H79SM085488

SAMHSA CMHC - Southeast Healthcare proposes to use FY21 SAMHSA Community Mental Health Centers grant funds to expand current services to people with serious mental illness (SMI), co-occurring disorder (COD), and serious emotional disturbance (SED), especially in restoring services to those who disengaged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The project aims to address unmet needs by reaching people in the community with integrated healthcare, individuals within the court and prison systems, those with a recent psychiatric hospitalization, walk-in and first-episode psychosis clients, and students in a local school. The primary populations to be served include low-income individuals, those with SMI, COD, and SED. Southeast also serves a large number of homeless, incarcerated, and underserved individuals with challenging social determinants of health.

The project spans many of Southeast's locations, including central and eastern Ohio counties that operate in large urban, rural impoverished, Appalachian, and homeless communities. Southeast intends to take a community and evidence-based, integrated approach to the expansion of services and re-engagement of clients. All services will be provided directly by Southeast.

In addition to staff connecting with people in the community and various underserved spaces, Southeast will participate in community education that targets populations who have decreased utilization of services. They will also enhance their electronic health record (EHR) to streamline registration processes. Staff on the project will be supported by Wellness Windows, an opportunity to confidentially meet with a contracted therapist. A contracted project evaluator will also be utilized to ensure outcomes are met and the CMHC evaluation plan is implemented.

The project goals are as follows:

Goal 1 - Restore engagement in services to individuals with SMI, COD, and SED who were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to effectively address their needs by providing integrated care in the community and increasing community education and outreach. Some outcomes for this goal include decreases in the severity of mental health symptoms, a higher proportion of clients followed-up within 7 days of hospitalization, and the number of community education activities.

Goal 2 - Increase access to care for underserved justice-involved populations by enhancing services focused on the criminal justice system. Relevant outcomes to be tracked include the proportion of those referred to the prison in-reach staff that are successfully linked and the percent of people referred to the court navigator that successfully link.

Goal 3 - Increase Southeast's capacity to serve people with SMI, COD, and SED while maintaining a high level of satisfaction with services. Objectives include the implementation of an EHR enhancement and high levels of client satisfaction.

In total, the project will serve 1,000 unduplicated clients (500 during year one and 500 during year two).

Southeast

NOT APPLICABLE

93.958 - Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Columbus, Ohio 432152815 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 03/31/24 and the total obligations have decreased 22% from $3,781,166 to $2,958,756.