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Southwest MS Mental Health Complex – Region XI proposes to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) to increase access to services across the eight-county region served by SWMMHC. This will improve the quality and availability of community mental and substance use disorder treatment services.

During the two years of program implementation, SWMMHC will increase services annually by no less than 10% per year or at least 3,800 clients per year.

The 8-county region – the counties of Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike, and Walthall – is the largest of the 14 designated state-sanctioned regions geographically (over 140,000 individuals, encompassing over 4,500 square miles). It is also the most impoverished (average of 27.5%) and most rural (average of 38 persons per square mile) among the 14 state-sanctioned mental health regions.

From its inception, Region XI has been the primary provider of outpatient behavioral health services in the region, especially for low-income earners and their families. For most of our residents, SWMMHC is their only option for mental health and substance use disorder treatment.

Furthermore, due to the availability of funding to SWMMHC over the past three years, services at many of the 14 sites have been reduced to 1-2 days per month or no more than once per week. As such, from 2017 – 2019, there has been a 20% reduction in the number of clients served.

Minimally, the primary goal of becoming a CCBHC is to increase access to services back to our standing of two years ago and continue to increase services in subsequent years. Additionally, SWMMHC will develop and implement additional program services including Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), and expand our use of telehealth services throughout the entire region.

The overarching goals of the project include:
1) Meet all of the criteria to become a CCBHC;
2) Increase access to behavioral health services;
3) Expand the available crisis intervention services;
4) Continue and improve staff development and training;
5) Increase community- and family-centered services;
6) Increase available and reliable transportation for ease of access to services; and
7) Maintain a strict data collection, evaluation, and quality improvement plan.

SWMMHC’s quest to become a CCBHC will establish it as the first and only CCBHC in the state of Mississippi, a state with the lowest ranking as a provider of substance misuse and mental health services.

Southwest Ms Mental Health Complex

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

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Mccomb, Mississippi 396482711 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 06/30/23 and the total obligations have decreased 6% from $4,000,000 to $3,747,956.