Thursday, December 26, 2024
12/26/2024
Amanda Luckett Murphy Hopewell Center (ALMHC), a community mental health center, requests the two-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grant funding to fully implement a CCBHC model to meet the behavioral health (BH) needs of children, adults and families within St. Louis-North City service area. ALMHC will purse three objectives to this grant: a) increase access to behavioral health services by expanding capacity, infrastructure, and expertise; b) increase the integration of behavioral and physical health for individuals served; and c) expand the utilization of evidence-based practices. ALMHC will serve adults with Serious mental Illness (SMI), children and adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), Substance Use Disorder (SUD), and Co-Occurring Disorder (COD). Focused outreach to sub-populations will include African-American individuals, transition-age youth, Armed Forces and Veterans, and LGBTQ+ individuals who are underserved as well as under-insured or uninsured. ALMHC currently serves approximately 3,900 individuals and will serve an additional 525 in Year 1 and 525 in Year 2; totaling 1,050 over the grant period. ALMHC will increase capacity and access to services by hiring 2 additional Intake and Assessment Coordinators, 2 Adult EBP Therapists, 1 Youth EBT Therapist, 1 Veterans Services Coordinator, and 2 Peer Specialists. An EBP Trainer will be hired to provide and expand Evidence-Based Practice awareness and training for agency staff and to enhance the service delivery of EBP models. The North City area is described as a large, densely populated, underserved urban area primarily occupied by African-American residents. St. Louis City had the highest percentage of overall population living in poverty as compared to St. Louis county and the state. Data recorded in Eastern Missouri shows 18.3% of individuals 18 and older had a mental illness in the past year with 4.2% having a serious mental illness (a mental, behavior, or emotional disorder that causes serious functional impairment that substantially interferes with, or limits, one or more major life activities). Additionally, 7.8% of the adult population experiences a substance use disorder (Missouri Department of Mental Health 2017). In response to access to care challenges, ALMHC will transition to a Same-Day-Access and Just-In-Time service model as well as implementation of the "Welcome Center' approach as the introduction to agency services. As a CMHC, ALMHC already provides a comprehensive array of service and has implemented required services and utilizes DCOs and a few others. This CCBHC Expansion Funding will support full CCBHC implementation.
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).