Friday, April 19, 2024
4/19/2024
Maryville, Inc. serves approximately 5,000 unduplicated consumers with substance use and mental health disorders throughout the state of New Jersey, the majority of whom reside in counties to be served through the Maryville CCBHC -- Camden, Gloucester, Cumberland, Salem, Burlington, and Atlantic Counties. These individuals have diagnosable Substance Use Disorders (SUD), mental health, and/or gambling disorders, typically accompanied by physical health issues. Individuals with severe and persistent mental illness live approximately 25 years less than individuals without mental illness. This may be due to the myriad of medical conditions that may be undiagnosed/unmanaged by someone with mental health issues and/or chronic substance use. Those living in poverty, uninsured, unemployed, and/or homeless are typically not tending to their physical health. All six of the counties to be served have higher unemployment, disability and drug overdose rates than the rest of the nation, and all are equal to or greater than the state and nation in the area of frequent mental distress. According to each county’s 2020 Needs Assessment, the areas of need are in the areas of housing, employment, primary, behavioral and mental health treatment access, and transportation. The data illustrates the need for enhanced mental health services and highlights the impacts of physical health in relation to treatment and overall wellbeing. The targeted populations identify common primary health concerns that disproportionally impact minority populations and put additional stress on behavioral health, prompting a focus to support enhancement of crisis management services and expanding the organization’s outreach to promote support and resources for those with SUD and mental health concerns. With SAMHSA grant funding, Maryville will look to advance services for substance use disorder and mental health to improve outreach and accessibility, and will improve integrated services provided for those with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (COD) in an effort to reduce high-risk behaviors related to mental illness, substance use disorder and physical illness that may contribute to poor overall health outcomes. Improvements in housing stability, employment, education, family and social supports, food security and other social determinants of health. The overarching theme of project activities will focus on providing comprehensive, integrated, coordinated and person-centered services that are culturally competent and equitable to all populations while meeting CCBHC Certification Criteria. Specific expansion of services to be provided through grant funding includes implementing 24/7 crisis mental health services, psych rehab services, outpatient delivery of primary care screening and monitoring of key health indicators, intensive, community based mental health for members of the armed forces, veterans, the elderly, LGBTQ+ and criminal justice affiliated subpopulations. This proposed CCBHC project will also further educate Maryville staff on supporting the consumer population and advancing the delivery of care through Maryville and partner agencies. Project evaluation will be successful through support from the Innovations Collaborative for program assessment, development and monitoring, and reporting. To meet the project objectives, Maryville will also work alongside SAMHSA to collect, monitor, analyze and report clinical quality measures to understand the outcomes of the project and overall impact on the community. Additionally, Maryville will work with state and local agencies to properly monitor clinical and demographic data, enhance social determinant of health tracking and resource connection, and meet the needs of each consumer within the community.
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).
