Friday, May 9, 2025
5/9/2025
Meeting Post-Pandemic Behavioral Health Needs at a Safety-Net Hospital - This project, which is titled, Meeting Post-Pandemic Behavioral Health Needs at a Safety-Net Hospital, has two aims. First, it will help Denver’s safety-net hospital to care for people with severe behavioral health needs. It will do so by helping Denver Health’s Behavioral Health Services to meet the requirements of a Certified Behavioral Health Clinic. Second, it will expand capacity and access to care within Behavioral Health Services. Denver Health specializes in providing care to underserved populations. For example, 60% of Denver Health patients are members of ethnic and racial minority groups, and 70% live below the 200% federal poverty level. Denver Health provides $2.1 billion annually in uncompensated care. By the end of the project 1,500 people will receive comprehensive behavioral health services because of the grant. The project will accomplish these goals by hiring nine additional full-time clinicians. These clinicians include eight licensed clinical social workers and one psychiatrist. These clinicians will provide care in the outpatient adult and child mental health clinics, where waiting lists average six months. A project director will ensure successful implementation and a full-time evaluator data scientist will provide regular reports to ensure all quality and access goals are met.
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).