Friday, April 4, 2025
4/4/2025
FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion - Open Health Care Clinic (OHCC) is requesting $600,000 in Year 1 of the proposed project to expand its existing behavioral health capacity from 11.42 FTE to 14.67 FTE mental health staff and to renovate a behavioral health suite of offices, including group therapy space, at its Airline North clinic. Under the expanded program, the existing provider staff, consisting of a medical psychologist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, and nine behavioral health counselors will be supplemented by the addition of a clinical psychologist, licensed addiction counselor, an increase in percent effort of the psychiatric nurse practitioner, and a recovery and support community health worker. The expanded program will provide medication assisted treatment for substance use disorder for the first time. OHCC projects providing behavioral health services to 1,971 mental health services patients in calendar year 2025, an increase of 53.5% over its 2023 baseline (1284). For the first time, OHCC will provide substance use disorder services to a projected 245 patients, including MAT/MOUD to 30 patients with opioid use disorder in calendar year 2025. In Year 2, behavioral health staffing will increase by an additional 1.5 FTE through increased effort of the psychiatrist, psychiatric NP, and an additional community healthy worker to augment the recovery and support program and to provide SUD outreach and education to families and the community at large.
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).