Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Harbor's Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Grant Program will provide continued delivery of our comprehensive mental health and substance use services, development of a dedicated care coordination team, increased use of evidence-based practices, and expanded access to 24/7 psychiatric urgent care services. This program will allow Harbor to bring extensive care coordination across providers, complex data tracking, expanded use of relevant evidence-based practices, and population health management to Lucas County. Our population of focus will be adults and youth in Lucas County with Medicaid coverage and those who are uninsured or underinsured and have been diagnosed with a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) or substance use disorder (SUD), children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED), and individuals with co-occurring disorders. We will serve 200 individuals in the first year and a total of 1,300 unduplicated individuals across the entire four-year grant. Project goals include: (1) improving access to care and care coordination service with 10 formal coordination agreements with local agencies being in place and Recovery Plan tools being available in the EHR; (2) improved client behavioral health outcomes with 70% of enrolled clients demonstrating improvement on standardized assessment tools from admission to most recent and 90% of CCBHC clients receiving care that incorporates use of an Evidence-Based Practice; (3) improved access to immediate crisis care with psychiatric urgent care staffing expanding to 24/7 coverage, 95% of urgent care clients having a completed, and 60% of urgent care clients engaging in referral for mental health services; and (4) improve overall health and reduce mortality for CCBHC clients with 80% receiving BMI screening. This project will focus on establishing formal collaborations with hospitals, emergency departments, other healthcare providers, courts, schools, and social service agencies to promote the level of integrated care that is associated with improved outcomes for individuals served. Towards this goal, staff will assist DCOs and other collaborating agencies in developing a comprehensive system to record and report data. Additionally, to address clinical staffing shortages in behavioral health currently experienced in the community and build capacity for long term sustainability the project team will include staff to expand training in evidence-based practices and coordination of student and internship placements. The CCBHC Program will organize an advisory workgroup comprised of clients and family members that will meet regularly to review program implementation and effectiveness and provide feedback to Harbor leadership and members of the governing board. Post SAMHSA grant and successful implementation in Lucas County, this team plans to improve and expand its utilization of CCBHC program components to other Ohio communities served by Harbor.
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).
