H79SM085486

Liberty Resources Community Mental Health Centers Program - Liberty Resources, Inc. (LRI), NCQA PCMH certified and current SAMHSA CCBHC grantee, proposes to support and restore the delivery of clinical services impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and effectively address the needs of individuals with serious emotional disturbance (SED), serious mental illness (SMI), and co-occurring disorders (COD) through its existing mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services offered in Onondaga, Monroe, Oswego, and Madison counties, New York.

Liberty Resources Community Mental Health Centers Program will increase access and improve treatment for adults (18+) with SMI, SUD including opioid use disorders (OUD), and COD; children with SED; adolescents and transitioning youth with SED, SUD/OUD, or COD; and adults/children/adolescents with co-morbid conditions. LRI is well positioned to expand services in these counties with existing physical sites and a strong base of services including integrated mental health, SUD, and primary care outpatient clinics, school-based mental health satellites in 41 NY schools, NYS Office of Addiction Services & Supports and Office of Mental Health residential services, crisis intervention services including 24/7 mobile crisis and crisis respite residential, and community supports including psychosocial rehabilitation, health home care management/case management services, and peer support.

Services will be provided to 500 unduplicated individuals annually, for a total of 1,000 individuals. Project goals and objectives include:

Goal - Develop outreach and engagement strategies to expand services for SED, SMI, COD, and/or SUD population; increase access to medications.
Objectives - Build partnerships with law enforcement and criminal justice system using the Sequential Intercept Model; create additional diversion partnerships; engage 40 at-risk youth.

Goal - Provide trauma-informed screening, assessment, diagnosis, and patient-centered care.
Objective - Increase capacity for MH services, serving an additional 500 individuals; increase crisis services; increase access to prescribers by 20%; eliminate medication management waitlist.

Goal - Develop resources to address needs of CMHC staff.
Objective - Implement robust wellness program for staff.

Goal - Use HIPAA compliant telehealth.
Objective - Expand existing telehealth technology access to 10 remote locations including schools.

Goal - Train staff in working with school-aged at-risk youth.
Objective - Develop staff train-the-trainer; train clinicians in TF-CBT; train MH professionals to work with schools to address behavioral health needs of youth, with a focus on youth at risk of maltreatment.

Liberty Resources

NOT APPLICABLE

93.958 - Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Syracuse, New York 132032730 United States

Single Zip Code

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

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/29/23 to 12/31/23 and the total obligations have decreased 3% from $5,000,000 to $4,862,896.