Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Oklahoma City CCBHC provider, NorthCare, will improve access to care individuals in Oklahoma and Logan Counties through the two year 2020 Expansion Grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Target populations for the grant will include adults with Serious Mental Illness and individuals in crisis. The grant will provide enhanced services for an estimated 750 persons who need intensive levels of service. In addition to this broad focus, the grant will provide support enhanced crisis intervention and suicide prevention teams, outreach and engagement of persons who experience homelessness or housing instability, outreach and engagement among persons in the criminal justice system, and assisting clients to access core mental health and substance abuse treatment, secure benefits, housing, and employment. Goal 1: Increase access to and improve quality of behavioral health services to reduce suicidality and prevent hospital readmission. Objectives: 80% of clients with suicide risk experience reduced risk of suicidality; 80% of clients will report reduced depressive symptomology and 10% or fewer of those with an episode of inpatient psych hospitalization will be readmitted to psychiatric hospital within 180 days. Goal 2: Increase access to and improve quality of behavioral health services to improve and maintain client housing stability for those that are experiencing homelessness or insecure housing. Objectives: 95% of clients with history of insecure housing that are in stable housing will maintain stable housing; 60% of previously housing insecure clients attain housing stability. Goal 3: Increase access to and improve quality of behavioral health services to achieve client income stability. Objectives: 90% of clients currently employed maintain employment; 40% of previously income unstable clients attain employment, improve employment status (PT to FT); number of Medicaid eligible clients increases by 50%.
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).
