H79SM088904

Serv Centers of New Jersey, Inc. Partners in Wellness CCBHC Improvement and Advancement - Serv Centers of New Jersey (SERV), a not-for-profit behavioral health organization serving individuals across New Jersey, proposes to improve its Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) program, Partners in Wellness, at its Clifton Community Behavioral Health Center under funding opportunity SM-23-016.

Serv provides CCBHC services to individuals of all ages at its Passaic County, NJ, location, and will enlarge its geographic catchment area from Passaic County to include bordering towns in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Morris counties.

Serv's proposal has three goals:
1. Improve access to behavioral health services to underserved communities in the catchment area.
2. Ensure the availability of evidence-based crisis services in the proposed catchment area.
3. Improve individuals' behavioral health care outcomes and efficiency of services.

Serv's CCBHC program will collaborate with local psychiatric emergency response, methadone treatment providers for opioid use disorder, inpatient/residential service providers for substance use disorder, medical and supportive services for individuals at risk of infectious diseases, and community stakeholder organizations in the catchment area.

Serv has existing care coordination contracts with Straight & Narrow (Catholic Charities), Turning Point, Edge NJ, St. Joseph's Healthcare System, and NJCRI and will finalize partnerships with other service and referral partners.

To support this work, Serv will hire a full-time licensed clinician, two on-call crisis clinicians, one certified peer recovery specialist (CPRS), two on-call crisis CPRS, one APN, one crisis coordinator, one intake specialist, and a driver.

Serv proposes to expand the accessibility of services by addressing barriers to care like transportation, language access, low-cost care access, and availability of services. Serv will develop a transportation program to ensure individuals without personal transportation can receive services. CPRS will conduct outreach in rural, Hispanic/Spanish-speaking, and other underserved communities within the catchment area.

These goals will be conducted using evidence-based practices, including Seeking Safety, a trauma-informed intervention effective in reducing substance use among women who have experienced trauma and have a substance use disorder; Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) protocol; Trauma-Focused/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a counseling modality with longstanding success among individuals with S/MI and/or SUD conditions; Motivational Interviewing, a recognized engagement practice for structured communication to promote behavior change; Wellness Recovery Action Planning, an evidence-based practice to address mental health needs, which affect 80% of the individuals Serv serves.

Throughout all CCBHC-IA services, Serv will ensure that individuals receive care that is recovery-focused and is culturally and linguistically appropriate to meet their unique context and care needs. All new staff will be trained on National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) and their implementation in a behavioral health setting.

Throughout the project period, Serv will remain in compliance with the CCBHC criteria, and beginning July 1, 2024, Serv will comply with the updated criteria.

Serv Centers Of New Jersey

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93.696 - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Clifton, New Jersey 070121242 United States

Single Zip Code

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Improvement and Advancement Grant (SM-23-016)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 300% from $1,000,000 to $4,000,000.