Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Bexar County System of Care - Bexar County adolescents are coming to the attention of different stakeholders with multiple, complex needs. These stakeholders include the public school system, juvenile probation and child protective services. Service capacity is not meeting the need. For example, the local Community Resource Coordinating Group (CRCG) only serves five adolescents/month and there is no local residential mental health facility for indigent adolescents; foster children are being housed in local hotels; and, there is a dearth of child clinicians. The Bexar County System of Care (SOC) will create a seamless, integrated system of care for children in which there is no wrong front door and complex adolescents are provided comprehensive, timely services. It will do so by expanding the capacity of the existing infrastructure. Specifically, the Bexar County Health Collaborative will expand its Pathways Community HUB model and Community Health Worker model to serve 600/adolescents/year. This will allow for intake, referral and service coordination for 2,400 complex adolescents over the course of the four year period. The CRCG will double its capacity from five adolescents/month to ten adolescents/month. The Continuum Outpatient Center will serve an additional 60 adolescents/year with intensive day treatment services. Hallmarks of the program will include: partnership with community-based organizations; trauma informed care; an emphasis on suicide prevention and intervention; service provider training; family and youth engagement; and outreach and engagement strategies. The Department of Behavioral Health Services and the Bexar County Health Collaborative will co-manage the grant program. A Project Director will be hired with grant funds and be answerable to the Department while the Lead Family Coordinator will be hired and answerable to the Health Collaborative. The Department of Behavioral Health Services will engage in numerous contractual relationships with the Bexar County Health Collaborative, Continuum Outpatient Center, the network of outpatient treatment providers and a university-based program evaluator.
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).