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FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion - Project Title: Expanding Behavioral Health Services at Venice Family Clinic Applicant Organization Name: Venice Family Clinic Address: 604 Rose Avenue, Venice, CA, 90291 Project Director: Dr. Mitesh Popat, Chief Executive Officer Contact: Jenny O’Brian, Director of Institutional Giving; 310-664-7927; jobrian@mednet.ucla.edu Website: www.venicefamilyclinic.org Program Funds Requested: $600,000 Year One, $500,000 Year Two Health Center Program Grant Number: H80CS04217 Mental health and substance use disorder treatments help people overcome trauma and adverse childhood experiences, address addiction, bolster their well-being, and potentially save their lives. However, these treatments have been and are often still out of reach for individuals of all ages with low incomes who are underinsured or not insured at all. These are the people who Venice Family Clinic serves, and we will be able to reach more people than ever if we receive funding for this grant to expand behavioral health services. Our plan is to utilize this funding to enhance many areas of our behavioral health care. We will increase the number of patients receiving mental health services and the number of people receiving SUD services and MOUD treatment by: 1. Adding four total therapists, one of whom will be a substance use treatment specialist, and one of whom will be an intimate partner violence specialist. 2. Adding a psychiatrist who will provide visits tailored to people in need of MOUD both in-clinic and through street medicine. This funding will help us serve at least 800 people who are new to the clinic with no visits in the last three years. Overall we will increase our mental health patients by 2,000 and our substance use treatment patients by 150. We will see an increase of 100 patient receiving MOUD.
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).