Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Family Service and Guidance Center (FSGC) will provide mental health (MH) services for 500 children (2-22) and families in Year 1 and 500 in Year 2, including children and youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and co-occurring disorders (COD). The catchment area is Shawnee County, Kansas, including the city of Topeka. FSGC will expand needed services, strengthen sustainability, improve quality, and enhance care integration. The total population in the catchment area is 176,875, of whom 73.5% are White, 7.7% are Black, 1.4% are Native American, 1.6% are Asian, and 12.8% are Hispanic. About 23.3% are 18 or younger. Of these, about 13% are living in poverty (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RJWF), 2021). The Project Director and Evaluator will collaborate to ensure the project hits planned benchmarks. FSGC has been serving Shawnee County and northeast Kansas since 1904. FSGC is the only community mental health center in Kansas that focuses its resources and expertise on the unique mental health needs of children. The existing need for children’s MH and related services was significant prior to the pandemic and has been exacerbated by it. To expand and improve services, FSGC has identified the following goal and objectives. Goal 1: To expand needed behavioral health (BH) services including MH, SUD, and COD and related supports for children and youth in the catchment area. Objective 1: Provide MH and related services to 500 unduplicated youth and families in Year 1 and 500 in Year 2 retaining at least 50% in appropriate treatment identified in an individual treatment plan. Objective 2: During Year 1, expand crisis services to 125 additional clients by adding 4 FTE clinical and support staff; 80% of individuals receiving crisis services will be retained as appropriate in outpatient care at month six. Objective 3: During Year 1, provide integrated COD services for 75 clients by adding 2.6 FTE clinical and support staff; 75 % of youth will be retained in integrated COD treatment services for 6 months. Objective 4: During Year 1, expand school services to an additional 75 clients by adding 2 FTE clinical and recovery staff; 75 % of youth will demonstrate at least one functional improvement as measured by pre/post testing at month 6. Objective 5: During Year 2, enhance cross-system efficiency and coordination by creating and implementing 3 trainings for FSGC, child welfare providers, and juvenile justice providers. Objective 6: During Year 1, expand clinical and recovery supports to an additional 225 clients by adding 7.5 FTE medical, clinical, and support positions; 75 % of youth will be retained in treatment services for 6 months. Objective 7: During the funding period, improve staff MH by adding monthly wellness activities in accord with SAMHSA’s National Child Traumatic Stress Network recommendations. Objective 8: Upon notice of award, initiate quarterly working group meetings to achieve Kansas Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) designation by year 2, quarter 3. Objective 9: During Year 1, FSGC will improve its aggregated Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) score by 3 points at month 12.
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