Thursday, December 26, 2024
12/26/2024
Behavioral Health Service Expansion Organization Name: Great Salt Plains Health Center, Inc. Address: 405 S. Oklahoma Avenue; Cherokee, Oklahoma 73728-4539 Project Director Name: Timothy Starkey, CEO Contact Phone Numbers: 580-596-2800 Email Address: tstarkey@gsphealth.org Website Address: www.gsphealth.org Grant Funds Requested per this application: $600,000 in year 1 and $500,000 in year 2 UEI: RCSCYVX63LP7 Current H80: H80CS08744 Great Salt Plains Health Center (GSP Health) began in 2007 with a dream and a vision of community leaders in Cherokee, Oklahoma. The organization received Section 330 funding for the general community in September 2007 to bring affordable, comprehensive primary medical care, dental, and behavioral health services to residents of Cherokee and Alfalfa County. Since that time, GSP Health received additional grant awards for new access points, and GSP Health currently serves residents of Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Major, and Woods counties in Oklahoma. Services are provided at five fixed permanent clinic site locations and one mobile clinic. GSP Health’s mission is to increase access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care to all and to improve the health care status of underserved and vulnerable populations within GSP Health’s geographical area. Access to mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services are lacking with few providers serving this rural six-county service area despite substantial need for these services. Through this Behavioral Health Service Expansion (BHSE) project, GSP Health will expand access to mental health, SUD, and MOUD services. Staff for the project includes 1.0 FTE Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, 1.0 FTE Mental Health Counselor, 1.0 FTE Care Coordinator, 1.0 FTE SUD Support Staff, .35 FTE Pharmacist, .35 FTE Pharmacy Technician, 1.0 FTE Community Health Worker, 1.0 FTE Navigator, .31 FTE Medical provider for the Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) to provide MOUD treatment services, .31 FTE Clinical Assistant for the MMU, and .31 FTE Nurse/Case Manager for the MMU. The MMU will work with partner organizations that serve clients/patients who may need mental health, SUD, and MOUD services, including homeless shelters, foodbanks, and other social service organizations. SUD group therapy services are a significant need in the service area, as Alfalfa County has no access to this service and persons who are court ordered to participate in SUD group therapy are connected to services in Enid, Oklahoma, which is approximately 50 minutes to an hour away. Oftentimes, people are unable to afford the cost of fuel and expenses to attend these meetings. BHSE funding will allow GSP Health to expand access to SUD group therapy services throughout the service area to improve long-term, sustainable recovery for persons experiencing substance use disorder (including opioid use disorder).
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).