H79SM086603

RMHS- CCBHC- PDI Grant - The Community Care Network/Rutland Mental Health Services CCBHC will provide comprehensive, evidenced-based behavioral health care to over 1,100 participants across 37 rural Vermont communities.

Integrated services will address documented needs of sub-populations of focus, including adults with substance use disorder (SUD), youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED), and rural older adults challenged by mental illness (SMI) and substance misuse.

The CCBHC will be developed in year one of a four-year grant period, with attention to standardized CCBHC compliance criteria in areas of staffing, availability of services, care coordination, scope of services, quality and other reporting, and organizational authority, governance, and accreditation.

The "scope" of services themselves is also standardized, with services to be delivered both directly by CCN/RMHS and others in partnership with designated collaborating organizations. These organizations include Community Health, Rutland Regional Medical Center, Recovery House, Inc., Turning Point Center of Rutland, and Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging.

The CCBHC will allow a range of evidence-based, comprehensive behavioral health services to be delivered to the region's population. These services include crisis mental health services, including 24-hour mobile crisis teams, emergency crisis intervention services, and crisis stabilization. Screening, assessment, and diagnosis, including risk assessment. Patient-centered treatment planning or similar processes, including risk assessment and planning. Outpatient mental health and substance use services. Outpatient primary care screening and monitoring of key health indicators and health risks (e.g., BMI, blood pressure, tobacco use, HIV/viral hepatitis). Targeted case management. Psychiatric rehabilitation services. Peer support, counselor services, and family supports. Intensive, community-based mental health for members of the armed forces and veterans.

The new CCBHC will be staffed by a number of new positions strategic to the success of the initiative. These positions include a medical director, family nurse practitioner, data integration specialist, peer service coordinator, and veteran peer services coordinator.

Key elements in the success of the initiative in improving the region's behavioral health indicators will include:

A) Strategic collaboration including data integration with partner organizations;
B) An extensive array of evidence-based practices with demonstrated clinical efficacy embedded within the CCBHC services plan;
C) Attention to continuous quality improvement (CQI) of services; and
D) Meaningful involvement of consumers and family members in their own care and broader governance of the CCBHC.

Rutland Mental Health Services

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF COMMUNITY MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT SERVICES THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF CCBHCS. CCBHCS PROVIDE PERSON- AND FAMILY-CENTERED INTEGRATED SERVICES.

93.696 - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Vermont United States

State-Wide

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) – Planning, Development, and Implementation Grants (SM-22-002)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 200% from $966,548 to $2,903,329.