Sunday, June 15, 2025
6/15/2025
CCBHC Expansion Project - The CCBHC Expansion Project will serve as the one-stop shop for consumers in Blair, Elk and Huntingdon Counties, PA who have a severe mental illness (SMI), substance use disorder (SUD), serious emotional disturbance (SED), and those with co-occurring mental and substance disorders (COD). All three counties are largely rural. Blair County (527 sq. miles) has a population density of only 241.7 persons, Elk County (827 sq. miles) has 39 persons per square mile, and Huntingdon County (889 sq. miles) has 52.5 per square mile. The populations of focus are individuals and their families with serious mental illness (SMI), substance use disorders (SUD), co-occurring disorders (COD) and children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED). Additional focus is on individuals who experience social and economic risk factors, which increase likelihood for trauma and related mental health, drug and alcohol, physical health and social problems. CenClear will have a dedicated team comprised of the Project Director, 3 Care Support Coordinators, 3 Psychiatric Medical Assistants, 3 Psychiatric RNs, a BH/PH Wellness Nurse, a CRNP for Physical Health, a Quality Assurance Expert, a Navigator, 3 Departmental Assistants, 2 Mental Health Clinical Supervisors, 2 Drug & Alcohol Clinical Supervisors, a Data Collector, and An ACT Team comprised of an RN, a CRNP, a Team Leader, Peer Specialist, D&A Specialist, a MH Specialist, an Employment Specialist, and a Departmental Assistant to cohesively operate the CCBHC Expansion Project and to increase access to, and improve the quality of community mental and substance use disorder services to consumers in the three counties. The Lead Evaluator will provide data collection, performance measurement, program evaluation, and analyze and evaluate the overall performance of the project. Designated Collaborative Organizations (DCOs) will provide crisis services, CRS services, and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services. The CCBHC Expansion Project planning team determined that the following evidence-based practices will be used: -Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) ACT -Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) -Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) -Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) -Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) -Motivational Interviewing (MI) -Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) CenClear will serve 1744 clients each year and a total of 1919 during the 2-year program. CenClear has defined goals and objectives for the CCBHC Expansion Project. Through the implementation of this project, CenClear will have the ability to expand access to evidence-based trauma focused treatment and trauma-informed services to children, adolescents, adults, and families who are in dire need in the three counties; provide an ACT team to adults with severe SMI; provide individuals with integrated psychical health services; provide ongoing assessment of depression and suicide risk factors to individuals; and provide coordination of care for all clients.
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