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Healing Connections: Wellpoint Care Network's Planning, Development and Implementation of a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic

Award Number: H79SM086535
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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Healing Connections: Wellpoint Care Network's Planning, Development and Implementation of a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic - Healing Connections: Wellpoint Care Network's Planning, Development, and Implementation of a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (Healing Connections) seeks to expand access to comprehensive integrated behavioral health services to reduce disparities of health outcomes for residents of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Wellpoint Care Network (Wellpoint) will significantly expand integrated services and offer a cohesive screening, treatment and care coordination experience for children, adolescents and adults with mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) needs. Healing Connections focuses on addressing health inequities by: 1. Providing enhanced screening via multiple points of access, 2. Improving the quality and expanding the scope of services of our SUD treatment and Co-occurring Disorders (COD) treatment to address the substantial need and gap in services and 3. Expanding our consumer and family driven care coordination services to substantively improve the treatment experience and achieve successful outcomes by facilitating cohesive integrated treatment across complex systems. The project will impact 770 unduplicated individuals. The catchment area of the project is Milwaukee County, with enhanced outreach and focus on the central city and northwest Milwaukee zip codes of 53218, 53206 and 53209 which face the highest impact of mental health disparities and have high rates of the trauma of abuse, neglect, violence, poverty, racism and family separation. Milwaukee is ranked one of the least healthy counties in Wisconsin (ranking number 70 out of 72 counties) in the 2022 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps report. Demographics of the population of focus are 57.3% White, 26.7% African American and 16.3% Hispanic/Latino. In Milwaukee County, 19.4% of the population is living below the poverty level compared to 11% statewide. Milwaukee residents have a higher than state average prevalence of binge drinking, opioid deaths and depression; and a post-COVID surge in suicide deaths with rapidly growing incidence rates over the last two years. Project goals include Goal 1: Support recovery from co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders by providing access to high-quality services effective with consumers experiencing health disparities. Goal 2: Enhance screening and intervention services to decrease levels of suicide in adolescents and adults in the community. Goal 3: Develop care coordination servicesfor consumers of CCBHC to assure safe, appropriate and effective care and transitions. Project Objectives include: Expand evidence-based SUD screening by completing SBIRT/YSIBRT with 50 consumers in year one, 75 in year two, 100 in year three, and 100 in year four; Train a total of six clinicians in evidence-based SUD assessment, Motivational Interviewing and Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment (IDDT) over first two years; Implement IDDT program by the end of year two; Train 20 clinicians and implement universal screening adn assessment for suicidal ideation for youth and adults using the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale by end of year one; Train five clincians in Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) treatment program by year two; Implement CAMS treatment by end of year two with 20 clients, 25 by end of year three, and 30 by end of year four; Hire two Care Navigators to provide care coordination for consumers over first three years; Train two Care Navigators on care coordination, person-centered planning, and recovery goals by end of year three; Provide care coordination for child and adult consumers to support referrals and make connections to employment, insurance or treatment resources for 50 consumers in year two, 100 in year three, and, 150 in year four. The project will serve 50 individuals in year one, 165 in year two, 250 in year three, 305 in year four and 770 total.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2026	2025	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	002	4	8/14/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2026	2025	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	001	4	8/5/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2026	2025	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	000	4	1/30/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $1,000,000 )
2025	2025	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	002	4	9/23/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,000,000
2025	2024	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	001	3	11/25/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2023	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	000	2	11/20/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $1,000,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $999,963 )
2024	2024	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	003	3	6/21/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$999,963
2024	2023	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	000	2	10/16/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	002	2	3/5/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2022	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	001	1	12/20/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $999,963

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $999,967 )
2023	2023	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	003	2	8/3/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$999,967
2023	2022	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	002	1	5/19/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2023	2022	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	001	1	1/23/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2023	2022	WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.	8901 W. CAPITOL DR.	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	000	1	12/22/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $999,967

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $999,984 )
2022	2022	SAINTA, INC.	8901 WEST CAPITOL DR	MILWAUKEE	WI	53222	MILWAUKEE	USA	Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants	000	1	9/23/2022	NEW	$999,984
														Subtotal = $999,984

Grand Total All Awards = $3,999,914

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Healing Connections: Wellpoint Care Network's Planning, Development and Implementation of a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic

Award Number: H79SM086535

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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