Tuesday, April 23, 2024
4/23/2024
Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. (TTC) will plan, develop, and implement a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) in the San Fernando Valley or Service Planning Areas (SPA) 2, situated in northern Los Angeles County (LAC). The overall purpose of TTC’s project is to create a CCBHC that: 1) increases access to and availability of high-quality mental health and SUD treatment services and supports that are responsive to the needs of the community; 2) utilizes evidence-based practices that address the needs of the individuals served; 3) continually measures and improves the quality of services; and 4) meaningfully involves consumers and family members in their own care and the broader governance of the CCBHC. TTC’s CCBHC will provide person- and family-centered integrated behavioral health services, including behavioral health screening, assessment, and diagnosis, patient-centered treatment planning, outpatient mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services, primary care screening and monitoring, care coordination, psychiatric rehabilitation services, peer support/counseling and family support services, veteran-specific services, and crisis management services, all in accordance with CCBHC Certification Criteria. TTC’s target population for CCBHC services will be any individuals in the catchment area with behavioral health needs with a special focus on population groups facing health disparities, including individuals with serious mental illness (SMI), SUD including opioid use disorder (OUD), or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders (COD), children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED), and individuals experience a behavioral health crisis. As a provider of integrated health services for 50 years, TTC already provides most CCBHC core services. Thus, TTC’s initial efforts will be focused on enhancing services and undertaking several capacity development activities to ensure compliance with all CCBHC Certification Criteria within one (1) year of award. Specific activities will include: 1) adapting its Enhanced Case Management policies and procedures to create cross-disciplinary treatment teams; 2) creating CCBHC Care Coordinator positions to lead these treatment teams and provide targeted case management services; 3) enhancing crisis management services, including providing 24-hour phone service and improving coordination with LAC crisis mobile response teams; 4) planning, developing, and implementing a Health Information Technology (HIT) system to merge data from TTC’s two (2) electronic health records (EHRs), one for behavioral health and one for primary care; 5) enhancing services for veterans in collaboration with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA); and 6) developing and implementing enhanced cultural competency training for CCBHC staff inclusive of veterans, American Indian/Alaska Native, and other identified sub-populations. In addition to conducting a community needs assessment (CNA) by the end of month 6, TTC will also conduct the following required activities: 1) Develop a plan for staffing, training, and delivery of all required CCBHC services by month 8; 2) Provide at least five (5) of the nine (9) core CCBHC services by month 6; 3) Develop or strengthen formal agreements with other community providers to strengthen care coordination; 4) Involve consumers and family members in designing, implementing and evaluating CCBHC services; and 5) implementing all nine (9) core CCBHC services and demonstrating compliance with all Certification Criteria by the end of Year 1. TTC’s CCBHC will serve 75 unduplicated patients in Year 1 and 150 unduplicated patients annually in Years 2-4 for a total of 525 unduplicated patients served during the 4-year project.
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