Primecare Inc

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

FY 2021 ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC - PRIMARY CARE HIV PREVENTION

HEALTH CENTER CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT FUNDING

HEALTH CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

ARRA - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

FY 2024 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION - ADDRESS: 2211 N. ELSTON AVENUE, SUITE 301, CHICAGO, IL 60614 PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME: BHARATHI JAYARAM, LCSW CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS: 773-736-1830 EXT. 1142 EMAIL ADDRESS: BHARATHI.JAYARAM@PRIMECARECHI.ORG WEBSITE ADDRESS: WWW.PRIMECARECHI.ORG LIST ALL GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS REQUESTED IN THE APPLICATION: $600,000 PRIMECARE COMMUNITY HEALTH IS FEDERALLY-QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC) LOCATED IN CHICAGO. IN 2023, WE SERVED 30,677 PATIENTS RESIDING IN THE CITY’S WEST-SIDE COMMUNITIES. NEARLY 60% OF OUR PATIENT POPULATION QUALIFIED FOR PUBLIC INSURANCE, WHILE 10% WERE UNINSURED. NEARLY 70% IDENTIFIED AS LATINO/A, AND 35% PREFERRED TO BE SERVED IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH. PRIMECARE’S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES EXPANSION (BHSE) PROJECT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY BROADEN AND STRENGTHEN OUR CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD) SERVICES. ACCORDING TO CHICAGO HEALTH ATLAS, 73.4% OF CHICAGO RESIDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 18 WHO WERE CLASSIFIED AS HAVING MODERATE TO SEVERE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS, WERE NOT TAKING MEDICATION OR RECEIVING HELP FROM A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL. HISPANIC AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN/BLACK ADULTS EXPERIENCED EVEN HIGHER RATES OF UNMET MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, AT 80% AND 81.4%, RESPECTIVELY. IN RESPONSE, PRIMECARE WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH, SUD, AND MOUD TREATMENT THROUGH THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: • GROUP THERAPY: A NEW, LICENSED THERAPIST WILL CO-FACILITATE THERAPEUTIC GROUP SESSIONS WITH A MEDICAL PROVIDER FOCUSED ON, FOR EXAMPLE, MINDFULNESS, PAIN RELIEF, OR SMOKING CESSATION. • LONG-TERM THERAPY (LTT): EXPANDED LTT SERVICES WILL SUPPORT PATIENTS WITH A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS IN REDUCING THEIR SYMPTOMS, DECREASING UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS, AND/OR HEALING FROM PAST TRAUMA. • PEER RECOVERY: TWO NEW, CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALISTS WILL RELY ON THEIR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND INSIGHT TO SUPPORT OTHER PATIENTS IN ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING RECO VERY FROM SUBSTANCES. THIS NEW STAFF WOULD, FOR INSTANCE, ASSIST IN TRANSITION-OF-CARE SERVICES FOR PATIENTS EXITING DETOX TREATMENT, PROVIDE EMERGENCY ROOM OUTREACH, OR SUPPORT PATIENTS IN ACCESSING NEEDED COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCES, SUCH AS SECURING HOUSING. • CARE COORDINATION: A NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) CARE COORDINATOR WILL WORK AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A PATIENT’S PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME (PCMH) CARE TEAM, COORDINATING AND SUPPORTING EACH PATIENT’S TREATMENT AT THE HEALTH CENTER, IN ADDITION TO COORDINATING SERVICES FOR CLINICALLY-INDICATED CARE IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY. • BH QUALITY LEAD: THIS NEW POSITION WILL SUPPORT DATA ANALYTICS, DEVELOP RELEVANT AND MEANINGFUL BH CLINICAL MEASURES, AND REGULARLY ASSESS BH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. IN ADDITION, THIS STAFF WILL SUPPORT BH PROVIDERS IN ACHIEVING POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR THEIR PATIENTS THROUGH CONTINUOUS QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT. • BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTATION: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANTS (BHC) WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIVING NEEDED AND CRITICAL SHORT-TERM SERVICES TO PATIENTS IN OUR PRIMARY CARE LOCATIONS, ASSISTING PATIENTS IN ACHIEVING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR CHANGES THAT WILL RESULT IN A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE. • INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE: A NEW CLINICAL CARE COORDINATOR (.25 FTE) WILL MANAGE, SUSTAIN, DEVELOP, AND GROW CULTURALLY-COMPETENT SPECIALTY SERVICES FOCUSED ON REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE AND IMPACT OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR SUD. PROGRAMS WOULD INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, NUTRITION, YOGA, OR TAI CHI CLASSES. • MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT): A NEW SUD MANAGER WILL OVERSEE OPERATIONS AND SUPERVISE STAFF AT OUR TWO MAT CLINICS, BUILDING OUR INTERNAL CAPACITY TO REACH AND SERVE MORE PATIENTS IN NEED OF THIS TYPE OF CARE.

CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT NAVIGATORS IN FEDERALLY-FACILITATED AND STATE PARTNERSHIP MARKETPLACES

FY 2023 EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM SERVICE EXPANSION - SCHOOL BASED SERVICE SITES (SBSS)

FY 2020 EXPANDING CAPACITY FOR CORONAVIRUS TESTING (ECT)

FY 2023 EXPANDING COVID-19 VACCINATION

ARRA - INCREASE SERVICES TO HEALTH CENTERS

FY 2020 CORONAVIRUS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

FY 2023 BRIDGE ACCESS PROGRAM