H79SM085719

SEMHC - CMHC Expansion - The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County (HHC) d/b/a Eskenazi Health (EH) serves Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. HHC is applying for funding from the FY 2021 Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) Grant Program.

Through the CMHC Expansion Project, Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center (SEMHC), a division of EH, will expand CMHC services to clinic sites to expedite scheduling appointments and prevent delays in treatment. This will be achieved by hiring additional front-line staff and introducing a Criminal Justice Outreach Team (CJOT), as well as providing crucial self-care training to pandemic-strained staff.

SEMHC is a certified Community Mental Health Center per the Family and Social Services Administration of Indiana (FSSA) Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA), providing care for the underserved and vulnerable populations in Marion County. SEMHC provides the full spectrum of mental health treatment services across eight locations throughout Marion County, as well as through collaboration with Indianapolis and Marion County schools, governmental bodies, and community organizations.

SEMHC utilizes state-of-the-art evidence-based practices (EBP) in all aspects of treatment. EBPs are chosen for their effectiveness with SEMHC clients. Mental Health America's 2021 State of Mental Health in America report ranks Indiana's overall mental health ranking as 33rd nationwide, with a higher than average prevalence of mental illness and lower than average access to services. Indiana also ranks 43rd in terms of mental health workforce availability.

Additionally, overdose deaths in Marion County have risen rapidly, doubling from 2010 to 2017, reaching 39 per 100,000 residents, largely due to opioid overdose (Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation's report, Assessing Indiana's Opioid Misuse: A 2018 Update on the State's Opioid Crisis).

With funding from the SAMHSA CMHC Expansion Grant, SEMHC will increase access to services for individuals with serious emotional disturbance, serious mental illness, and/or co-occurring disorders.

Goals:

Goal 1: SEMHC will serve 1,000 unduplicated individuals during the funding period, 500 in year one and 500 in year two.

Goal 2: During the funding period, SEMHC will expand services to meet the increased demand of families and youth needing services by adding staff at four SEMHC locations. This will increase the intake capacity of outpatient programs and reduce wait times for those requiring mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services.

Goal 3: During the funding period, SEMHC will provide four (4) eight-week tracts of Center for Mind-Body Medicine self-care training to at least 40 behavioral health staff members. This training aims to help offset increased fatigue and burnout from the pandemic response.

Goal 4: By the end of each grant year (total of two years), less than 50% of clients involved with the Criminal Justice Outreach Team and its therapeutic approach will recidivate to incarceration.

The Health & Hospital Corporation Of Marion County

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]

Indianapolis, Indiana 462052930 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 07/31/24 and the total obligations have decreased 32% from $5,000,000 to $3,394,953.