Tuesday, April 30, 2024
4/30/2024
SAMHSA FY 2020 CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC (CCBHC) EXPANSION GRANT Genesee Health System CCBHC Abstract Summary The Genesee Health System (GHS) CCBHC will serve residents of Genesee County, Michigan, particularly with focus on the city of Flint, experiencing coexisting physical and behavioral health care needs. Key aims of the program are to expand services to provide timely trauma-informed, evidenced-based, integrated physical and behavioral health treatment geared to reduce disparities in health equity and life expectancy for vulnerable and at risk populations. GHS aspires to meet CCBHC certification requirements. To facilitate access to integrated trauma informed care, an organizational assessment for GHS and its network of service providers would provide valuable information to system of care needs, from which an expansion plan can be generated. The addition of Care Navigators will assist individuals with navigating the health care system at the first point of contact to facilitate more timely access to appointments; ideally same day appointments on a walk in basis. Provider network development would fill service gaps in care pathways with specialized training for additional clinicians to become qualified in evidence based and best practices, such as Illness Management and Recovery, trauma therapy for adults, and certification for co-occurring substance abuse professionals. GHS aspires to provide more integrated care by connecting health and mental health care screening to prescribed care pathways and population health management data collection/monitoring. Trends, identifying access to care issues, and assessing barriers to improving outcomes will assist to monitor effectiveness of interventions and establishment of quality improvement plans. Currently, available services to persons experiencing mental health crisis are available, yet fragmented. Establishing a Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center with comprehensive 24/7/365 service availability will allow for an alternative to an emergency room visit and provide ongoing continuum of care with same day psychiatry, crisis screening, and crisis stabilization. In addition, law enforcement and mental health professionals will deploy together to community locations, using a Crisis Intervention Team approach, to resolve mental health related situations in the community with linking to treatment as an alternative to jail. After meeting CCBHC certification requirements, clinical outcome goals would include: decreased wait time for non-emergent treatment from 30-90 days to same day treatment; increased effectiveness of treatment as evidenced by symptom reduction with increased availability of evidence based practice intervention; increased hospital and jail diversion; and clinically significant reduction in unmanaged physical health conditions for at risk populations (estimated 1,400 persons annually).
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