H79SM085757

Camino Real Community Services - Increasing and Strengthening SMI, SED, and COD Response in 9 South Texas Counties

Camino Real Community Services (CRCS) has developed an application for addressing the interruptions of services to children and adults with severe mental illness (SMI), severe emotional disorders (SED), or co-occurring disorders (COD) in the 9-county region that includes Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Karnes, La Salle, Maverick, McMullen, Wilson, and Zavala counties. The project reaches the current Congressional Districts of TX-023, TX-021, TX-028, TX-015, and TX-034.

The pandemic has already shown an increase of 16% in adults seeking mental health services during the pandemic compared to the year before. However, services to children and youth have not increased due to lack of access to adults outside the home and schools not fully operational or allowing in-service providers who help provide referrals to services for children and youth.

The project has two goals towards addressing the mental health needs of residents in the targeted 9-county area:

Goal 1: Increase access to evidence-based mental health services for residents in the target area experiencing SMI, SED, and/or COD by utilizing the local crisis screening/assessment, mobile crisis outreach team (MCOT) services, and crisis residential unit (CRU) services to establish access mechanisms for children and adults.

Goal 2: Deliver evidence-based mental health services for residents in the target area experiencing SMI, SED, and/or COD by utilizing the local crisis screening/assessment, mobile crisis outreach team (MCOT) services, and crisis residential unit (CRU) services.

At a minimum, the project will serve 300 unduplicated adults and 200 unduplicated children annually for two years beginning September 30, 2021, if funding is awarded. The project has selected evidence-based programs for the delivery of services.

A full-time project director serves as the key staff member, and 6 new qualified credentialed counselors will be hired for crisis response and counseling, screening, assessment and referral, and outreach and training for schools to increase access to services. The project will provide access for rural patients to see a psychiatrist utilizing video conferencing and hire 5 new registered nurses to work directly with patients who are in need or who may be in need of psychotropic medications to monitor health and communicate with the psychiatrists with the patient.

The project will provide access to community-based residential care for those in acute need of greater care. Services are designed to be trauma-informed, and services utilize evidence-based practices that have been found effective with trauma instances that include witnessing domestic violence, maltreatment, neglect, and abuse.

As social isolation ends due to reduced restrictions with vaccines, CRCS wants to ensure that those in need of SMI, SED, and COD services have rapid access and that crisis response is able to respond and prevent acts of self-harm and/or suicide.

Camino Real Community Mhmr Center

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]

Texas 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 03/31/24 and the total obligations have decreased 20% from $4,996,436 to $4,014,356.