County of Niagara

This Niagara County Department of Mental Health Request Is to Transform Its Integrated Outpatient Clinic Services to Become a Ccbhc. - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Planning, Development, and Implementation Grant Niagara County Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Niagara County Department of Mental Health (NCDMH) Will Build Upon and Transform Its Existing Trauma-informed, Licensed Outpatient Clinic and Community Services to Create Niagara County Comprehensive Counseling and Wellness (nccwc), a Ccbhc Serving Adults With Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Children/youth With Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) Across Niagara. Individuals Served Will Have Improved Health, Wellness, and Quality of Life. the Two Sites for This Project Are New York State (NYS) Licensed Integrated Mental Health (MH) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Clinics Located at 1001 11TH Street, 2ND Floor, Niagara Falls and 5467 Upper Mountain RD, Lockport. Ncdmh Serves Over 1900 Individuals Annually Through the Outpatient Clinics and 2300 Through Its Crisis and Community Programs. the Population of Focus (POF) Served Through Ncdmh Is High Risk, Compared to Our County, Region and Nys on Key Health Indicators, Including 12-MONTH Rates of Inpatient Hospital and Emergency Room Visits Related to MH, Sud, and Medical Conditions. 60% of Persons Served Have a Co-occurring Mh/sud and 30% Do Not Have an Active Relationship With a Primary Care Provider (PCP). Persons Served Are Disproportionally Low Income, Bipoc, Lgbtq, Veterans, and Trauma Victims in Comparison With the Local Community, Thus Are Disproportionately Impacted by Health Disparities, Having Less Access to Quality Care, Increased Barriers Due to Lack of Transportation, and Increased Fear/stigma Associated With Seeking Help. Additionally, There Is a Critical Shortage of Services for Children in Our Community. the Project Will Facilitate Consumer Engagement in Services and Create Better Outcomes Related to Social Determinants of Health by Incorporating Peer Specialists, Expanding Targeted Case Management (TCM), and Furthering Access to Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (PRS). the Project Will Increase the Number of People Who Have Access to High-quality Care and Who Experience Improved Health and Well-being by Hiring Additional Licensed Masters Level Clinical as Well as Medical Staff (LPN, Family Nurse Practitioner) and Will Train All Direct Service Staff in a Range of Evidence-based Treatment. the Additional Clinical Staff Will Have a Particular Focus on Expanding the Availability of Services for Children. Finally, the Project Will Develop Its Health Data and Infrastructure Technology, Including the Implementation of an Advanced Electronic Health Record System in Order to Assure Effective Coordination of Consumer Care and to Create an Effective, Sustainable Cqi/program Development Process That Will Utilize Data Tracking, Collection and Analytics to Assess and Improve Outcomes at the Program, Population and Sub-population Levels. the Project Will Serve a Total of 745 Individuals With Smi/sed in Niagara County Over the 4 Years of the Project, Including 125 in Year 1, 175 in Year 2, 210 in Year 3, and 235 in Year 4.