H79SM085754

Restoring the Community's Center - Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center of St. Clair County, Inc. (also known as CBHC or the Center) has provided treatment services in East Saint Louis, Illinois, one of the most impoverished communities in the state, since 1957.

This project, Restoring the Community's Center, will allow us to continue to provide vital services to our primary population of focus (POF): adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Co-Occurring Disorders (COD), who are largely people of color living in an economically disadvantaged area.

The vulnerable population in our area often experiences inequity in access to services. More than one-third (36%) of the county's population are people of color, and the poverty rate is 13.3%. Prevalence data for St. Clair County reflects that there are approximately 8,681 individuals with Serious Mental Illness in the community, 3,594 individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders, and approximately 14,736 individuals with untreated Substance Use Disorders.

Project funds would allow CBHC to expand services for adolescents and transition-aged youth with Co-Occurring Disorders. Our services include a focus on the homeless and on individuals re-entering the community from county jail and those on probation through close relationships with local mental health and drug courts.

CBHC plans to provide services to 500 clients per year and 1,000 over the life of the project. Project goals include increasing the capacity of the agency to engage the adult SMI and COD population in treatment. CBHC has established an associated objective reflecting that fifty percent of clients with SMI will demonstrate improved mental health functioning after three months of treatment as measured by the National Outcomes Measurement System (NOMS).

CBHC plans to restore capacity of outpatient services to youth with Co-Occurring Disorders. An associated objective is that fifty percent of involved youth engaged in Substance Use Disorder treatment will indicate no past 30-day substance use, excluding tobacco, after six months of outpatient treatment as measured by NOMS. Additionally, CBHC plans for this project to include expansion of telehealth services to promote client contact and engagement. An objective is to expand the use of telehealth services by twenty percent in the first grant year and a thirty percent increase from baseline in the second year of the project. The project also includes a goal of providing resources to address the mental health needs of staff. CBHC plans to implement wellness activities including self-care workshops as part of this goal.

CBHC experienced significant revenue losses and increased expenses as a result of the pandemic. The agency had to suspend admission to residential programs early on in the pandemic to prevent potential spread of the virus. Once virus transmission prevention information became available, limited admissions resumed to residential programs with capacity being limited to one-half of normal capacity, severely impacting revenue. Other service lines were also negatively impacted due to closure of other programs like schools, which frequently provide referrals to agency services. CBHC also incurred additional expenses with purchasing personal protective equipment for staff and clients. Cleaning and disinfection costs rose to increase the frequency of services and to purchase special materials suitable to address the virus. Food service costs rose extensively due to increased food costs and to switch to disposable service items to prevent possible virus transmission. In addition, costs for computer equipment to swiftly pivot to telehealth services were required to maintain services.

Restoring the Community's Center will assist the agency in its mission of providing services to our vulnerable population.

Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center Of St Clair 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]

Illinois United States

State-Wide

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

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/29/23 to 09/29/24 and the total obligations have decreased 2% from $4,864,143 to $4,764,718.