DeKalb CSB - Clifton Springs MHC CCBHC PDI - The DeKalb Community Service Board (CSB) is a public, non-profit community mental health provider located in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. DeKalb CSB is DeKalb County’s Safety Net provider, offering a continuum of mental health and substance use treatment services. DeKalb CSB will transform it Clifton Springs Mental Health Clinic (MHC) into a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, thereby expanding comprehensive, coordinated care to one of the most underserved communities within its service area. With a special emphasis on closing gaps between behavioral health and physical health needs, early intervention strategies targeted at high-risk subpopulations, and services to address post-pandemic increases in substance use, DeKalb CSB will leverage its technological innovations and commitment to measurement-based care to support positive treatment outcomes for its target population. DeKalb County, Georgia is a diverse urban area that is home to over 764,000 people of whom 55% are Black/African American, 29% White Non-Hispanic, 8.5% Hispanic/Latino, and 6.5% Asian. Sixteen percent (16%) of the citizens are foreign born. There are approximately 36,000 veterans living in the county. Close to 97% of the uninsured clients served by the DeKalb CSB meet the no cost requirements, with approximately 15.8% of residents living in poverty. DeKalb County is the only count in the metropolitan Atlanta area that is designated as Health Professional Shortage Area for primary, mental health, and dental care. Clifton Springs MHC serves a portion of DeKalb County that has been given the status of both a medically underserved area and a low-income population. Suicide was the sixth leading cause of premature deaths, with suicides among young black males representing 61% of all deaths by suicide. While death rates from drug overdoses in DeKalb County increases annually. Clifton Springs MHC will provide comprehensive, evidence-based crisis intervention and ongoing behavioral health services to individuals, including those with SMI, SED, and co-occurring disorders. Goals of this project include increasing availability and accessibility of crisis intervention and intake services, expanding substance use treatment services, increased health risk indicator monitoring and care coordination with physical health providers, increased suicide awareness and prevention efforts, coordination of services for members of the armed forces, veterans, and their families, and utilizing a measurement-based care philosophy to inform clinical decisions. With a goal of 180 individuals in Year 1, the target for unduplicated individuals served through this project will increase. Years 2 and 3, will see 240 and 300 individuals served, respectively. will be served. The targeted unduplicated count for Year 4 is 360 individuals. Over the term of the project, Clifton Springs MHC will serve 1,080 unique individuals as it transforms its model from a community mental health clinic to a CCBHC.
