Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion - Project Title: Strengthening Behavioral Health Infrastructure in Rural Western North Carolina Applicant Name: Mountain Community Health Partnership, Incorporated H80 Grant Number: H80CS24141 Project Type: Expansion of Behavioral Health Services Project Period: September 1, 2024 – August 30, 2026 Contact Phone Number (voice) (828) 675-4116 Website Address: www.mchp.care Total Funding Requested: $600,000 year 1 ($500,000 year 2) PROJECT OVERVIEW: Mountain Community Health Partnership, Incorporated (MCHP), a non-profit community health center, has been providing accessible, affordable, high-quality, patient-focused primary health care to residents of Mitchell and Yancey Counties since 1975. In 2023, MCHP served 10,511 total patients, including 980 patients with mental health services, 198 patients with substance use disorder (SUD) services, and 515 patients with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) (UDS). NEED: MCHP prioritizes services to low-income residents in the service area. Residents in these high-need communities face multiple barriers to health care, including a lack of convenient access points for care, a lack of family or social support to access care, and a lack of understanding regarding the benefits of preventive care, among others. Increased access to mental health and substance use disorder services in the region is of paramount importance. As a primary point of access in its service area for any healthcare need, MCHP is well-positioned to address barriers to care and provide access to a continuum of behavioral health services that includes treatment and recovery support. SERVICES: MCHP is requesting funding to support expanded behavioral services, increasing access to mental health, SUD, and MOUD services for the target population. To achieve these objectives, MCHP will: 1) Expand collaboration with local justice departments and school systems to integrate behavioral health services. 2) Double the capacity of our Peer Support Specialist program. 3) Introduce a Behavioral Health Care Navigation program to improve community access to mental health and SUD services. 4) Add a dedicated SUD/MOUD medical provider and pharmacist to our team to enhance service delivery. POPULATION GROUP: MCHP anticipates this program will increase mental health service patients by 20% to 1,176 by 2025, and continue program growth in 2026. We also anticipate it will raise the number of SUD service patients by 20% to 238 by 2025, and continue program growth in 2026, and boost patients receiving MOUD by 19% to 615 by 2025, and continue program growth in 2026.
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