H8N53813
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion - Needs to be addressed:
Seldovia Village Tribe (SVT) owns and operates three FQHCs in the southern Kenai Peninsula communities of Homer, Anchor Point, and Seldovia, Alaska, which have a total population of approximately 14,374 residents.
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing reports that “nearly six in 10 Americans seeking or wanting to seek mental health services either for themselves or for a loved one.”
Our Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) echoes this perception.
Our Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) is a collaborative effort of the entire region under the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership (MAPP) of the southern Kenai Peninsula.
As a collaborative initiative, the MAPP can reach a significantly larger group of respondents than any single organization could.
The 2023 MAPP of southern Kenai Peninsula Community Health Needs Assessment rankings for areas that respondents consider negatively affecting individuals and their families have mental/emotional health issues as the second.
When respondents were asked what aspects of the community most need improvement, during the same time, substance abuse treatment and behavioral health services ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.
Areas most negatively affecting respondents and their family mental/emotional health ranked second for the first time in 15 years.
Retention and recruitment issues have historically hindered our capacity to provide stable and consistent behavioral health services, including a lack of behavioral health team-based support and being limited by our current tribal billing status.
As with many health centers, we have made progress in developing and adopting integrated care.
Barriers we have encountered include workforce shortages, complex documentation requirements, payer-specific billing rules, communication barriers, financial challenges with start-up costs, and low reimbursement rates.
Proposed services:
The HRSA Behavioral Health Services Expansion opportunity will allow SVT to take a multifaceted approach to improving access to behavioral health services for the populations we serve.
Improve available workforce options to increase the behavioral health team from 1.2 FTE to 5.0 FTE.
Building our behavioral health team will improve access to services by providing multiple modalities (short-term intervention, long-term therapy, medication assistance, and recovery support), as well as team support for primary care providers.
Additional MOUD training will be provided to clinic staff to ensure behavioral health services are available to all patients seeking care.
The billing constraints of behavioral health staff have been an ongoing challenge for our community health center’s ability to have a self-supporting program.
The State of Alaska requires the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accreditation for SVT to bill outside of its tribal status.
To ensure the successful application and retention of CARF accreditation, we propose to have a full-time administrator to manage the application process, developing workflows, documentation, policies, and procedures.
Population group to be served:
SVT will serve the underinsured and uninsured populations, Indigenous, and other minority populations that have difficulty accessing behavioral health services and primary care.
Vulnerable populations that often have difficulty accessing care or may be reluctant to receive care will also be supported in getting the services they need.
Seldovia Village Tribe (SVT) owns and operates three FQHCs in the southern Kenai Peninsula communities of Homer, Anchor Point, and Seldovia, Alaska, which have a total population of approximately 14,374 residents.
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing reports that “nearly six in 10 Americans seeking or wanting to seek mental health services either for themselves or for a loved one.”
Our Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) echoes this perception.
Our Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) is a collaborative effort of the entire region under the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership (MAPP) of the southern Kenai Peninsula.
As a collaborative initiative, the MAPP can reach a significantly larger group of respondents than any single organization could.
The 2023 MAPP of southern Kenai Peninsula Community Health Needs Assessment rankings for areas that respondents consider negatively affecting individuals and their families have mental/emotional health issues as the second.
When respondents were asked what aspects of the community most need improvement, during the same time, substance abuse treatment and behavioral health services ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.
Areas most negatively affecting respondents and their family mental/emotional health ranked second for the first time in 15 years.
Retention and recruitment issues have historically hindered our capacity to provide stable and consistent behavioral health services, including a lack of behavioral health team-based support and being limited by our current tribal billing status.
As with many health centers, we have made progress in developing and adopting integrated care.
Barriers we have encountered include workforce shortages, complex documentation requirements, payer-specific billing rules, communication barriers, financial challenges with start-up costs, and low reimbursement rates.
Proposed services:
The HRSA Behavioral Health Services Expansion opportunity will allow SVT to take a multifaceted approach to improving access to behavioral health services for the populations we serve.
Improve available workforce options to increase the behavioral health team from 1.2 FTE to 5.0 FTE.
Building our behavioral health team will improve access to services by providing multiple modalities (short-term intervention, long-term therapy, medication assistance, and recovery support), as well as team support for primary care providers.
Additional MOUD training will be provided to clinic staff to ensure behavioral health services are available to all patients seeking care.
The billing constraints of behavioral health staff have been an ongoing challenge for our community health center’s ability to have a self-supporting program.
The State of Alaska requires the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accreditation for SVT to bill outside of its tribal status.
To ensure the successful application and retention of CARF accreditation, we propose to have a full-time administrator to manage the application process, developing workflows, documentation, policies, and procedures.
Population group to be served:
SVT will serve the underinsured and uninsured populations, Indigenous, and other minority populations that have difficulty accessing behavioral health services and primary care.
Vulnerable populations that often have difficulty accessing care or may be reluctant to receive care will also be supported in getting the services they need.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Seldovia,
Alaska
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
Related Opportunity
Seldovia Village Tribe was awarded
Project Grant H8N53813
worth $600,000
from the HRSA Office of Federal Assistance Management in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Seldovia Alaska United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years and
was awarded through assistance program 93.224 Health Center Program (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care).
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Fiscal Year 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 11/20/24
Period of Performance
9/1/24
Start Date
8/31/26
End Date
Funding Split
$600.0K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$600.0K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to H8N53813
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
H8N53813
SAI Number
H8N53813-935887387
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Other
Awarding Office
75RJ00 HRSA OFFICE OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT
Funding Office
75RC00 HRSA BUREAU OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Awardee UEI
E1KRVY671B35
Awardee CAGE
30QY0
Performance District
AK-00
Senators
Lisa Murkowski
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
Modified: 11/20/24