Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
CCBHC Expansion Extension - Pursuant to SAMHSA Funding Opportunity Announcement No. SM-20-012, CPC Behavioral Healthcare is applying for a FY2020 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grant. A major goal of this initiative is to increase the capacity of CPC’s current CCBHC expansion grant to provide the continuum of CCBHC service for residents of Western Monmouth and Northern Ocean Counties in New Jersey, which are statistically high-need areas. A major objective that has been set is for CPC to increase the current number of unduplicated consumers receiving CCBHC services by 50% by 2021 by continuing growth at our Howell Location, and adding the Neptune Location. This increasingly populated region has been in the top 3 counties reporting deaths from opioid/heroin use and the top 5 counties reporting child abuse and neglect. A major barrier to accessing treatment is transportation, which is neither accessible nor affordable for the identified populations. Through our existing CCBHC expansion grant, CPC has been able to partner with UBER health to provide transportation, which has decreased no-show rates and increased first appointments. By 2021, CPC will reduce its No Show rate to less than 15% and increase admissions by 30% partially through Uber Health. CPC will expand community partnerships to support the ability to address social determinants of health for individuals to better integrate into their communities. An example of an objective that has been set to meet this goal is for CPC to increase, by 30%, our capacity to serve LGBTQIA individuals who meet the clinical criteria for priority populations through our collaboration/DCO with the VNA’s FQHC. This population is at higher risk for suicide and SUD and frequently do not seek treatment due to stigma. CPC will also increase the awareness of CCBHC as a preferred model for integrated care and advocate for sustainability for this model in the community and in the overall healthcare space. Another example of an objective that has been set to meet this goal is for CPC to offer 12 educational and/or care management workshops to partners (i.e., Primary Care Providers, DCOs, schools, family and/or consumer support groups, etc.) about integrated care. CPC identified the following priority populations for this grant: adults with serious mental illness, significant co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders (SUD), serious SUDs (especially heroin and opioid use) and children/adolescents with severe emotional disturbances and their families. These individuals have limited access to person-centered, integrated treatment including crisis intervention and comprehensive care management services designed specifically to address a broad array of social determinants of health. They account for most individuals who “fall between the cracks”. These individuals require a safety net and treatment philosophy that is integrated, person/family-centered and trauma informed. As with our current CCBHC grants, the FY2020 Expansion funding will be used to serve the identified communities by delivering evidence-based services in mental health, substance use and physical health through an integrated system of care designed to promote wellness, recovery and productive lives. The CCBHC Expansion will help ensure easily accessible and comprehensive services that focus on the whole person through person-centered care provided by diverse, empathetic, engaged staff and community partners in a “one stop shop” format. Through the CCBHC we provide programming including traditional and intensive outpatient services, ambulatory withdrawal management, MAT maintenance, partial care, behavioral health home, supported employment and housing, assertive community treatment, crisis response and stabilization and care management. CPC proposes to serve 900 consumers annually for a total of 1800 consumers throughout the lifetime of the 2-year initiative.
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).