Baptist Community Health Services Inc

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM

FY 2021 ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC - PRIMARY CARE HIV PREVENTION

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

FY 2024 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION - PROJECT TITLE: FY 2024 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION APPLICANT NAME: BAPTIST COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES ADDRESS: 4960 ST. CLAUDE AVENUE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME: JEREMY SIMMONS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PHONE: 504.533.4999 E-MAIL: JSIMMONS@BCHS.ORG WEBSITE: WWW.BCHSNOLA.ORG AMOUNT AND TYPE OF HRSA FUNDING REQUESTED: $1.1 MILLION (2 YEARS) HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM GRANT NUMBER (H80CSXXXXX) BAPTIST COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES IS A NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER THAT SERVES THE PRIMARY CARE NEEDS OF UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS OF NEW ORLEANS’ LOWER NINTH WARD (L9W), AND MANDEVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD. BCHS DELIVERS PRIMARY, BEHAVIORAL, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES WHERE 44.2% OF THE POPULATION IS LOW-INCOME AND 40% OF CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY. ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES CONTINUES TO VEX AREA RESIDENTS. NEW ORLEANS’ MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER TO PATIENT RATIO IS 557:1, COMPARED TO THE STATE AVERAGE OF 304:1. RECENT RESIDENT SURVEYS INDICATE THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN AND MEDICAID PATIENTS, EXPERIENCE LONG WAIT LISTS FOR THERAPISTS. INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS REPORT INADEQUATE SERVICES, PARTICULARLY FOR DETOX AND MEDICATION ASSISTED THERAPIES. THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CITED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS ITS TOP REASONS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITALIZATION IN 2021. DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS HEAVILY CONTRIBUTE TO PREMATURE MORTALITY: THE NEW ORLEANS CORONER’S OFFICE REPORTED 499 AND 492 ACCIDENTAL DRUG-RELATED DEATHS IN 2022 AND 2021, RESPECTIVELY, WITH FENTANYL DETECTED IN 89 PERCENT OF DEATHS. ITS DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH RATE IS 41%. THE CITY CONTINUES TO BATTLE FENTANYL. IN 2022, NEW ORLEANS ATTRIBUTED THE PERMEATION OF FENTANYL TO 2,502 NONFATAL OVERDOSES, 4,046 VIOLENT CRIMES, 169 HOMICIDES, 125 FATAL SHOOTINGS, 630 NONFATAL SHOOTINGS, 261 CAR JACKINGS, 377 ARMED ROBBERIES, AND 1,159 DRUG VIOLATIONS. WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION GRANT, BCHS WILL CONTINU E TO BE ONE OF THE CITY’S CRITICAL AND TRUSTED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PARTNERS AS IT WORKS TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS REPORT LIVING HAPPY, HEALTHY AND FULFILLING LIVES. BCHS WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES BY: • INCREASING EDUCATION ON AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDERS. • EXPANDING TELEHEALTH TO INCREASE ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR OUDS AND ANY CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE OR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION. • PROVIDING ONSITE THERAPEUTIC INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, AND FAMILY SESSIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS INCLUDING ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS. • INCREASING TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, AND OUTPATIENT THERAPY/COUNSELING. • HIRING ADDITIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKERS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO WRAP-AROUND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN RECOVERY. 1. GREATER NEW ORLEANS 2021 COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT 2.NOFD 2020-2021 CAD DATA; NOPD/OPSD HOMICIDE TRACKER; HIDTA OD MAP

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

HEALTH CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

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

FY 2020 EXPANDING CAPACITY FOR CORONAVIRUS TESTING (ECT)

FY 2023 EXPANDING COVID-19 VACCINATION

FY 2020 CORONAVIRUS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

FY 2023 BRIDGE ACCESS PROGRAM