is comprised of 12,500 adults with SMI (60% of whom has a COD) and 2,300 children/adolescents with SED. The demographic of the population is predominately White (82%), followed by African American (12%), and Hispanic/Latino (4%). More than 17% of local adults experience “fair/poor” mental health (vs. 13% in the U.S.), and 35% rate the ease of obtaining mental health services as “fair/poor.” Expanded Care Coordination will be the linchpin of the RYC-CCBHC project to provide evidence-based strategies and interventions for the population of focus. Interventions will include crisis mental health services; screening, assessment, and diagnosis; consumer-centered treatment planning; comprehensive outpatient mental health and substance use services; screening for HIV and Hepatitis; primary care screening; social supports and community recovery supports; intensive services for military and Veterans; and Assertive Community Treatment. RYC-CCBHC will partner with Trinity Medical Center, Community Health Care (FQHC), UnityPoint Clinics, Rock Island and Mercer county public health departments, Community Veterans Engagement Board, and other community-based social service organizations. RYC-CCBHC goals and objectives include: 1) Establish RYC as a certified CCBHC, enhancing availability and connectivity to whole health treatment, and enhancing technology to monitor consumer outcomes; 2) Improve key health outcomes for the population of focus, including enrolling 2,000 “high-risk” individuals in care coordination, decreasing utilization of high-cost services (e.g., ED visits; hospitalizations), linking consumers to primary care, improving social domains and social determinant of health (e.g., employment, housing), and engaging consumers in alcohol and other substance use treatment programs; and 3) Build capacity and infrastructure to sustain RYC-CCBHC, including establishing a consumer-focused Advisory Work Group, offering to enroll 100% of eligible consumers in health insurance/benefits, and developing/implementing a sustainability plan. RYC is an established, 50-year-old, non-profit Community Mental Health Center that serves over 20,000 individuals with behavioral health needs annually.
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).
