Summary of Project: Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources, a CARF accredited qualified public behavioral health authority with 50 years of proven expertise serving the populations of focus in Southern Mississippi and Designated Collaborative Organizations (DCOs) will implement a CCBHC to transform community behavioral health systems in Region 12 and expand access to quality care in 13 rural, medically underserved counties by strengthening infrastructure and advancing trauma-informed integrated care delivering comprehensive person-centered coordinated behavioral health services. Name: CCBHC-PDI. Populations of focus: All individuals across the lifespan who are in need of behavioral health services, including those with SMI; individuals with SUD, including opioid use disorders; children and youth with SED; individuals with COD; and individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use related crisis; and members of the armed forces/veterans/families. Health care access will be prioritized for racial, ethnic and LGBTQI+ underserved groups addressing health disparities: 80% at or below poverty; 52% Female; 47% Male; 1% Transgender; 60% African American; 5% Multiracial; 3% Hispanic/Latinx; 5% armed forces/veterans/families; 2% diagnosed with HIV and/or Viral Hepatitis; 40% trauma-involved; 45% COD. Strategies/Interventions: 1) Planning, development, and implementation of a CCBHC meeting CCBHC Certification Criteria in partnership with DCOs; 2) Providing a comprehensive range of culturally, linguistically responsive outreach, screening, assessment, trauma-informed SMI/SED/SUD/COD outpatient treatment, care coordination, and peer recovery supports based on a needs assessment that aligns with the CCBHC Certification Criteria; 3) Supporting recovery from mental illness and/or SUD by expanding access to 24/7 crisis services, high-quality evidence based mental health and SUD services, including, recovery-oriented peer supports regardless of an individual’s ability to pay. EBPs: Motivational Interviewing (MI); Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT); Measurement-based Care (MBC); Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD); Rx for Change: Clinician-Assisted Tobacco Cessation; Seeking Safety; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT); Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR); Peer Recovery-Oriented Support Services; and Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP). Goals: 1) Advance Health Equity with Expanded Access to Care Across the Lifespan; 2) Expand Peer Recovery Oriented Care; 3) Provide Person-Centered Care; 4) Measure Quality Care; 5) Ensure Collaborative Consumer Leadership; 6) Provide Whole-Person Care. Objectives: 1) 100% timely submission of Disparities Impact Statement, Needs Assessment and CCBHC Attestation; 2) Increase DCOs by 5% annually; 3) 100% accurate diagnosis and access to person-centered treatment; 4) 80% report high perception of care; 5) 51% consumer involvement in board governance; 6a)100% will receive physical health measurements and physical examination; 6b) 100% will receive evidence based behavioral health services; 6c) 55% will improve mental health functioning; 6d) 55% will reduce substance use; 6e) 55% will improve employment status; 6f) 55% will improve housing stability; 6g) 55% will reduce use of emergency room services; and 6h) 55% will reduce inpatient psychiatric admissions. #Served: Years 1-4 150, = 600 total.
