Wednesday, February 5, 2025
2/5/2025
WHWC is proposing to significantly expand access to mental health and SUD services that address the major barriers to care and fill critical gaps in the service continuum in southern West Virginia. WHWC is proposing to 1) establish new MOUD treatment services at its After-Hours Clinic located within the Williamson Memorial Hospital; 2) significantly expand mental health counseling and care coordination services for patients with a SUD/OUD at its Behavioral Medicine Clinic; and 3) renovate an existing admin-only building into a new Family Reunification Recovery Clinic located in downtown Williamson, WV to provide counseling, behavioral health and recovery groups, MOUD treatment, and patient navigation services to women and their families who will reside in the new Women’s Recovery Housing units located on the 2nd floor of the building as well as any patient in need of MAT and recovery services. These services will be coordinated through newly strengthened partnerships with the Mingo County Adult Drug Court and Family Court system as well as New Heights Consortium that provides recovery-based housing assistance, employment, job placement, access to food, clothing, and transportation. Expanded Mental Health & SUD Services: The expanded SUD and mental health counseling services will be located at the Behavioral Medicine Clinic, 104 Logan Street, Williamson, WV 25661 in Mingo County, WV. Grant funding will support a 1.0 FTE Master’s Level Therapist, 1.0 FTE Recovery Case Manager, and 1.0 FTE Peer Recovery Support Specialist / Recovery Employment Specialist. The therapist will be dedicated to serving individuals who are enrolled in the MAT program with a SUD/OUD. The Recovery Case Manager will complete intakes and be part of a treatment team for intensive outpatient services working across primary care and hospital settings to develop recovery plans, support transition of care and link to support services, linkages to supportive services, as well as health navigation (pre-authorization, enrollment, presumptive eligibility). The Peer Recovery Support Specialist will provide recovery services / groups as well as linkages to social support services, employment assistance, transportation, food access, housing assistance, and job placement. New MOUD Treatment: WHWC will establish MOUD treatment services at the WHWC After Hours Clinic located within the front lobby of the Williamson Memorial Hospital, 859 Alderson St, Williamson, WV 25661 in Mingo County, WV. WHWC will hire 1.5 FTE MAT Providers and 1.0 FTE Health Navigator to provide MOUD treatment and health care navigation, as well as provide primary care, infectious disease treatment, hepatitis treatment, and other more specialized treatment services for MAT patients. The 0.5 FTE MAT Provider will be a Psych NP that is focused on serving SUD patients with co-occurring disorders. MOUD treatment will be targeted to individuals best served within the hospital building and not in the downtown primary care clinics. These services will be targeted towards individuals being discharged from the hospital with a SUD or psychiatric condition as well as residents leaving the ER following a non-fatal overdose. In addition, these services will be targeted towards patients leaving Wise Path Recovery Center – a 28-day residential treatment program located on the 3rd floor of the hospital building. New Family Reunification Recovery Clinic: WHWC will renovate the first floor of its administration-only building located at 242 E. 2nd Avenue to include a front desk reception, large group space for recovery groups, and offices for SUD counseling, therapy, and MOUD treatment, as well as health navigation offices to support case management, linkages to supportive services, care coordination, and recovery-based employment assistance in partnership with New Heights. The new clinic is planned to be open by the beginning of Year 2.
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).