H79SM083113

Northlake CCBHC - Project Abstract Summary: To provide CCBHC services to three parishes in Southeast Louisiana. To increase access to and improve the quality of community behavioral health services and care.

Target Population to be Served: Critical support from SAMHSA through a CCBHC expansion grant will allow Ness Healthcare, one of Louisiana's largest nonprofit behavioral healthcare providers, to immediately enhance its existing services in an effort to more completely meet the needs of the individuals it serves. This includes veterans, family of veterans, adolescents, and adults with mental illness, substance use disorders, opioid use disorders, and serious emotional problems. The target population for the proposed project is adults with a serious mental illness, adolescents with a serious emotional disturbance, and individuals with co-occurring disorders, including opioid disorders. The project will also target subpopulations such as youth in foster care, out-of-home placement, kinship care, or adopted individuals, as well as veterans and military families.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Target Population: The geographic service area for the project encompasses three mostly rural parishes in Southeast Louisiana: St. Tammany (258,111), Tangipahoa (133,777), and Washington (46,582) (ERS.USDA.GOV, 2019). However, given the severe shortage of services in the state, we anticipate having patients from across the entire state of Louisiana. The three parishes have a population of 438,470 residents (World Population Report, 2020). The other primary providers of behavioral health services in the area include the Florida Parishes Human Service Authority, which operates three clinics in the tri-parish region. However, this agency is always on a tight budget and offers limited program services for adults and adolescents with serious emotional disorders (SED). Longbranch Wellness, a privately owned addiction treatment center, and Covington Behavioral Health Hospital have very limited capacity and focus on patients with commercial insurance. Outpatient treatment programs in the area include Acer of Slidell, Longbranch Wellness, and Covington Behavioral Health Hospital.

Number to be Served Annually and Throughout Lifetime of Project: The targeted number of individuals to be served by the project over the two-year project period is 2,800, targeting 800 individuals in year 1 and 2,000 individuals in year 2, non-duplicated.

Ness Healthcare Nfp

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

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Mandeville, Louisiana 70448 United States

Single Zip Code

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