Tuesday, May 20, 2025
5/20/2025
FY 2021 Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) Grant Program - Abstract Freedom House proposes to implement a project that will address the needs of individuals with serious emotional disturbances (SED), individuals with severe mental illness (SMI), individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) including opioid use disorders (OUD) and those with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (COD) project in Alamance, Orange, and Person Counties in the central portion of North Carolina. Following are the goals and objectives of the proposed project. Goal 1: To increase availability and accessibility to 24-hours a day 7-days a week 365-days a year crisis services Objective 1: Increase mobile crisis team engagement in rural communities. Objective 2: Embed mobile crisis teams in the community to enhance direct crisis response, Objective 3: Institute policies to have mobile crisis teams work seamlessly with facility-based crisis for intake and admission Goal 2: To provide a comprehensive array of mental health services to support long term wellness and recovery Objective 1: Provide ongoing tele-mental health service offerings. Objective 2: Train behavioral health providers on health disparities Objective 3: Increase outreach strategies and referral pathways for vulnerable adults and youth Goal 3: To partner with local law enforcement and medical transportation to increase access to Facility-Based Crisis Objective 1. Increase awareness among 50% of local law enforcement Objective 2. Conduct at least three mental health awareness training events in targeted areas Objective 3. Provide transportation to Facility-Based Crisis, when needed Goal 5: Position Freedom House for project sustainability beyond the two-year funding by securing all credentialling and funder approvals to bill for services Objective 1. Establish an Advisory Work Group led by the Director of Credentialling and Facilities and comprised of individuals with mental and substance use disorders, and family members to meet monthly to provide input and guidance to the CCBHC on implementation and sustainability. Objective 2. Work with Utilization Management and Billing to understand and overcome barriers to reimbursement The proposed project will serve 200 individuals in the first year and 200 in the second year for a total of 400 over the grant funding period.
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