Friday, May 9, 2025
5/9/2025
Utah Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Planning Grant - Utah DHHS is applying for the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) planning grant to develop the framework for the implementation of a state CCBHC certification program. Three agencies, Volunteers of America, Utah, Project Reality, and Valley Behavioral Health, will work as pilot sites. Within the Utah Medicaid program, behavioral health services are delivered primarily through 1115 waiver authority using capitation. Recent Utah Medicaid options have increased integration across mental health, substance use, and physical health services, and expanded funding mechanisms. This has opened the door for an integrated CCBHC model within the state. The following goals will build both the service capacity of the pilot sites, while addressing the CCBHC certification criteria, and appropriate collection and use of data for quality improvement. Goal 1. Completion of State and Community Needs Assessments Objective 1: Ongoing state-wide gaps and barriers in mental health and substance use treatment will be identified using the Kem Gardner state-wide mental health and preliminary substance use needs assessments. Objective 2: Local gaps and barriers in mental health and substance use treatment will be identified with local needs assessments for pilot site catchment areas, with an emphasis on Populations with the highest needs populations. Goal 2. Expand Capacity for Behavioral Health Services Meeting Certification Criteria Objective 1: Two outreach and engagement strategies for the population of focus will be implemented for each project site. Objective 2: Each project site will maintain SAMHSA grantee criteria and meet any additional Utah specific criteria. Objective 3: UDHHS will work with CCBHC sites to recruit and retain a workforce, reflective of the service population. This work will extend into the Demonstration phase. Goal 3. Facilitation of Procedural and Organizational Changes Objective 1: Local sites will work with Utah Medicaid for the development of sustainable PPSs for CCBHC services. Objective 2: Local sites will refine current governance boards to include individuals and family members with lived experience. Objective 3: UDHHS and pilot sites will work together to develop data collection and capacity for HHS reporting and quality improvement. This work will extend into the Demonstration phase. While these are aggressive goals for the short timeline of 12 months, the groundwork has been established to ensure that objectives will be completed unless otherwise noted. Lessons learned will be carried forward to assist other sites that are poised to transform to a certified CCBHC. Utah Medicaid and the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health (SUMH), both housed in the Division of Integrated Healthcare, will work together to address the objectives within the proposed project.
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).