Detroit Recovery Project (DRP), a CARF accredited behavioral health Home, a recipient of a 2020 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grant, is seeking FY 2022 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) funding for CCBHC Improvement and Advancement Grant (CCBHC-IA) to continue expanding and solidifying its behavioral health services. DRP is located in Detroit, the largest city in Wayne County, Michigan (WC). The population of Detroit is 672,000 and is a majority-minority city with 77% of its residents being African American and 8% being Latinx. According to the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority 2017-2018 Annual Report, prevalence rate is for SUD 7,879 (10.7%); SMI 39,398 (53.53%), and SED 12, 274(16.6%). Over 414,000 out of 1.74 million persons are living in poverty with WC. Detroit is one of three most impoverished communities above the national average for poverty: Detroit 39.8% with closely neighboring cities, Highland Park 40.9%, and Hamtramck 50.9%. Within these high-risk communities and in other WC areas many individuals have limited or no access to a comprehensive, integrated array of behavioral and physical health services due to a lack of or inadequate health care coverage. The Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) Care Connect 360 data identified that over 4% of the individuals served by EMS have a chronic comorbid condition and 40% have five or more. This equates to approximately 3,500 individuals requiring more comprehensive integrated care coordination. Other subpopulations at risk including veterans and youth suicide, as identified by the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority, with 25.4% seriously considering attempting suicide and 18.6% committing suicide based on the Michigan Profile Health Youth 2016-2017 survey.
DRP will further expand and enhance services to the target population by 1) increasing access to primary and behavioral health care through DRP CCBHC integrated services; 2) enhancing CCBHC infrastructure and sustainability to support the provision of an integrated continuum of care; 3) decreasing overdose deaths through MAT and SUD treatment services and 4) enhancing the quality of life for individuals in the target population. DRP anticipates serving 950 individuals (150 individuals in year one, 200 in year 2, and 300 in years 3 and 4 over the four-year program.
DRP met the CCBHC Attestation criteria in 2021 and it is the only peer-led, peer-ran, peer-driven organization in WC that is contracted, licensed and currently providing a full CCBHC continuum of services to all target (SMI, SUD SED, COD, Recovery Services) populations.