Project Summary: MCCN is applying for CCBHC-PDI funding as there is greater need and demand for acute behavioral healthcare care in Los Angeles County’s San Fernando Valley than can be provided by existing resources. This services gap, specifically the treatment of SMI/SED, SUD, and/or COD, can be reduced with our proposed CCBHC. If funded, MCCN would increase its capacity to provide access to timely acute behavioral healthcare and crisis intervention.
Project name: Mission City Community Network (MCCN) CCBHC-PDI Expansion
Populations to be served: Low-income residents in MCCN-Mission Hills’ Los Angeles County catchment area with SMI/SED, SUD, or COD. Here, 42.0% of residents live on incomes below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines; the area includes 70.4% self-identified Latinos.
Project strategies/interventions: MCCN will use a combination of several evidence-based-therapy strategies/interventions within our proposed CCBHC, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) for mental health, and Medicated-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for SUD.
Project goals and measurable objectives: MCCN’s CCBHC clinic will benefit from the improvements and activities established by the CCBHC. The table below presents our projections for each grant year, across the project period. We will serve 400 unduplicated clients by the end of four-year project. MCCN will increase the utilization of behavioral health services by those with SMI/SED, SUD, and COD, as follows:
• For each grant year, MCCN will reach 2,500 individuals through an in-person, online, and social media campaign to raise awareness of SMI/SED and/or SUD services at the CCBHC, provided regardless of ability to pay, or any other factor.
• By the end of the grant period, MCCN will identify 300 individuals with SMI/SED and/or SUD and refer to the CCBHC, with 70% (or 210 individuals) enrolling into the program.
• For each grant year, agencywide, MCCN will screen 500 individuals 12 and older for depression using the PHQ-9 and for anxiety using the GAD-7; 100% of those screening at-risk will be referred to services.
• For each grant year, agencywide, MCCN will screen 500 individuals for suicide using the C-SSRS; 100% of those screening positive will be referred to services.
• Of those with a referral for behavioral health services due to a positive PHQ-9, GAD-7, or C-SSRS screen, 60% will attend their evaluation appointment.
• For each grant year, using informed data from the National Outcomes Measures (NOMs) tool, we will identify 300 individuals with SUD disorders, and refer to MCCN’s CCBHC, with 75% of referrals yielding a patient visit.
Number to be served: Year 1: 75; Year 2: 100; Year 3: 100 Year 4: 125; life of project: 400.