Thursday, April 3, 2025
4/3/2025
Community Mental Health of Ottawa County System of Care Expansion - The Ottawa System of Care (SOC) Expansion Grant will serve youth aged birth to 21 and their families living in Ottawa County experiencing or at risk of serious emotional disturbance and/or substance use, with an emphasis on those living in poverty, and those under-served by current community services. Ottawa SOC will continue to focus on education, dissemination, implementation, and integration of culturally competent, trauma-informed, evidence-based system of care for youth and families. The SOC will be family-driven, youth guided, trauma and grief-informed and culturally and linguistically proficient at the system, practice, and service levels. Funds will be used to maintain and expand the infrastructure for this county-wide approach, provide training and technical assistance to behavioral health providers, juvenile justice personnel, school staff, and youth and their families. Services for the target population will be enhanced through increasing mental health providers, providing transitional support, and expanding coordination with school, juvenile justice, DHHS and community agencies. Program goals are to: 1) increase parent/caregiver support; 2) increase access to crisis care for at-risk youth and reduce gaps in care; 3) increase access to care for at-risk youth; 4) decrease mental health stigma; 5) train staff, community providers and parents on mental health; 6) improve community-wide collaboration of youth-services; and, 7) coordinated approach for suicide intervention for at-risk youth. Over the course of this project, 465 youth will be served (85 in year 1; 105 in year 2; 125 in year 3; and 150 in year 4) through the System of Care Expansion.
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).