H79SM087245

Centerstone's Community Crisis Response Partnerships in Florida (C-CCRP) - Centerstone's Community Crisis Response Partnerships in Florida (C-CCRP) project will enhance infrastructure to expand Mobile Crisis Response Teams (MCRT) to provide culturally, developmentally, and age-appropriate services to divert individuals experiencing mental health crises from law enforcement encounters in a high-need geographic area comprising DeSoto and Manatee Counties, Florida.

C-CCRP will serve 1,050 unduplicated individuals (Y1: 150; Y2-4: 300/yr.). C-CCRP will serve adults, children, and youth experiencing mental health crises in DeSoto and Manatee Counties, Florida, where up to 38% of the 387,000+ calls to law enforcement were related to behavioral health issues. In 2021, only 5% of area law enforcement officers received CIT training.

Focus population demographics are expected to mirror those of the geographic catchment area, which comprises 82% adults and 18% children/youth; 49% male and 51% female, including 0.55% transgender individuals; and 70% White, 9% Black/African American, and 18% Hispanic/Latino individuals.

Prevalent mental health, substance use, and socioeconomic risk factors for behavioral health crisis point to a need to implement effective mobile crisis services. For example, of the catchment area’s 352,050 adults, 21% are expected to have a mental illness. Approximately 12% of area youth ages 12-17 have had serious thoughts of suicide. Mental health/substance use related hospitalizations in Manatee were 56% higher than the state, and DeSoto exceeded Florida in non-fatal suicide attempts by 122%.

C-CCRP will increase the capacity of and timely access to 24/7 MCRTs, increase collaboration with law enforcement/988/call centers, and improve equity in the continuity of care and post-crisis follow-up. C-CCRP’s 2-person MCRTs will provide in-person/telehealth response including screening/assessment; community stabilization; safety planning; referral to enhanced services after stabilization; and post-crisis follow-up.

C-CCRP will conduct community mapping to identify service needs/gaps, provide crisis intervention training, develop protocols to improve coordination with first responders and community providers, coordinate with relevant state efforts, and implement a data system to track outcomes.

C-CCRP will accomplish the following goals:
1) Develop a sound infrastructure and increased capacity to deliver mobile crisis response services for persons of all ages in the geographic catchment area.
2) Increase crisis system collaboration within the proposed high-needs communities to ensure comprehensive, integrated services to address the focus populations’ needs.
3) Enhance mobile crisis response teams to ensure trauma-informed and culturally, age, and developmentally appropriate services to divert adults, children, and youth experiencing mental health crises from law enforcement to community stabilization.
4) Improve crisis system performance via expanded access to mobile crisis response services in proposed high-need communities.
5) Promote improved mental health outcomes among adults, children, and youth experiencing mental health crises.
6) Develop/disseminate a documented service model for statewide and national replication/adoption.

As a result of these goals/improvements, the project will achieve the following measurable objectives among populations receiving crisis response: screen 100%, refer 100% to needed services, increase access to services for 60%, reduce suicide risk for 100%, and reduce arrest/detention by 30%.

The project will achieve the following measurable objectives in the high-needs community served: resolve 70% of MCRT responses in the community, divert 40% from law enforcement, increase referrals to MCRT by 50%; and increase knowledge of effective crisis response among 60% of first responders trained.

Centerstone Of Florida

SAMHSA WAS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS PRIORITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH ASSISTANCE (GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS) TO STATES, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES, INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT PRIVATE ENTITIES. UNDER THESE SECTIONS, CSAT, CMHS AND CSAP SEEK TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES AVAILABLE TO AMERICANS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDITIONS, AND TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES AND TO ADDRESS PRIORITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ASSIST CHILDREN IN DEALING WITH VIOLENCE AND TRAUMATIC EVENTS THROUGH BY FUNDING GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROJECTS. GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS MAY BE FOR (1) KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION PROJECTS FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION AND THE CONDUCT OR SUPPORT OF EVALUATIONS OF SUCH PROJECTS, (2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, (3) TARGETED CAPACITY RESPONSE PROGRAMS (4) SYSTEMS CHANGE GRANTS INCLUDING STATEWIDE FAMILY NETWORK GRANTS AND CLIENT-ORIENTED AND CONSUMER RUN SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES AND (5) PROGRAMS TO FOSTER HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, (6) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES INTO PUBLICLY-FUNDED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SETTINGS

93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Bradenton, Florida 342058820 United States

Single Zip Code

Cooperative Agreements for Innovative Community Crisis Response Partnerships (SM-22-016)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 250% from $750,000 to $2,625,000.