FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion - Project Title: FY24 Behavioral Health Service Expansion Applicant Name: Hamilton Community Health Network, Inc. Address: 225 E. 5th Street, Suite 300, Flint, MI 48502 Contact Name: Clarence R. Pierce, CEO Contact Phone Numbers: (810) 406-4951 Email Address: cpierce@hamiltonchn.org Website Address: www.hamiltonchn.org Congressional District: MI-008, MI-009, MI-006 Hamilton Community Health Network (HCHN) is an established Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providing primary medical care, behavioral health, dental, vision, 340B pharmacy, and specialty services to the uninsured, underserved, homeless, and most vulnerable residents of Flint, and surrounding Genesee, Lapeer, and Washtenaw Counties in Michigan. The proposed Behavioral Health Service Expansion project will increase access to behavioral health services by expanding mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services to achieve two primary objectives: 1) Increase the number of patients receiving mental health services and 2) Increase the number of patients receiving SUD services, including treatment with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Within each objective, Hamilton Community Health Network seeks to implement activities that will expand treatment as well as recovery and support services in four focus areas: 1) access and affordability; 2) quality care, safety, and integrated services; 3) workforce; and 4) patient experience. As Hamilton Community Health Network implements this Behavioral Health Service Expansion program, activities will incorporate strategies to address barriers to access to care, such as health related social needs, stigma, and discrimination. Services will be delivered in collaboration with community-based partners, and will be culturally responsive and patient-centered to ensure equitable access to care. Hamilton Community Health Network will increase access to behavioral health services for residents in need by expanding mental health and SUD services in the City of Flint and Genesee County, as well as Lapeer and Washtenaw Counties. Hamilton Community Health Network has over forty years of experience responding to the unmet health care needs of low income and minority populations in its service area. Services will be provided to residents in need of mental health and/or SUD treatment, with an emphasis on low-income, uninsured, underinsured, homeless, and other vulnerable populations.
