FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion - Promise will hire a 1.0 FTE MAT Provider (NP, PA, or Psych NP) that will be dedicated to providing SUD/OUD and MOUD treatment at the Frances Nelson Health Clinic. The new MAT Provider will lead the MAT program under the direction of the CMO and Behavioral Health Director to allow Promise to serve at least an additional 40 low-income, Black and Hispanic / Latino individuals with a SUD/OUD in need of integrated MOUD, mental health, and primary care services. Promise will hire an SBIRT Training Consultant to train all clinical support staff (MAs, Patient Navigators, RNs, etc.) to implement SBIRT screening as well as other screening tools (PHQ-9, CAGE, etc.) to better identify SUD/OUD and mental health concerns as patients present for primary care appointments at the Frances Nelson Health Clinic. In addition, Promise will hire a 1.0 FTE SUD Counselor that will work under the direction of the MAT Provider as well as Behavioral Health Director and provide integrated counseling services for patients enrolled in the MAT program, receiving MOUD treatment, and provide SUD/OUD and mental health assessments for those that screen positive in the health clinic. The SUD Counselor will be able to provide one-on-one counseling as well as offer a variety of evidence-based behavioral health groups including anger management, WRAP, Seeking Safety, and addiction-focused groups. Promise will also hire a 1.0 FTE Peer Support Specialist that will be able to meet with MAT patients and those in the continuum of treatment-to-recovery to provide peer support, facilitate recovery groups, and provide patient engagement for patients receiving MOUD treatment and being served by the MAT provider. Promise will also hire a 1.0 FTE Patient Navigator / Outreach Worker to provide case management, care coordination, and linkages to social support services for patients who are newly accessing SUD/OUD services at the Frances Nelson Health Clinic. Promise will expand its Urbana SBHC by hiring a 0.5 FTE SBHC Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide mental health assessments, prescribing, medication management, and SUD services to students as well as faculty and community members who are best served at this clinic site. In addition, Promise will hire a 1.0 FTE SBHC Behavioral Health Counselor to provide an enhanced level of mental health counseling to Urbana School District students who screen positive for a SUD or mental health concerns through one-on-one counseling and adolescent-specific behavioral health groups. Promise will hire a 1.0 FTE Case Manager to provide a higher level of case management, care coordination, enrollment assistance, as well as linkages to social supports including food, transportation, and acting as a liaison between the student and school faculty / school nurse as well as guardians.
