Watts Healthcare Corporation

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

RYAN WHITE PART C OUTPATIENT EIS PROGRAM

TARGETED CAPACITY EXPANSION PROGRAM

RYAN WHITE PART C OUTPATIENT EIS PROGRAM

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT FOR RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AT HIGH RISK FOR HIV/AIDS

CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

WATTS HEALTHCARE:"PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING-RISK REDUCTION"

ARRA - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

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

WATTS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 2023 MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE - PROJECT SUMMARY: WATTS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION (WHCC), A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER, IS APPLYING FOR FUNDING TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES AND SERVICE GAPS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINX, AS WELL AS YOUNG AND OLDER LGBTQ+ ADULTS AT HIGH-RISK FOR SUD AND HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS, AND/OR OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIS). WITH ROOTS IN THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS, WHCC HAS ALWAYS EMPHASIZED ENGAGEMENT WITH MARGINALIZED LATINX COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+, ARE HIV POSITIVE OR AT ELEVATED RISK FOR HIV/AIDS, OR WHO HAVE SUD OR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SUD (COD). THROUGH CULTURALLY SENSITIVE BILINGUAL/BICULTURAL PROGRAMS AND HIGH COMMUNITY VISIBILITY, WHCC WILL LEVERAGE OUR STRONG PRESENCE AND CURRENT PROGRAMS. GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT AREA: LOS ANGELES COUNTY, OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SPECIFICALLY ONE SERVICE PLANNING AREA (SPA) OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY: SOUTH LOS ANGELES (SPA 6), WHERE HIV PREVALENCE AMONG THE POPULATION OF FOCUS REMAINS HIGH. PROJECT NAME: WATTS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 2023 MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE. POPULATIONS TO BE SERVED: RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS, SPECIFICALLY LATINX YOUNG AND OLDER ADULTS (AGE 18+) WHO ARE AT SUBSTANTIAL RISK FOR HIV INFECTION, VIRAL HEPATITIS, AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIS) AS WELL AS SUD, OR COD. WE PLAN TO EMPHASIZE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM) AND MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND WOMEN (MSMW) AS WELL AS THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+. NUMBER TO BE SERVED: YEAR 1: 375; YEAR 2: 500; YEAR 3: 500 YEAR 4: 500; YEAR 5: 500 LIFE OF PROJECT: 2,375. PROJECT STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS: WHCC WILL USE A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL EVIDENCE-BASED- INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING AND PATIENT NAVIGATION. PROJECT GOALS AND MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES: OUR PROJECT GOALS INCLUDE: INCREASE HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS, AND OTHER STI PREVENTION OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO MINORITY POPULATIONS, SUCH AS THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS AFRICAN AMERICAN OR LATINX AND/OR LGBTQ+; INCREASE SUD TREATMENT, INCLUDING HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, FOR THE POPULATION OF FOCUS; INCREASE ACCESS TO HIV AND OTHER STI PREVENTION SERVICES AND SUD TREATMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS; INCREASE ACCESS TO LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT HIV AND OTHER STI PREVENTION SERVICES AND SUD TREATMENT FOR THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS AFRICAN AMERICAN OR LATINX AND/OR LGBTQ+. MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) EACH YEAR, WE WILL ENGAGE AND CONNECT WITH MEMBERS OF THE TARGET POPULATION ONLINE, BY POSTING FOUR (4) MESSAGES PER MONTH VIA SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, TO REACH 500 INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR. (2) EACH YEAR, WE WILL DISTRIBUTE 5,000 PRINTED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS (PAMPHLETS, BROCHURES, ETC.) AT SIX (6) OR MORE STRATEGIC OUTREACH LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. (3) EACH YEAR, WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN OR HOST THREE (3) EVENT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH OUTREACH TOWARD RAISING AWARENESS OF SERVICES, IN COLLABORATION WITH PROJECT PARTNERS. (4) EACH GRANT YEAR, WE WILL SCREEN 90% OF INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM FOR HIV/HEPATITIS C; OF THOSE WHO SCREEN POSITIVE, 75% WILL ACCEPT A REFERRAL TO OUR PARTNERS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. (5) EACH GRANT YEAR, OF THOSE REFERRED TO OUR PARTNERS FOR PREP OR PEP, 60% WILL KEEP THE APPOINTMENT AND FILL THEIR PRESCRIPTION(S). (6) EACH GRANT YEAR, OF THOSE REFERRED TO OUR PARTNERS FOR HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES/EDUCATION, 60% WILL KEEP THE APPOINTMENT OR UTILIZE THE REFERRED SERVICE. (7) EACH GRANT YEAR, WE WILL SCREEN 85% OF INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE; OF THESE 50% WILL ACCEPT A REFERRAL FOR SUD TREATMENT.

HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAM

HEALTH CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

FY 2024 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION - THE WATTS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION’S (WHCC) SERVICE AREA IS IN ONE OF THE LARGEST LOW-INCOME URBAN AREAS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. WHCC’S SERVICE AREA CONSISTS OF 31 ZIP CODES, WHERE MORE THAN 75% OF CURRENT PATIENTS RESIDE (PER OUR 2023 UDS REPORT). WHCC PROVIDES SERVICES OUT OF FIVE FIXED SERVICE DELIVERY SITES, AND TWO MOBILE UNITS. WE ALSO HAVE FOUR WIC (WOMEN, INFANTS & CHILDREN) PROGRAM SITES. AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WHCC OFFERS PRIMARY, SPECIALTY, AND ENABLING SERVICES. ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (ACS) (ACS, 2022 ESTIMATES), THERE ARE 45.7% OF INDIVIDUALS AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES (FPG), WHICH IS WHCC’S TARGET POPULATION. SIGNIFICANT HEALTH AND CULTURAL BARRIERS TO CARE EXIST FOR THE SERVICE AREA POPULATION, INCLUDING LOW ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AMERICAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, TRANSPORTATION INSECURITY, AND LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. AS ILLUSTRATED IN OUR 2023 UNIFORM DATA SYSTEM (UDS) REPORT, WHCC PROVIDED MENTAL HEALTH (MH) SERVICES TO 609 PATIENTS VIA 609 VISITS (37 CLINIC VISITS AND 572 VIRTUAL VISITS); SUD SERVICES TO 285 PATIENTS VIA 2,571 (1,952 CLINIC VISITS AND 619 VIRTUAL VISITS), AND MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD) SERVICES TO ZERO (0) PATIENTS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. WHCC WILL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIVING MH AND SUD AS WELL AS OFFER MOUD SERVICES THROUGH THE ADDITION OF PSYCHIATRY SERVICES, INCLUDING MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) SERVICES. HISTORICALLY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (B.H.) SERVICES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED THROUGH OUR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM TO ADDRESS COMORBIDITY IN INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS (SUDS). IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS THAT LEVELS AND GROWTH RATES OF ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE ARE THE HIGHEST WITHIN THE COUNTY. THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED TO BUILD AND ALIGN A COMPREHENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PRACTICE THAT WILL ADDRESS A PENT-UP DEMAND FOR EXPANDED COMMUNITY-FOCUSED AND LOCALLY TAILORED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE IN THE AREA, INCLUDING BOTH SUD AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES. HISTORICALLY, 60-70% OF WHCC’S SUD CLIENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED BOTH SUD AND MENTAL ILLNESS, BOTH OF WHICH MUST BE TREATED SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR BEST RESULTS. TO ENSURE THAT ALL PATIENTS RECEIVE EFFECTIVE CARE AND SUPPORT, WATTS HEALTHCARE SEEKS TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN A TRANSFORMATION OF ITS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) SERVICES, AND OFFER AN EFFECTIVE INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT TREATS SUDS ALONG A CONTINUUM, WITH A STRONG BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNDERPINNING. THIS WILL REQUIRE THE INTENTIONAL DESIGN OF A PROGRAM THAT IS PATIENT-CENTERED AND USES EVIDENCE-BASED MODALITIES. THIS PROGRAM DESIGN WOULD SUPPORT THE INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION OF SUD TREATMENT INTO PRIMARY, SPECIALTY, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES. A MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STRATEGY THROUGH THIS TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH IS TO BUILD AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO STRATEGICALLY ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND SUPPORT COMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT. THIS WILL ALSO HELP US ASSIST PATIENTS IN ACHIEVING THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH GOALS MORE EFFECTIVELY. WHCC AIMS TO INCLUDE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCREENINGS FOR ALL PATIENTS, GOING BEYOND SUD AND MATERNAL HEALTH, OFFERING AND PROVIDING SERVICES TO PATIENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE A NEED FOR THERAPY-BASED CARE, SUPPORTIVE COUNSELING, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND LINKAGES TO CARE. WITH ADDITIONAL STAFFING AND KEY RENOVATIONS TO OUR FACILITY, WE ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE IN THE CUMULATIVE CAPACITY FOR OUTPATIENT, INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT, AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES BY 10-15%. THE SPACE RENOVATION WOULD ALSO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL GROUP ROOMS, PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DENTAL CARE SERVICES, AND HIV PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND CARE SERVICES.

ARRA - INCREASE SERVICES TO HEALTH CENTERS

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT FOR RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AT HIGH RISK FOR HIV/AIDS

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA) GRANTS FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS CAPITAL PROGRAM

FY 2020 EXPANDING CAPACITY FOR CORONAVIRUS TESTING (ECT)

FY 2023 EXPANDING COVID-19 VACCINATION

NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION,

RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS

FY 2020 CORONAVIRUS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM PART C EIS COVID-19 RESPONSE

FY 2023 BRIDGE ACCESS PROGRAM

HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAM

TARGETED CAPACITY EXPANSION PROGRAM