Saturday, November 23, 2024
11/23/2024
Project Summary: JAMHI Health and Wellness Inc (JAMHI), founded in 1985, is a multi-service, non-profit community health center with Federally Qualified Health Center look-a-like (FQHC-LAL) status. JAMHI operates three (3) clinic sites offering integrated medical, mental health (MH), substance use disorder (SUD), and ancillary/enabling services to area residents. As a current CCBHC JAMHI desires to expand and improve its current services in compliance with CCBHC Criteria to the benefit of an isolated, despaired population. Geographic Catchment Area: The catchment area is the City and Burrough of Juneau Alaska (pop 31,534), accessible by sea or air only. Juneau has a total area of 3,255 square miles and encompasses part of Mendenhall Glacier. Project Name: JAMHI CCBHC Improvement and Advancement Project Project Contact: Dave Branding, CEO, 907-463-3303, dave@jamhi.org Populations to be served: The population of focus are adults and children at risk of suicide; and/or with an SUD or MH diagnosis, with emphasis to serve those with SMI, SED, SUD, and COD. Number to be served: Year 1: 90; Year 2: 120; Year 3: 150 Year 4: 180; Life of project: 540 Project strategies/interventions: JAMHI will use a combination of several evidence-based- interventions, including Individual Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR Therapy, Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and Case Management. We provide medications for addiction treatment (MAT) in conjunction with counseling and case management. Project goals and measurable objectives: Our goals include: for each grant year, across the whole agency, screen 800 individuals for depression using the PHQ-9; for each grant year, screen 95% of CCBHC consumers for suicide risk using a combination of narrative assessment and standardized tools; for each grant year, 90% of CCBHC consumers screened at-risk for suicide using the C-SSRS, or at risk for major depression using the PHQ-9, will develop a crisis plan w/their clinician or case manager; for each grant year, 65% of CCBHC consumers will have reduced risk for suicide, and reduced symptoms of depression as indicated by improvements in C-SSRS and PHQ-9 scores between assessments; for each grant year, 65% of individuals who screen positive for alcohol issues during intake, will attend their next appointment; for each grant year, we will make 3 posts per week, to increase social media presence through an online, social media campaign to raise awareness of MH and SUD services at the JAMHI CCBHC; for each grant year, we will conduct outreach and education at appropriate, targeted venues for reaching homeless, at-risk populations at (3) community events and service-providing agencies per grant year, to reach a total of 500 individuals per year.
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