H79SM085794

Driving Towards Resilience - The Mental Health Association of Westchester will provide neighborhood-based, in-home, and in-community services for underserved individuals in Rockland and Westchester counties in New York by creating mobile and home-based services. We intend to serve 500 unduplicated individuals per year, including enrolling 400 individuals into care through BH mobile units and providing Functional Family Therapy in the community for an additional 100 individuals per year.

Other project goals include screening previously unserved individuals for BH needs and deploying two customized BH mobile units within four months of award.

Our population of focus includes individuals adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and specifically targets poor neighborhoods and communities impacted by racial bias and social injustice, where there is little access to care. Our population of focus includes adults, children, adolescents, transitional-aged youth, and families. We will target individuals who are often left underserved because they either lack access to insurance, have limited means of transportation, speak a language other than English, or are unable to reliably access telehealth services due to a lack of internet or cellular service.

We will provide in-person family and individual therapy using strategies such as Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Seeking Safety (SS) for suicide prevention. Services provided in the mobile unit will include family and individual therapy, substance use disorder treatment, and telehealth services. In-home FFT services will also be provided. We look to serve individuals who have not yet been screened for behavioral health need due to a lack of access; individuals who have a diagnosis of Serious Mental Illness (SMI) or Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED); and individuals with a diagnosis of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) or who have a co-occurring disorder (COD).

Our goal is to provide high-quality, evidence-based care directly to our targeted population by bringing the care to them and by targeting specific neighborhoods, allowing us to serve previously unreached communities. We will expand our use of FFT services by expanding our ability to provide in-home, family-trained therapists. This dynamic model also allows us to create access to telehealth services for these communities by providing such access through the BH mobile units. Finally, the BH mobile units will be equipped with two therapy rooms and a modified living room concept for de-escalation of crises or pre-contemplative services. Staffed by clinicians and peer specialists, staff will also use the telehealth technology to access psychiatry or other services.

Greater Mental Health Of New York

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]

Tarrytown, New York 105915152 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.