Stanley Street Treatment And Resources

CCBHC EXPANSION GRANT-SSTAR

SSTAR CCBHC INITIATIVE - THE SSTAR CCBHC EXPANSION PROJECT 2020 WILL ADDRESS THE MOST URGENT HEALTH NEEDS OF THE FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY WHICH INCLUDE LACK OF ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - ESPECIALLY PSYCHIATRY- OPIOID AND POLYSUBSTANCE OVERDOSE, AND SMOKING. THE CITY HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEGUN TO RECOVER FROM A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF ECONOMIC DEPRESSION WHICH BEGAN WITH THE EXODUS OF TEXTILE/MANUFACTURING JOBS TO THE SOUTH AND OVERSEAS. IN PERCENTAGE TERMS FALL RIVER HAS THE LARGEST PORTUGUESE AMERICAN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES. HRSA DESIGNATED FALL RIVER A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) FOR MENTAL HEALTH WITH A SCORE OF 16. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS WILL BE OPIOID ADDICTED ADULTS WITH CO-OCCURRING MENTAL ILLNESS. SSTAR CURRENTLY MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR CCBHC WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ACCESS STANDARDS FOR ADULT AND CHILD PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. SSTAR HAS BEEN PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES SINCE 1977 AND HAS LONG BEEN A LEADER IN INTEGRATED PRIMARY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, PROVIDING PRIMARY CARE THROUGH OUR FQHC LOCATED IN THE SAME BUILDING AS OUR OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC AND OPIOID TRIAGE CENTER. THIS CCBHC EXPANSION WOULD REDUCE OVERDOSE DEATHS, INCREASE POST-OVERDOSE ENGAGEMENT IN MAT AND OTHER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT, AND REDUCE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT UTILIZATION FOR OVERDOSE-RELATED VISITS BY ESTABLISHING A NEW MEDICAL MONITORING AND OBSERVATION SERVICE (MMOS) EMBEDDED IN OUR CCBHC/OPIOID TRIAGE CENTER/MAT BRIDGE CLINIC. THIS PROJECT WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES BY BOTH RECRUITING ADDITIONAL PSYCHIATRIC PROVIDERS AND BY MAXIMIZING NEW AND EXISTING PSYCHIATRIC RESOURCES BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE WASTED APPOINTMENTS DUE TO NO-SHOWS AND CANCELLATIONS. WE EXPECT TO REDUCE THE WAIT FOR PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS FOR NEW PATIENTS FROM SIX MONTHS TO THREE DAYS BY THE END OF YEAR II, AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS SEEN BY 225 IN YEAR I. TO REDUCE RISK OF OVERDOSE BY POLYSUBSTANCE USE, THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP NEW FOR BENZODIAZEPINES AND STIMULANTS PRESCRIBING PROTOCOLS FOR SSTAR PRIMARY CARE AND PSYCHIATRIC PRESCRIBERS. TO ASSIST WITH THE CHANGED PRESCRIBING PRACTICES, SSTAR CCBHC 2020 WILL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A NEW OUTPATIENT GROUP CURRICULUM TO HELP PATIENTS TAPER OR WITHDRAW FROM MEDICATIONS THAT ARE CONTRAINDICATE BY BEST MEDICAL PRACTICE. THE OUTPATIENT CURRICULUM WILL BE BASED ON DBT AND WILL INCORPORATE PEER RECOVERY COACHES, ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT, AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. AT LEAST 40 CCBHC CLIENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN SMOKING CESSATION INDIVIDUAL AND/OR GROUP SESSIONS. THE PROJECT WILL ENHANCE SSTAR’S CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE CARE THROUGH TELEHEALTH, BOTH TO EXPAND TREATMENT RESOURCES, BUT ALSO TO BETTER PREPARE US TO CONTINUE CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS DURING A PUBLIC EMERGENCY SUCH AS PANDEMIC. EXPANDED USE OF A DIGITAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SOLUTION – THE MYSTRENGTH MOBILE PHONE APP- THAT INCLUDES MODULES FOR SMOKING CESSATION, RECOVERY SUPPORT, AND MINDFULNESS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OVERALL IMPROVED HEALTH STATUS OF OUR POPULATION.

SSTAR - CMHC PROGRAM - STANLEY ST TREATMENT & RESOURCES, INC. (SSTAR), A NONPROFIT INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER LOCATED IN FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, IS APPLYING FOR FUNDING TO ENABLE OUR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER TO RESTORE THE DELIVERY OF CLINICAL SERVICES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED), SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), AND INDIVIDUALS WITH SMI OR SED AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, REFERRED TO AS CO-OCCURRING DISORDER (COD). FALL RIVER IS A GATEWAY CITY THAT HAS BEEN UNDER SIEGE FROM COVID WHICH AND CONSISTENTLY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HIGHEST IMPACTED AREA IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. A CITY OF PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, WITH EXTREME POVERTY SINCE THE MILLS MOVED OVERSEAS; FALL RIVER HAS BEEN STRUGGLING TO CURB THE VIRUS AND MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE THAT WERE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. WITH THIS PROJECT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND THE LIMITED RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT ARE FOUND IN OUR AREA. SSTAR WILL PROVIDE INCREASED SERVICES TO THOSE WITH SMI, SED, AND COD THROUGH THE STAFF’S ENHANCED ABILITY THROUGH TRAINING TO IMPLEMENT TRAUMA SCREENING THROUGH THE USE OF THE POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST (PCL) TOOL; IMPLEMENT AN OUTPATIENT OPEN ACCESS TREATMENT SERVICE THAT WILL HAVE TRAINED DBT CLINICIANS AS IT’S FOUNDATION. SSTAR WILL PROVIDE RECOVERY SUPPORT PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE CARE MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY COACHING TO 90% OF THE ENROLLED CLIENTS. IN ADDITION, WE WILL STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE IMPROVED, SECURE, ETHICAL TELEHEALTH SERVICES. TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE BECOME AWARE OF OUR ENHANCED SERVICES WE WILL BEGIN A MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE THAT SERVICES ARE BACK; THAT WE WILL WORK WITH THE CURRENT AND SOON TO BE NEWLY DEVELOPED STATEWIDE CRISIS HOTLINE TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN BE REFERRED FOR SAME DAY ACCESS. LASTLY, WE HAVE SEEN HOW COVID HAS NOT ONLY IMPACTED THE CLIENTS OF THE GATEWAY CITY, BUT IT HAS ALSO IMPACTED THE STAFF. STAFF HAVE EXPERIENCED HIGH STRESS AND ANXIETY FROM WORKING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC; HAVING TO JUGGLE THEIR OWN FAMILY COVID UPENDED LIVES. WE PLAN TO OFFER A STAFF WELLNESS ROOM WITH MASSAGE CHAIRS, AVAILABLE ACUPUNCTURE SESSIONS, AND A PEER LED DBT GROUP FOR STAFF.

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