H79SM083042

CCBHC Expansion for Muskogee and McIntosh Counties in Oklahoma - Public Health Services Impact Statement by: Green Country Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (GCBHS)

GCBHS is submitting an application in response to the SAMHSA funding opportunity, "FY 2020 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants" (FOA) No. SM-20-012. Our proposal will increase mobile crisis and integrated care, improving chronic health outcomes for Muskogee and McIntosh Counties in Oklahoma. We will also reduce out of home placement in our service area, with the use of mobile technology providing 24/7 access to clinicians trained in crisis stabilization services.

Our population focus will continue to be adults and children with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Substance Use Disorders (SUD), Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), and/or Co-Occurring Disorders (COD), as well as our community veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and/or any other mental illness or addiction.

Our expansion project will provide us the funds to expand our mobile crisis team, enhance and expand integrated healthcare for adults and children, and offer primary care screening and monitoring to those uninsured and underinsured individuals in our service area. We will also expand availability and utilization of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), meeting with primary care physicians in our community to provide education on the availability and proven track record of MAT services.

GCBHS plans to dramatically decrease inpatient psychiatric hospitalization by combining mobile technology solutions, community outreach, 24/7 outpatient and crisis stabilization services, utilizing evidence-based practices. Our staff will work with housing partners to increase placement opportunities for our community's homeless population, with an emphasis on finding appropriate housing for those suffering with SMI, SUD, or COD.

We will improve access for veterans in our community by expanding outreach and treatment options, by providing outreach and education to veterans' service organizations. GCBHS has partnered with MyCare Integrated Software Solutions, which integrates with our EMR system. We will track progress toward our goals and objectives, as well as collect and report on all of the CCBHC continued quality improvement measures.

These grant funds will also be used to provide training and technical assistance to our staff in order to improve our support of veterans in our catchment area. At GCBHS, we understand the methodology and concepts within the CCBHC six core program requirements. Not only is it a focus of collaboration within the healthcare system, which is less fragmented for the people we serve; it is also a deeper collaboration with our colleagues to enhance availability and accessibility to the underserved population. This can only be accomplished with communication and quality data-driven analysis by competently trained staff.

We will continue to coordinate our local efforts with those of the ODMHSAS, OHCA, OSDH, and local community service organizations. We will reach out for guidance from ODMHSAS in our efforts to improve a fragmented, disconnected, and often inadequate system that has been limiting the recovery for the people we serve.

Green Country Behavioral Health Services

NOT APPLICABLE

93.829 - Section 223 Demonstration Programs to Improve Community Mental Health Services

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Muskogee, Oklahoma 744014431 United States

Single Zip Code

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants (SM-20-012)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 02/14/23 to 02/14/24 and the total obligations have decreased 1% from $3,848,962 to $3,795,076.