Risewell Community Services Inc

FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS 2020 CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC EXPANSION PROPOSAL

SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY TREATMENT AND SERVICE (SCCTS) CENTER - FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS (FEDERATION), A NONPROFIT, 501(C)(3) MULTISERVICE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION, IS PROPOSING THE SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY TREATMENT AND SERVICE (SCCTS) CENTER IN RESPONSE TO THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA) FY2023 NATIONAL CHILD TRAUMATIC STRESS INITIATIVE – CATEGORY III NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY SM-23-010. THE GOAL OF THE SCCTS IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO EFFECTIVE TRAUMA- AND GRIEF-FOCUSED TREATMENT AND SERVICE SYSTEMS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY TRAUMATIC EVENTS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, SAMHSA AIMS TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF CARE AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO EVIDENCE- BASED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN EXPERIENCING TRAUMA ACROSS THE NATION. CHILDHOOD TRAUMATIC STRESS OCCURS WHEN VIOLENT OR DANGEROUS EVENTS OVERWHELM A CHILD’S OR ADOLESCENT’S ABILITY TO COPE. TRAUMA EXPERIENCED DURING CHILDHOOD CAN HAVE LONG-TERM MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES, INCREASING RISK FOR DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SUICIDE, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUCH AS HEART DISEASE AND DEMENTIA, LATER IN LIFE. IN MOST CASES, THE UNDERLYING RISK FACTORS, LIKE POVERTY, RESIDING IN HIGH CRIME COMMUNITIES, FAMILY MEMBERS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) OR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUD (COD), OR FAMILY HISTORY OF INCARCERATION, VIOLENCE, OR TRAUMA, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT A YOUNG PERSON WILL EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE AND REPEATED TRAUMATIC EVENTS. TRAUMATIC STRESS CAN ADVERSELY IMPACT A YOUNG PERSON’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, BEHAVIOR, AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS IMPACT CAN ALSO BE LONG LASTING, INCREASING A PERSON’S RISK FOR SUBSTANCE USE, VIOLENCE, CRIME, SEXUAL PROMISCUITY, AND OTHER HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS LATER IN LIFE. GIVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY’S DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH RATES OF SUD, POCKETS OF HIGH CHILD POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS, ALONG WITH ITS LARGE MILITARY AND VETERAN POPULATION, AND GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION OF IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES, THERE IS A LARGE NEED FOR PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS CHILD TRAUMATIC STRESS. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, FEW EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS OF YOUTH IMPACTED BY TRAUMA, PRESENTING A CRUCIAL NEED FOR OUR PROPOSED SCCTS PROGRAM. GIVEN THE GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION OF THE COUNTY, EXISTING PROGRAMS ARE NOT LOCATED IN (AND THEREFORE, ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO) THE COMMUNITIES MOST IN NEED OF SERVICES. FEDERATION’S MENTAL HEALTH, SUD TREATMENT, AND OUTREACH SERVICES ARE LOCATED IN COMMUNITIES WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF POVERTY, DIVERSITY, HOMELESSNESS, CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND SOCIAL SERVICE NEEDS. FEDERATION, WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH SCHOOLS, YOUTH-SERVING AGENCIES, AND PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT SUFFOLK COUNTY, WILL PROVIDE SPECIALIZED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND FAMILIES, WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY ADVERSE EVENTS RESULTING IN TRAUMA. THE SCCTS WILL ALSO PROVIDE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) TREATMENT TO FAMILY MEMBERS, IF NEEDED, HOUSING SUPPORT, AS WELL AS OTHER WRAPAROUND SERVICES, SUCH AS EDUCATION SUPPORT, EMPLOYMENT, AND BENEFITS/ENTITLEMENT ADVISEMENT. FEDERATION WILL USE CASE MANAGEMENT AND PEERS TO PROVIDE DAILY SUPPORT AND COORDINATION OF SERVICES AND CARE.

