Thursday, March 20, 2025
3/20/2025
The Community Fairbanks Behavioral Health (CFBH) CMHC project will support and restore the delivery of clinical services from the community mental health center that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and effectively address the needs of adults and children with serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED) and co-occurring disorder (COD). Project Name: Community Fairbanks Behavioral Health CMHC Population to be served: CHRH’s 2021 regional population is 83,838; 70,560 white, 6,296 Black, and 3,248 Hispanic. 19.73% of households have incomes = $25,000. 47.96% of adults have a high school diploma or less, and 52.04% have education beyond the secondary level. The payor mix is: 50% commercial, 21% Medicaid, 21% Medicare, and 8% uninsured. For the period April 1, 2020 - April 30, 2021, using data from Epic, CHRH's electronic medical record, CHRH served an unduplicated total of 3,141 consumers with SMI (1,066), SED (1,449), or COD (626). Project goals and objectives are: Goal 1: Provide accessible, comprehensive behavioral health services for the community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to individuals with SED, SMI, and COD. Eight objectives accompanying this goal will 1) provide same day, walk-in access to care; 2) resume Clubhouse operations at pre-pandemic levels; 3) train staff in evidence based practices for trauma-informed care and patient-centered treatment; 4) develop and launch a mobile crisis team; 5) train staff in treating trauma for the identified population served; 6) improve client symptom reduction; 7) achieve positive therapeutic rapport; and 8) begin providing treatment to jail inmates. Goal 2: Increase care efficacy through integrated care collaboration, engagement and care coordination using peer recovery specialists, and/or life skills clinicians. Two objectives accompanying this goal will 1) develop a care coordination process for outreach; and 2) increase outreach activities and care coordination. Goal 3: Expand and increase telehealth services as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Two objectives accompanying this goal will 1) ensure care clinicians have needed equipment and software; and 2) ensure clinicians have appropriate telehealth capability. Goal 4: Increase support and wellness opportunities for CMHC staff. An objective accompanying this goal will provide quarterly well-being opportunities to CMHC staff. In year 1 of the grant, 500 unduplicated individuals will be served. In year 2 of the grant, an additional 500 unduplicated individuals will be served, for a total of 1,000 unduplicated individuals.
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