Friday, April 4, 2025
4/4/2025
FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion - Proposed Project: Centro de Salud de la Comunidad de San Ysidro, dba San Ysidro Health (SYHealth), is proposing a Behavioral Health Service Expansion and Infrastructure Enhancement (BHSEIE) project designed to strengthen the health center’s Behavioral Health Department and increase capacity to respond to the continuous need for increased access to mental health and SUD services, including MOUD. Needs to be Addressed: The proposed BHSEIE project is designed to meet the continuously increasing need for accessible and culturally proficient behavioral health services throughout SYHealth’s service area. Since 2020, SYHealth has seen a 143% increase in the number of patients receiving mental health services (5,919 unduplicated patients in 2020; 14,403 unduplicated patients in 2023) and a 224% increase in the number of patients receiving SUD services (290 unduplicated patients in 2020; 941 unduplicated patients in 2023). There is a significant need to strengthen Behavioral Health Department infrastructure in order to ensure optimal service delivery and clinic operations, allowing SYHealth to better address the increasing number of patients and service area residents in need of behavioral health care. Proposed Services: SYHealth proposes to use the HRSA BH Service Expansion funding to add key staff members to the Behavioral Health team, resulting in an increase in the number of BH patients served each year: • 1.0 FTE Nursing Supervisor to better support BH Medical Assistants and providers. • 1.0 FTE Case Manager Supervisor to optimize case management operations. • 1.0 FTE BH Data and Quality Analyst to support utilization of data in managing population health, promoting data sharing across SYHealth care teams, and monitoring provider panels and staff caseloads. • 2.0 FTE BH Medical Assistants (MAs) to provide float coverage when MA staff is temporarily out of the office, ensuring that clinic operations are not negatively impacted and patients have continued access to their appointments. Population to be Served: The proposed BHSEIE project aims to serve existing and future behavioral health patients residing in San Diego County’s traditionally disenfranchised and culturally diverse service area communities. SYHealth currently provides behavioral health services to over 14,000 unduplicated patients annually, of which 90% live at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. 58% are Latinx, 5% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 4% are Black/African American. Increased Number of Patients Receiving Services: The proposed project will increase the number of patients receiving MH and SUD services, including patients receiving treatment with MOUD, by enhancing SYHealth’s existing Behavioral Health Department via addition of key staff positions needed to optimize operations and delivery of behavioral health services. By (i) optimizing workflows, (ii) ensuring BH clinics are fully staffed each day, (iii) proactively managing patient appointments and provider schedules, and (iv) enhancing integration of data-informed service delivery, the proposed BHSEIE not only addresses SYHealth’s immediate needs, but more importantly positions the health center to continue meeting the needs of an increased number of patients in the future.
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