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICE TO CHILDREN IN NEED

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022-23 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022-23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10.1%. THIS AWARD BEGINS THE FIRST YEAR OF YOUR PROPOSED PROJECT PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. THIS AWARD ACTION ADDS PERMANENT FUNDING TO INCREASE THE STIPEND AMOUNT FROM $3.00 TO $3.15 PER HOUR AND ALSO INCLUDES A PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE INCREASE OF $14,601. THESE FUNDING AUGMENTATIONS CHANGES THE TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDING AMOUNT TO $543,413.

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS IS THE SPONSOR ORGANIZATION FOR THE SUFFOLK COUNTY FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM (FGP). FEDERATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY THAT SERVES SUFFOLK, NASSAU, QUEENS, BRONX, MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN. FOUNDED BY FAMILY ADVOCATES IN 1972, FEDERATION OPERATES PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON ASSISTING PEOPLE TO HELP THEMSELVES BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AS A LEADING PROVIDER OF COST EFFECTIVE EVIDENCE BASED SERVICES, FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS PARTNERS WITH INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO PROMOTE WELLNESS AND ENRICH QUALITY OF LIFE. WE ARE AGENTS OF CHANGE IN A RAPIDLY EVOLVING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT. WE COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PROGRESSIVE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO EDUCATE AND MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH. FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS IS REQUESTING 93 VSY?S, AND IT IS PROJECTED THAT AN ESTIMATED 110 FGP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. THROUGH A NETWORK OF APPROXIMATELY 56 STATIONS, FOSTER GRANDPARENTS (FG?S) WILL ASSIST ASSIGNED CHILDREN WITH EDUCATIONAL FOCUS AREAS, INCLUDING DEMONSTRATING GAINS IN SCHOOL READINESS, OR IMPROVING ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT OR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS, WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON CHILDREN OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS AND/OR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL AND/OR EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS. SERVICE CATEGORIES WILL INCLUDE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, HEAD START FACILITIES AND PRE-ELEMENTARY DAY CARE CENTERS. RESOURCES SUCH THE NY STATE KID?S WELL-BEING INDICATORS CLEARINGHOUSE, THE ASSOCIATION FOR SUPERVISION AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS AND ROADMAPS 2019 STATISTICS, THE US CENSUS BUREAU REPORT, AND THE NY STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SCHOOL REPORT CARDS, PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND HELP IDENTIFY CHILDREN WHO WILL BENEFIT MOST FROM THE SERVICES OF FG VOLUNTEERS. PAST RESEARCH HAS INDICATED THAT ONE-ON-ONE INTERVENTION, SUCH AS THE TYPE OF ASSISTANCE THAT FG?S PROVIDE, HELPS TO IMPROVE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT. AT THE END OF THE 12-MONTH PERFORMANCE PERIOD, THE CHILDREN SERVED WILL DEMONSTRATE GAINS IN SCHOOL READINESS, AND WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT OR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS, DUE IN PART TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE FG.

