H79SM089037

Seneca CCBHC-IA Initiative - The Seneca CCBHC-IA Initiative will provide comprehensive, coordinated behavioral health care for all people in need of behavioral health services at Seneca's Nicholas County Clinic which serves Nicholas, Pocahontas & Webster counties in rural WV.

The focus population suffers from SUD, poor mental health, low mental health workforce capacity, poor SDOH & poor disparity group outcomes.

The initiative will serve 2,800 clients (700/year).

Project goals (interventions/strategies) include:
(1) Increase access to & availability of community-based mental health/SUD TX and support for the focus population by enhancing SHS's CCBHC program by
(A) Hiring the CCBHC project director to lead the program & advisory board;
(B) Ensuring agency compliance with the CCBHC certification criteria;
(C) Collaborating with the state to obtain CCBHC certification;
(D) Maintaining existing & adding new service provider & community stakeholder partnerships;
(E) Conducting the needs assessment;
(F) Initiating, analyzing & addressing concerns identified via client satisfaction surveys;
(G) Advancing and monitoring agency training in response to the needs assessment; and
(H) Enhancing training via a focus on cultural competency & implicit bias training.

(2) Increase access to and availability of community-based mental health and substance use disorder treatment and support for the focus population by enhancing SHS's CCBHC services by
(A) Continuing to provide the 9 core CCBHC services;
(B) Enhancing crisis services by hiring 2 youth crisis specialists;
(C) Advancing physical health screening, assessment & diagnosis services;
(D) Improving treatment plan quality via training and EHR improvements;
(E) Expanding mental health services via hiring a therapist to initiate intensive outpatient programs;
(F) Expanding primary care services to the Nicholas County Clinic;
(G) Hiring two case managers;
(H) Expanding peer & family support services to include two mental health peers;
(I) Initiating a veteran's support group; and
(J) Developing and implementing a tobacco cessation program.

(3) Increase access to and availability of community-based mental health and SUD treatment and support for the focus population by improving SHS's CCBHC infrastructure by
(A) Facilitating care coordination by initiating medical EHR upgrades;
(B) Implementing health information exchange software to facilitate health information exchange;
(C) Initiating and maintaining care coordination agreements with identified partners;
(D) Supporting processes and procedures for collecting, reporting & tracking encounter, outcome, and quality data;
(E) Updating and implementing a CCBHC-wide data-driven CQI plan for clinical services & management; and
(F) Leveraging the patient portal to conduct measurement-based care.

(4) Support recovery from mental illness and/or substance use disorders by providing access to high-quality mental health and substance use services to the target population by
(A) Ensuring that marketing products are culturally competent;
(B) Conducting community outreach & SDOH screening;
(C) Serving a total of 700 clients annually;
(D) Clients having a statistically significant decrease in illicit substance use at 6-month NOMS follow-up;
(E) Clients having a statistically significant decrease in tobacco use at 6-month NOMS follow-up;
(F) Having clients experience statistically significant improvement in NOMS mental health outcomes at 6-month;
(G) Clients having statistically significant improvement in social connectedness at 6-month follow-up;
(H) Having 80% of clients remain in treatment for at least 6-months throughout the life of the grant; and
(I) Monitoring disparity group data to ensure equal access/use/outcomes/retention.

(5) Sustain CCBHC services beyond grant funding to serve the focus population by
(A) Having the project director lead the CCBHC board which is made up of 51% people with lived experience;
(B) Creating a sustainability plan; and
(C) Improving primary care billing.

Seneca Health Services

NOT APPLICABLE

93.696 - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Summersville, West Virginia 266515402 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.