Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation (CBWF), a community based non-profit organization and federally qualified health center in Corpus Christi, Texas, has identified a need for long-term recovery support from substance abuse and addiction. The target area is disproportionally affected by substance abuse and mental health problems aggravated by a shortage of mental health professionals in the area and lack of recovery support services. To address this, CBWF proposes to implement Project Integrated Systems of Care (ISC)’s with the main goal of enhancing and expanding CBWF’s current services by increasing access to, and improving the quality of, mental health, substance use treatment, and physical health services by becoming a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. Project ISC will provide person- and family-centered integrated and co-located mental, behavioral, and physical health services to residents of Nueces, Jim Wells, San Patricio, Aransas, and Kleberg Counties. Project ISC will provide access to services including 24/7 crisis intervention services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or substance use disorders (SUD), including opioid use disorders; children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED); and individuals with co-occurring mental and substance disorders (COD). Project ISC will accomplish the following measurable goals:
1) By 01/01/22, develop and implement a mobile crisis intervention program, to include a training curriculum for the Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT).
2) By 8/29/23, Project ISC will enroll a total of 300 unduplicated individuals (225 adults, 75 adolescents) into treatment including the following evidence-based practices: ACT, CBT Matrix Model, IT, TREM, M-TREM, patient navigation, and Primary Health Services.
3) 11/15/21, develop and implement a data collection and performance measurement plan to assess program effectiveness, ensure quality of services provided, identify successes, implement needed improvements, and report on key outcome measures.
To fulfill the purpose of the grant, CBWF will assign/hire experienced and competent staff that includes a Project Director (PD), Medical Director (MD), 2 Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC), 2 Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners (PNP), a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (NP), a Registered Nurse (RN), 3 Medical Assistants (MA), 2 Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselors (LCDC), 3 Patient Navigators/Case Managers (CM) and a Dietician.