FEDERATION MOBILE SUD TEAM - FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS (FEDERATION) INTENDS TO DELIVER A MOBILE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM UTILIZING MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT), COUPLED WITH A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF PSYCHOSOCIAL SERVICES TARGETING MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQA+ POPULATION. THIS PROGRAM WILL UTILIZE A MOBILE TEAM OF CLINICAL AND BEHAVIORAL STAFF AND INNOVATIVE METHODS TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND OTHER CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS (COD). FEDERATION WILL TARGET MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQA+ POPULATION, HOWEVER WILL SERVE INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF AGE, ETHNICITY, RACE, BACKGROUND, OR INCOME LEVEL WHO RESIDE IN EITHER NASSAU OR SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY. THESE TWO COUNTIES MAKE UP LONG ISLAND, WHICH HAS A COMBINED POPULATION OF 2.834 MILLION. SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INCLUDING OPIOID RELATED DEATHS HAVE STEADILY RISEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST DECADE ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND THIS HAS ONLY BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC. ACCORDING TO RECENT CDC DATA, THE PANDEMIC RESULTED IN A RISE IN OPIOID RELATED DEATHS OF LONG ISLAND RESIDENTS; 34% INCREASE IN NASSAU COUNTY AND A RISE OF 12% IN SUFFOLK COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS OF THE LBGTQA+ POPULATION ARE AT A GREATER RISK FOR SUD. DATA FROM THE 2018 NATIONAL SURVEY ON DRUG USE AND HEALTH (NSDUH), SUGGESTS THAT SUBSTANCE USE PATTERNS REPORTED BY SEXUAL MINORITY ADULTS ARE HIGHER COMPARED TO THOSE REPORTED BY HETEROSEXUAL ADULTS. FEDERATION INTENDS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO SUD SERVICES INCLUDING MAT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) IN ORDER TO HELP MITIGATE THE INCREASE IN OPIOID AND OTHER DRUG USE ACROSS LONG ISLAND COMMUNITIES. FEDERATION WILL DEVELOP A ROBUST OUTREACH PLAN INCLUDING STRATEGIES TO IDENTIFY LGBTQA+ INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD WHO MAY BENEFIT FROM TARGETED SERVICES. THIS SUB-POPULATION IS OFTEN UNDERSERVED WITH VERY FEW SOCIAL SUPPORTS, LEADING THEM TO INCREASED RISKY BEHAVIORS. AS A MAJOR PROVIDER OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS, SENIOR, VETERAN AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES, HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES ON LONG ISLAND AND IN NEW YORK CITY, FEDERATION HAS EXPERTISE IN THE DELIVERY OF CLINICAL SERVICES TO AT RISK POPULATIONS. FEDERATION OPERATES AN ARTICLE 31 MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC AND ARTICLE 32 SUB STANCE ABUSE CLINIC AS WELL AS A MYRIAD OF MOBILE TREATMENT SERVICES. FEDERATION WILL UTILIZE THIS EXPERTISE TO BENEFIT THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM. UTILIZING A MOBILE TREATMENT TEAM, WE WILL MEET INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES WHICH WILL BOLSTER CLIENT COMFORT DURING TREATMENT, COMPARED TO A TYPICAL OUTPATIENT SETTING AND WILL INCREASE OUR PROGRAM'S REACH AND THE OVERALL ACCESS TO SUD SERVICES FOR LONG ISLANDERS. OUR TEAM WILL CONSIST OF A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER, LICENSED MASTER'S SOCIAL WORKER/CREDENTIALED ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR, AND A PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST WHO WILL PROVIDE TREATMENT INCLUDING MAT AS WELL AS VARIOUS PSYCHOSOCIAL SERVICES INCLUDING THE USE OF SUPPORT GROUPS AND PROVISION OF ACCESS TO A HARM REDUCTION VENDING MACHINE. OVER THE COURSE OF THE THREE-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD, FEDERATION EXPECTS TO PROVIDE MAT TO 150 INDIVIDUALS THAT IDENTIFY AS LGBTQA+ SUFFERING WITH SUD ACROSS LONG ISLAND AS WE ANTICIPATE PROVIDING TREATMENT TO 50 INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR. FEDERATION WILL PROVIDE ALL SERVICES WITH EVIDENCED BASED PRACTICES, A TRAUMA INFORMED LENS, AND WILL UTILIZE A HARM REDUCTION MODEL. THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF THIS INNOVATIVE MODEL OF CARE AND OUR ORGANIZATION'S DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN DIRECT SERVICES DELIVERY, WE EXPECT TO DECREASE ILLICIT DRUG USE AND DRUG RELATED DEATHS WITHIN THE LGBTQA+ POPULATION ON LONG ISLAND.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2025?26 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2025?26 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10.09%. YOU ARE APPROVED FOR PRE-AWARD COSTS BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING PRE-AWARD COSTS RELATED TO VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT APPROVED: ? VOLUNTEER STIPENDS ? VOLUNTEER REIMBURSEMENTS SUCH AS MEALS, TRAVEL, AND RECOGNITION

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023-24 SCP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023-24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 13.76%. THIS AWARD ADDS PERMANENT FUNDING TO INCREASE THE BASELINE FUNDING AMOUNT BY $10,275 (18 VSY TIMES $.85) TO ENSURE NO VOLUNTEERS ARE DISPLACED BY THE $4 STIPEND INCREASE.

