Saturday, September 7, 2024
9/7/2024
The Jewish Board(JB) is applying for a 4-year, $1 million annual CCBHC PDI grant to increase access to and fill gaps in care at its New York State (NYS)-licensed Grand Concourse Mental Health Outpatient Treatment Program(GC MH Clinic) located at 2488 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10458 (and co-and near located mental health (MH) services) which currently serves 1,443 diverse, primarily low-income New Yorkers ages 0 and older annually. JB's Service area is the contiguous economically disadvantaged Fordham-Bronx where the JB GC MH programs are located (zip codes 10458, 10467, 10468); Crotona-Tremont (zip codes 10453, 10457, 10460); and Highbridge-Morrisania (zip codes 10451, 10452, 10456). The population primarily Hispanic (53%) and Black (34%). Most (90%) are low income on Medicaid and/or Medicare. Children ages 0-17 years are a third (34%) of the population; and those with serious mental illness are 77%. People with co-occurring substance use disorders (SUD) ) are 8% and will increase significantly when JB secures certification for an outpatient SUD Clinic. Many Bronx residents have economic and social challenges: 10% are uninsured; 34% are foreign-born; 59% speak a language other than English. Over 4 years, JB will serve 7,215 individuals (Yr 1-1,587, Yr 2-1,732, Yr 3-1,876, Yr 4-2,020) Strategies/Interventions: JB currently provides 8 of the 9 CCBHC core services. CCBHC grant funds will be primarily used to improve timely access to care and achieve CCBHC certification by expanding (1) clinical intake (screening/assessment) to reduce wait times; (2) crisis services to increase capacity to provide crisis stabilization care; (3) primary care screening/monitoring to offer services to more at-risk clients; and (4) peer services to better support recovery. These improvements will be implemented within 6 months of award. Funds will be used to open a new outpatient SU Treatment Program within a year of award co-located with JB MH Clinic that will add SU treatment capacity at the proposed CCBHC. Also, intensive, community-based MH for members of armed forces/veterans will be implemented within a year Project Goals/Measurable Outcomes: (1) Improve timely access to evidence-based outpatient MH care: Within 12 months of award, JB will reduce the wait time for initial routine intake appointments to 5 business days and urgent intake appointments to 1 day; and reduce the wait time for consumers waiting for an initial treatment visit by a clinician to 20 business days for routine needs and one day for urgent needs. (2) Improve Primary Care Screening & Follow-Up: 6 years: JB will increase annual age and risk appropriate primary care screening of CCBHC consumers to 45% in year 2 and 60% in Years 3-4 from 5% currently; and increase follow-up and interventions for clients who have medical condition identified by CCBHC staff (3) Improve Tobacco Use Cessation Intervention 14 years+: JB will progressively increase evidence-based tobacco use cessation interventions among consumers screened positive for tobacco use from 10% in 2022 to 60% by Year 4. (4) Improve timely access to evidence-based SUD services for adults: JB will commence offering SUD services in Year 2 to 50 adults and increase capacity in Years 3-4 to 70 adults annually. Today, MH Clinic/PROS clients needing SUD care are referred to other Bronx providers that may not have capacity to assist them and/or individuals may not follow-up with the referral. Additionally, JB will increase the number of clients newly diagnosed with a SUD who initiate SUD treatment within 14 days of diagnosis to 60%, compared with no initiation currently.
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).
