Northwest Ohio Community Mental Health Clinic - Family Resource Center of Northwest Ohio (FRC) proposes the Northwest Ohio Community Mental Health Clinic (NWO-CMHC) to support and restore the delivery of clinical services impacted by COVID-19 in the predominantly rural counties of Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, and Miami. NWO-CMHC will effectively address the needs of children, transitional youth ages 14 to 25, and adults with serious emotional disturbance (SED), serious mental illness (SMI), substance use disorders (SUD), and co-occurring disorders (COD) by providing HIPAA compliant telehealth services; outpatient treatment; trauma screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment; and recovery support services such as psychosocial rehabilitation, case management, and peer support. The sub-populations of focus will include veterans, LGBTQ plus, and individuals who present with new SMI diagnoses related to COVID-19.
Project Goals and Measurable Objectives
Goal 1: Establish, strengthen, and sustain behavioral telehealth offerings across the service area.
Objective a-b: Within 3 months, assign the Project Director and equip 4 telehealth offices across the service area.
Objectives c-d: Within 3 months, assign and hire all NWO-CMHC program staff.
Objective e: Within 3 months, review and update agency tobacco product-free facility policy.
Objective f: Annually, at least 40% of all clients will participate in at least 1 telehealth service.
Objective g: Conduct outreach campaigns to secure at least 5 new partnerships per year.
Goal 2: Establish, expand, and strengthen the Transitional Youth Program (TYP) to provide behavioral healthcare for individuals between the ages of 14-25 within the service area.
Objective a: Create TYP treatment team to provide behavioral health and wraparound services to at least 50 transitional youth in year 1 and 75 in year 2.
Objective b: Ensure at least 30% of eligible IHBT youth participants continue care into the TYP.
Goal 3: Expand FRC’s capacity to implement the IHBT program for youth < 18 within the service area.
Objective a-b: Within 3 months, hire all IHBT program staff and lease vehicles to provide IHBT.
Objective c: Within 3 months, hire 2 Communications Leads to work with schools, employers, and community centers to increase awareness of IHBT and TYP in the service area.
Objective d: Serve at least 28 IHBT clients in program year 1 and 50 IHBT clients in year 2.
Goal 4: Expand FRC’s capacity to serve all individuals with SED, SMI, SUD, and COD within the service area.
Objective a: Develop a Behavioral Health Disparities Impact Statement within 60 days of award.
Objective b: Provide IHBT, ICT, FFT, and Peer Support training to program staff.
Objective c: Achieve at least an 80% client retention rate at the 6-month follow-up.
