Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program - Organization: HCC Network, 608 Missouri Street, Waverly, MO 64096 Facility Type: Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Website: www.hccnetwork.org Project Director: Amanda Arnold RN, BSN, Chief Operations Officer for HCC Network and can be reached at 816-807-5795, Amanda.arnold@hccnetwork.org Network Name: HCC Network Legislative Aim(s): 1) Achieving efficiencies; 2) Expanding access to, coordinating, and improving quality of basic health care services and associated health outcomes; 3) Strengthening the rural health care system as a whole. Focus Area: HCC Network’s focus area is care coordination. Proposed Service Region: HCC Network covers four counties in west central Missouri including: Lafayette, Carroll, Ray, and Saline counties. Carroll, Ray, and Saline counties are considered fully rural while the following census tracts for Lafayette County have rural designation: 902.00, 903.00, 904.00, 905.00. Population to be Served. Individuals that are currently or formerly incarcerated that are at risk for SUD/OUD and/or co-occurring mental disorders; individuals diagnosed with SUD/OUD and/or co-occurring mental disorders; individuals in treatment and/or recovery for SUD/OUD and/or other co-occurring mental disorders; their families and/or caregivers; and impacted community members who reside in the rural target service area of Carroll, Lafayette, Saline, and Ray County, Missouri. Populations that have been justice-involved face multiple hurdles to care including poverty, housing challenges, employment, education, health care and mental health treatment, all while dealing with the attached stigma and meeting the obligations of release. These obligations can be onerous for those struggling to re-establish themselves in a community, particularly when compounding with other socio-economic struggles, mental illness, and/or substance misuse disorders. Accurate counts of justice-involved individuals are difficult to obtain, as populations rotate in and out daily. The four-county area had 2,188 drug and/or alcohol related criminal charges filed against individuals with only 22 individuals connected to Adult Treatment Courts in FY2022. Network Members. 1) HCC Network, rural health network and FQHC; 2) Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department, law enforcement; 3) Compass Health, FQHC; 4) Carroll County Sheriff’s Department, law enforcement; 5) Missouri State Probation and Parole, criminal justice; 6) Ray County Sheriff’s Department, law enforcement; 7) Lafayette County Enterprises, social services. The network consists of a rural majority, satisfying the sixty-six percent (66%), or two-thirds application requirement. Network members are prepared to integrate or share clinical and administrative resources with a goal of achieving efficiencies in operation as well as improving care coordination. This will be addressed as part of the planning project. Experience in Serving Rural Underserved Populations. HCC Network is a regional, integrated Rural Health Network formed as a result of substantial work by a community Network in 2006. HCC Network is actively engaged in its regional, rural community. By utilizing a network approach, the Network can draw upon the expertise of each other and efficiently utilize services available in the medically underserved region. This helps to support not only patient outcomes but helps to preserve the workforce and reduce risk of burnout. Funding Opportunity Notification. The opportunity was identified through grants.gov. Funding Preference. HCC Network is requesting a funding preference based on Qualification 1: HCC is located in a designated health professional shortage area. Supporting documentation is included in Attachment 8.
