H79SM085485

Eradicating barriers to mental health care for low-income residents of Northern Illinois - Eradicating barriers to mental health care for low-income residents of Northern Illinois: The Josselyn Center will expand telehealth services and close gaps by providing intensive mental health services to 1,000 unduplicated minority and/or economically disadvantaged individuals. Due to changing demographics and pandemic impacts, approximately 92,975 individuals in the center's coverage area are unserved.

Population: Illinois has one of the lowest Medicaid-to-Medicare fee ratios of any state. Josselyn's service area is suburban and rural in an area where poverty has increased significantly; 56% of metro-Chicago residents below the federal poverty level reside in the suburbs. Low-income and/or minority adolescents and young adults are our sub-POF, as 55% of our COVID-era assessments have been under age 20.

Grant funds will support the first and only intensive outpatient program in our service area for the sub-POF.

Interventions: Our objectives are to:
- Hire 20 new clinical staff to provide HIPAA-compliant telehealth/in-person services to POF.
- Implement an IT audit and invest in needed IT infrastructure to handle increases in clients and telehealth.
- Provide 500 hrs. of services to 125 clients/quarter in POF.
- Formalize 5 referral partnerships.
- Provide care coordination to 400 individuals via hospital/community partnerships.
- Assess, plan, and treat 1,000 POF + 500 sub-POF through IOP.
- Provide peer-led recovery support to 50 unduplicated individuals quarterly.
- Provide 100+ staff up to 5 free counseling/therapy sessions through EAP.
- Provide 70+ clinical staff 75 hrs./each of clinical supervision and/or group consultation each year.
- Offer 100+ staff monthly wellness workshops, racial affinity groups, a diversity equity and inclusion strategic plan, and mental health first aid.
- Train 5 clinical staff on 5 EBPs through 21-hr. intensives.
- Provide mental health first aid to adults and teens through 13 area organizations/schools.
- Host staff trainings on cultural and linguistic competency.
- Certify 5 clinical staff in CRSS.

Goals/Objectives: Population served in year 1: 500. Year 2: 500. Total served: 1,000. Goals are to:
- Decrease barriers to care by expanding capacity and strengthening infrastructure to provide telehealth services, increasing the number of SMI, SED, and COD clients served.
- Reduce mental health disparities by strengthening pathways to care, provide POF trauma-informed care, individualized treatment, and recovery support.
- Address/improve staff mental health through preventative care/professional supports.
- Provide culturally sensitive training to CMHC staff and treatment to POF, making services more accessible and treatment more effective.

The Josselyn Center is well-qualified to fulfill the CMHC grant program, having a 70-yr. history serving this POF, 2+ decades as a state grantee, 10 yrs. running a peer-led recovery program, and hundreds of county/local grants. Our track record of building capacity is also a predictor of success.

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93.958 - Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Winnetka, Illinois 600933006 United States

Single Zip Code

Community Mental Health Centers Grant Program (SM-21-014)