North Central Behavioral Health Systems SAMHSA CCBHC PDI - North Central Behavioral Health Systems (NCBHS) will provide comprehensive, coordinated behavioral health care to children and youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED), adults with serious mental illness (SMI), and people with substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring disorders (COD) in the service area of LaSalle County, Illinois. Individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis, service members, veterans, and military families will also receive care. As a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), NCBHS will provide a comprehensive range of services to the population of focus, including expanding primary care screening; monitoring of behavioral health and physical health conditions for individuals of all ages; expansion and enhancement of the crisis system of care; screening, assessment, and outpatient and community-based EBPs for clients of all ages; and Medication-Assisted Treatment/Recovery services for people with opioid use and alcohol use disorders. NCBHS expects to reach 2,520 children, youth, and adults over the course of the 4-year grant. NCBHS CCBHC has five goals: (1) establishing the CCBHC infrastructure; (2) establishing universal screening, assessment, and monitoring of mental health, substance use, and physical health conditions; (3) ensuring access to integrated primary care and behavioral health care and continuity of care for individuals with complex needs; (4) expanding access to Medication-Assisted Treatment/Recovery services for individuals with identified needs; and (5) establishing a behavioral health urgent care clinic model to decrease the use of hospitals and emergency rooms. NCBHS will implement, expand and enhance nine required services as part of its CCBHC and will have the organizational capacity to provide comprehensive, coordinated, integrated, culturally competent, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and person- and family-centered behavioral health services that meet all CCBHC requirements. NCBHS offers and will enhance a comprehensive array of evidence-based practices (EBPs) that meet the cultural and linguistic needs of the children, youth, and adults it serves. The array of EBPs will help individuals with SMI, SED, SUD, or COD achieve their recovery goals. NCBHS will expand its capacity over the 4-year period to measure, assess, and report on client outcomes, clinical quality measures, and its performance as a CCBHC.