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS IS THE SPONSOR ORGANIZATION OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM. FEDERATION IS A NON-PROFIT SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY, FOUNDED BY FAMILY ADVOCATES IN 1972. THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY FEDERATION EXPAND THROUGHOUT SUFFOLK, NASSAU, QUEENS AND KINGS COUNTIES. THE MISSION OF THE AGENCY IS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN MEETING THEIR OWN NEEDS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH SELF-HELP, PROVISION OF QUALITY SERVICES, ADVOCACY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES. FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS IS REQUESTING 40 VSY?S, AND IT IS PROJECTED THAT AN ESTIMATED 51 SENIOR COMPANION VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. SENIOR COMPANIONS WILL ASSIST HOMEBOUND ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, AS WELL AS ADULTS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS, THROUGH A NETWORK OF SIX VOLUNTEER STATIONS. SENIOR COMPANIONS WILL ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN OUR COMMUNITY; AMONG THESE NEEDS ARE SOCIAL ISOLATION AND SENIORS WANTING TO AGE IN PLACE IN THEIR OWN HOMES. VOLUNTEERS WILL OFFER SERVICES SUCH AS COMPANIONSHIP, FRIENDSHIP, ONE-TO-ONE CONVERSATION, ASSISTANCE WITH ATTENDING COMMUNITY OUTINGS, OCCASIONAL TRANSPORTATION, RECREATION ACTIVITIES, ASSISTANCE WITH LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING/HOME MANAGEMENT TASKS, AND PEER SUPPORT. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF FEDERATION?S SCP IS HEALTHY FUTURES, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON HELPING THOSE SERVED LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND AGE IN PLACE. RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY RELIABLE SOURCES, SUCH AS THE SUFFOLK COUNTY OFFICE FOR THE AGING, THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING, HELPGUIDE.ORG, THE US CENSUS BUREAU, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MENTAL HYGIENE DIRECTORS, AND THE NYS OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DOCUMENT EVIDENCE OF VARYING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, THE SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE DIVISION, THE SUFFOLK COUNTY RESPITE CARE PROGRAM, CARING PEOPLE, INC., AND FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS? RESIDENTIAL SERVICES IDENTIFIED NEEDS OF SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS RESIDING IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, AND PROVIDED INFORMATION AS TO HOW FEDERATION?S SCP CAN BEST ADDRESS THESE NEEDS THROUGH VOLUNTEER SERVICE. AT THE END OF THE 12-MONTH PERFORMANCE PERIOD, SOCIALLY ISOLATED SENIORS, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WILL INCREASE THEIR LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE, BE ABLE TO AGE IN PLACE AND REMAIN LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, DUE IN PART TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SENIOR COMPANIONS.

FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS IS THE SPONSOR ORGANIZATION FOR THE SUFFOLK COUNTY SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM (SCP). FEDERATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY THAT SERVES SUFFOLK, NASSAU, QUEENS, BRONX, MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN. FOUNDED BY FAMILY ADVOCATES IN 1972, FEDERATION OPERATES PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON ASSISTING PEOPLE TO HELP THEMSELVES BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AN ESTIMATED39 SCP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 39 (100%) OF THE SENIOR COMPANIONS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE COMPANIONSHIP, NUTRITION/FOOD SUPPORT AND TRANSPORTATION. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES. AT THE END OF THE THREE YEAR GRANT, INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SERVICES WILL REPORT HAVING INCREASED SOCIAL SUPPORT OR IMPROVED CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $142,221 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $37,738 IN NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES (OMH).

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RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM

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HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

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HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

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