Sunday, May 18, 2025
5/18/2025
FY 2025 Cooperative Agreements for Certified Community Behavioral Health Planning Grants - West Virginia CCBHC Planning Grant 2024 Project Abstract West Virginia's Department of Human Services, Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH) and Bureau for Medical Services (BMS) developed this project, the West Virginia CCBHC Planning Grant 2024. BBH is the SAMHSA federally designated Single State Authority for the Mental Health and substance use disorder services, and the lead agency for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. The BMS is the designated Single State agency responsible for the administration of the State's Medicaid program. Together BBH and BMS will address four priorities through the planning grant to expand state and provider capacity, increase access and services, including: • Expand behavioral healthcare coverage statewide in all 55 counties • Prioritize reaching populations demonstrating significant need or who are traditionally under-served • Build additional state capacity to collect, analyze and report data • Develop and submit the application for the CCBHC Demonstration Program Statewide coverage West Virginia will work to expand coverage in 17 counties in the Eastern and Northern panhandles and an adjacent area, where almost 20% of residents reside. Objectives include: • Provide TA and other support for CBHCs that have made great strides towards CCBHC transformation. Prioritized populations The state has identified six priority populations for additional provider outreach and targeted partnership and best practice strategies for engaging: • Racial/ethnic groups that historically have experienced disparities • Returning/reentering citizens from incarceration • People experiencing homelessness • At risk children and youth • Veterans and active military service members • People who utilize the EDs and are admitted for inpatient care with a particular focus on survivors of overdose and suicide attempts or at risk for suicide. As a result of this outreach, providers will serve at least 10% more of each identified group. Expanded State capacity West Virginia has made significant progress towards CCBHC implementation to date. The state has fully final CCBHC criteria, a CCBHC provider manual, an established cost reporting process, and has finalized its full CCBHC certification process. The state is in the final stages of CMS review of its State Plan Amendment. This award will enable state leadership to establish the capacity to oversee and manage the CCBHC program, using two main strategies: 1) Leverage the state’s plan to evaluate CCBHC implementation to inform capacity building priorities; and 2) Review current data collection and performance measurement processes to identify any changes needed for CCBHCs. In the first six months the state will evaluate CCBHC implementation, identify gaps in capacity and data collection for quality measure reporting and in services for populations served. The BBH and BMS will incorporate evaluation findings, gather requirements, and write a detailed plan for ensuring CCBHC data capture and extraction for the data submission process. In the second six months, BBH and BMS will implement the plan.
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).