Project name: JAMHI CCBHC Expansion
Populations to be served: Adult residents of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska catchment area with SMI, SUD, or COD; and children and adolescents with SED, SUD, or COD.
Number of people to be served: Year 1: 200 Year 2: 300 Over life of project: 500
Project summary: Through the CCBHC Expansion Grant, JAMHI will serve adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), adults and children with substance use disorder (SUD), and adults and children with co-occurring mental illness and SUD (COD), in the City and Borough of Juneau catchment area, which has a population of 32,434.
Project goals and measurable objectives: Goal 1: Clients can access appointments during convenient hours. Objectives: (1a) By month 4, JAMHI will add staffing to expand operating hours. (1b) By month 4, JAMHI will offer expanded hours. (1c) By month 8, 200 people will access JAMHI’s expanded hours. Goal 2: JAMHI will begin Assertive Community Treatment (ACT). Objectives: (2a) By month 2, half of the ACT team will be in place. (2b) By month 4, ACT services will start. (2c) By month 9, the full ACT team will be in place. (2d) By month 18, the ACT team will be serving 100 people. Goal 3: JAMHI will offer services for children/youth with SED/SUD/COD and their families. Objectives: (3a) By month 3, JAMHI will hire and train 2.0 FTEs for this service. (3b) By month 4, JAMHI will begin services. (3c) By month 4, JAMHI will be providing 24-hour crisis intervention services for youth and their families. (3d) By month 12, 50 children/adolescents will receive services. Goal 4: JAMHI will provide expanded psychiatric rehabilitation services. Objectives: (4a) By month 3, JAMHI will hire and train a 1.0 FTE Employment Specialist. (4b) By month 4, JAMHI will offer the EBP of IPS. (4c) By month 12, 15 individuals will receive these services. Goal 5: Service members and veterans can access culturally relevant CCBHC services. Objectives: (5a) By month 2, JAMHI will incorporate military culture considerations into their cultural competency plan. (5b) By month 3, 100% of JAMHI staff will receive training in military culture. (5c) By month 6, 100% of staff will be approved to provide services to both active service members and veterans. Goal 6: JAMHI will conduct a comprehensive compensation study. Objectives: (6a) By month 6, JAMHI will engage a consultant to conduct the study and provide recommendations. (6b) By month 12, JAMHI will incorporate recommendations into a recruitment and retention plan.
Strategies/interventions will include EMDR, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Narrative Exposure Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy, SBIRT, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Individual Placement & Support (IPS), Positive Youth Development (PYD), Transition to Independence Process (TIP), and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).