H79SM083353

Hi-Tech Charities (HTC) - St. Louis CCBHC Expansion Grant Project

Project Abstract Summary

Hi-Tech Charities (HTC) CCBHC Expansion Grant Project is an innovative Home & Community Health Team (HCHT) model, focused on expanding our existing home & community-based mental health, drug and alcohol abuse treatment, and home health by adding psychiatry and primary care to provide comprehensive healthcare services to medically uninsured and underinsured individuals in St. Louis City and County, St. Charles, and rural counties of Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve, and St. Francois.

The target population includes military veterans and their families, African Americans, Latino-Hispanics, LGBTQ youth and young adults, the homeless, and those suffering from serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance use disorders (SUD), including opioid use disorders. Children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and individuals with co-occurring mental and substance disorders (COD) will also receive comprehensive, integrated, coordinated, culturally and linguistically appropriate services, including 24/7 crisis intervention.

Hi-Tech Charities is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit community development corporation that provides employment training, housing assistance, social services, and healthcare programs that keep individuals, families, businesses, and communities healthy and empowered. HTC has served over 30,000 individuals and families and over 400 small rural businesses, women, and minority businesses in its 22 years of existence. HTC partners with individuals, families, businesses, governments, and communities in the counties we serve.

Supported by its 22 years of experience and certified in 2016 by the Missouri Department of Mental Health as a community-based mental health, drug and alcohol outpatient clinic, HTC, through its seasoned leadership, implements evidence-based models of care, including the innovative Home & Community Health Team (HCHT) model, person-centered, medication-assisted treatments (MAT), trauma-informed care, recovery support, supported employment, screening, brief intervention, referral, and treatment (SBIRT), housing first, and others.

The HTC HCHT team will include a psychiatrist, primary care family physicians, nurse/health educators, peer/recovery specialists, licensed behavioral health clinicians, licensed drug and alcohol counselors, case managers, and partners and collaborators.

Project goals are:

1. Reduce the incidence of opioid-related overdoses and deaths.
2. Reduce adverse health outcomes for consumers with behavioral health and co-occurring medical conditions.
3. Increase capacity to promote consumer-driven recovery goals through the provision of peer support and rehabilitation services.

Measurable objectives include:

1. Engage 150 consumers in MAT.
2. Provide wraparound and peer support services to 150 MAT consumers.
3. Conduct primary health screening, treatment, and monitoring for 95% of clients.
4. Provide behavioral health assessments and treatment.
5. Assist 97% in obtaining permanent housing, employment, or enrollment in education programs.

HTC will serve a minimum of 300 unduplicated clients annually and a minimum of 600 over the 2-year grant period. Each patient will receive multiple services.

HI - Tech Charities

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

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Missouri United States

State-Wide

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

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have decreased 5% from $4,000,000 to $3,806,900.