LSS of Central Ohio CCBHC Implementation Project - Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio (LSS) will develop and implement a new Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) at The Health Center at Faith Mission (HCFM), a Federally Qualified Health Center in Columbus, Ohio. It will provide person- and family-centered integrated services to the population of focus: children, adolescents, and adults including those with serious mental illness (SMI), substance use disorder (SUD) including opioid use; children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED); individuals with co-occurring mental and substance disorders (COD); and individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. It also includes minority residents, LGBTQ+ youth, homeless individuals struggling with SUD, veterans, and other vulnerable subpopulations. The project’s geographic catchment area encompasses Columbus and seven adjoining counties: Franklin, Licking, Delaware, Union, Madison, Pickaway, and Fairfield. All residents in the catchment area live within a 40-minute drive of one of three VA clinics in Franklin County: the Columbus VA Medical Center, Grove City Veterans Outpatient Clinic, or the Chalmers P. Wylie VA Behavioral Health Center. The Health Clinic at Faith Mission currently complies with CCBHC criteria for organizational governance and accreditation, cultural competence, care coordination, and quality and other reporting. It is currently staffed and, with program modifications, is able to provide the following services for adults: Screening, assessment, and diagnosis, including risk assessment; Patient-centered treatment planning or similar processes, including risk assessment and crisis planning; Outpatient mental health and substance use services; Outpatient clinic primary care; Intensive, community-based MH care for military and veterans; Case management; and Peer support, counselor services, and family supports. The proposed approach to implement The Health Clinic at Faith Mission’s CCBHC satisfies the Certification Criteria within 12 months. Goal 1. LSS successfully implements Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) services to address unmet needs in Franklin County, including populations of focus. Goal 2. LSS provides a comprehensive range of services and supports to improve the physical and behavioral health outcomes of people served, including populations of focus. Goal 3. LSS increases access to high-quality mental health and SUD services, regardless of an individual’s ability to pay. To complete the criteria checklist, LSS will improve the comprehensive nature of its community recovery supports, and it will complete the necessary modifications and enhancements in the areas of Staffing (staff training for children’s BH, crisis MH, psychiatric rehab, and data collection procedures), Availability and Accessibility of Services (coordination of services policies, service provision regardless of residence), Quality and Other Reporting (CQI plans that satisfy all criteria requirements), and Organizational Governance (develop a transition plan to form a more representative CCBHC board). To substantiate its compliance, LSS will submit to SAMHSA an federal attestation demonstrating compliance with the CCBHC Certification Criteria, consistent with any guidance provided post-award. LSS is a results-oriented human service organization that relies on needs assessments to optimize client care. As a FQHC, The Health Center at Faith Mission’s CQI capabilities are sufficient to manage both the needs assessment process and the evaluation of quality measures for a federally-funded clinic. Total unduplicated individuals to be served with grant funds is 1,000.
