H79SM086992

Comcare-ICT IA - Utilizing Outpatient Services, Case Management, Care Coordination, and Extensive Training

Comcare's CCBHC ICT-1 IA project aims to increase access to services through greater care transitions for those with Severe Emotional Disturbance (SED), Serious Mental Illness (SMI), and Co-Occurring Disorders (COD). The project is established to serve individuals who are in crisis or new to services, requiring higher levels of engagement and intervention. Additionally, the project aims to address burnout and compassion fatigue among staff members. Comcare serves the general population of Sedgwick County and focuses on individuals with high and/or complex levels of need, regardless of their ability to pay.

The target populations for this grant are:

1) Adults with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) and/or Co-Occurring Disorders (COD)
2) Youth with Severe Emotional Disturbance (SED)
3) Individuals in a mental health and/or substance use crisis

Goal 1: Over the grant period, Comcare will increase access to services for unduplicated adults with SPMI, youth with SED, and individuals with COD by 150 each year of the grant by 3/30/25. The organization plans to expand its workforce by adding two mobile crisis clinicians by 9/30/23. Additionally, Comcare aims to implement a crisis chat feature to increase access for persons in crisis by 9/30/2023. The organization also plans to add two unarmed mobile crisis units through evaluation and best practices from other communities across the country, focusing on non-degreed staff by 04/01/2024.

Goal 2: Comcare aims to improve and advance CCBHC culture through training and community engagement, both internal to Comcare and external to the broader community by 3/30/25. The organization plans to increase the number of certified Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) providers by 09/29/2025. Additionally, Comcare aims to increase the number of employees trained to administer Narcan by 30%. The organization plans to train all law enforcement officers in the use of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale by 09/30/23. Comcare also intends to participate in the development of a Stepping Up strategic plan by 09/29/25. Furthermore, the organization plans to implement competency-based trainings for the four-core evidence-based practices identified for CCBHCs by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services by 12/31/24.

Goal 3: Comcare aims to execute the expansion of Zero Reasons Why (ZRW), a teen-led suicide prevention program and social media campaign, to more high schools to reduce mental health stigma by 3/30/25. The organization plans to expand the number of participating high schools by adding five schools by 08/01/2024. Comcare's Teen Council will develop strategies toward the execution of the ZRW strategic plan by 10/30/24. The organization also plans to train 25 teen ambassadors on how to appropriately communicate with peers with mental health needs and media to deliver effective suicide prevention messages by 11/30/23.

Goal 4: Comcare aims to improve and advance care coordination activities by growing its care coordination team by five staff during transitions of care by 3/30/25. The organization plans to define and implement care coordination needs for medication-only patients by 9/30/23. Additionally, Comcare aims to increase the number of intakes completed prior to hospital discharges by 15% for persons in need of CMHC services by 09/29/24. The organization also plans to increase follow-up by 50% with persons seen through crisis services by 09/29/25.

County Of Sedgwick

NOT APPLICABLE

93.696 - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Wichita, Kansas 672021223 United States

Single Zip Code

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)– Improvement and Advancement Grants (SM-22-012)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 198% from $1,000,000 to $2,975,966.