H79SM085597

Murtis Taylor--Care Access Now (CAN) Project

The Murtis Taylor Human Services System's Care Access Now (CAN) Project aims to support and restore the delivery of expanded, improved, and accelerated clinical services that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project's primary focus is to effectively address the needs of individuals with serious emotional disturbance (SED), serious mental illness (SMI), and individuals with SMI or SED and substance use disorders, referred to as co-occurring disorder (COD). Specifically, the project targets economically disadvantaged African American adults and transitioning youth with SED, SMI, or COD.

Outreach and intake procedures will also prioritize identifying and serving active-duty military service members, returning veterans, and military families. Services will be tailored to these individuals, when appropriate. The geographical focus of the project is Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and it aims to serve 400 unduplicated consumers per year, totaling 800 people.

The project has the following goals:

1) Strengthen MTHSS' HIPAA compliant telehealth capacity to increase availability of mental health (MH), substance use disorder (SUD), and integrated MH/SUD services to the uninsured/underinsured.

2) Expand availability of outpatient services to improve access for uninsured/underinsured individuals with SED or SMI, and COD.

3) Expand availability of trauma-informed screening, assessment, diagnosis, and patient-centered treatment planning and delivery to improve access for uninsured/underinsured individuals with SED or SMI, and COD.

4) Expand availability of clinical and recovery support services to improve access for uninsured/underinsured individuals with SED or SMI, and COD.

5) Increase mental health support and resources to MTHSS' CMHC staff to enhance wellness, balance, and connection for individual practitioners and supervisors.

6) Expand availability of behavioral health crisis and emergency response services to improve access for uninsured/underinsured individuals with SED or SMI, and COD.

7) Strengthen MTHSS' outreach strategies and referral pathways to increase access for African Americans and the economically disadvantaged to MH, SUD, and integrated MH/SUD services.

To establish a pathway of access for minority and economically disadvantaged individuals living in Cuyahoga County, the project will establish an Advisory Council. This council will consist of representatives from partnering organizations that make referrals to the project and accept project participants.

Additionally, the project will develop a crisis and emergency response referral network, implement enhanced de-escalation and crisis response training for all project staff, launch a 24/7/365 behavioral health access phone line, and train outreach, access, and benefits specialists on telephonic de-escalation and crisis response techniques.

Taking a holistic trauma-informed approach, the project will also support staff with mental health self-assessment tools, launch a campaign to inform and educate CMHC staff about the signs and symptoms of poor mental health and opportunities for treatment, implement training seminars or workshops, and provide training designed to help managers recognize the signs and symptoms of stress and depression in themselves and in subordinates.

Murtis Taylor Human Services System

TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND TERRITORIES TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT THE STATE'S PLAN FOR PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND TO CHILDREN WITH A SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE, MONITOR THE PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY BASED MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND THE MENTAL HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL THAT WILL ASSIST THE STATES IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY BASED MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.

93.958 - Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Cleveland, Ohio 441204410 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 05/31/24 and the total obligations have decreased 24% from $4,783,058 to $3,640,692.