Milwaukee Whole Health Project - Milwaukee Center for Independence (MCFI) will implement the Milwaukee Whole Health Project (MWHP), which will provide coordinated and integrated primary and behavioral health care services to 407 unduplicated Milwaukee County residents with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) over the four-year grant period. The project will be provided in the context of MCFI's Whole Health Therapies (WHT) PBHCI clinic, which opened in January 2014. MWHP will be delivered by MCFI in close cooperation with the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division (BHD) Community Access to Recovery Services (CARS). Through CARS contracts and Medicaid reimbursements, MCFI will leverage an additional $6,288,000 in non-grant funds over four years to implement the project. Those who have the most complex and high-risk set of medical and behavioral health conditions will receive the highest level of care management, to be delivered by an RN. Project goals and objectives include: provide co-located, coordinated, and integrated behavioral health and primary care services; maintain or improve the mental health of project participants with SMI; maintain or increase participants' ability to live in the community; decrease the use and/or abuse of alcohol, illicit drugs, and non-prescribed medications; participants will have access to primary care and other medical services; reduce participants' risk for chronic disease; participants will maintain or improve their housing stability; participants will have or acquire income and benefits to support self-sufficiency; participants will engage in meaningful daily activity.
