H8N54070

FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion - FY 24 Behavioral Health Service Expansion

HRSA-24-078

Central Counties Health Centers, Inc.
2239 E. Cook St.
Springfield, IL 62703

Point of Contact: Heather Burton, President & CEO
Phone: 217-788-2461
Fax: 217-788-2340
Email: hburton@centralcounties.org

U.S. Congressional Districts: 13
BPHC Funding Received: 330 (E) & 330 (H) H80CS00533
Total Funding Requested: $1,100,000 over 2 years ($600,000 Year 1, $500,000 Year 2)

Central Counties Health Centers Inc. (CCHC) operates a main clinic site, located at 2239 E. Cook St. in Springfield, IL, a satellite site in Taylorville, IL, a dental only site at St. John’s Hospital, and multiple healthcare for the homeless delivery sites.

Congressional districts within CCHC’s service area include District 13 and District 18.

CCHC has been in operation since 1999.

In 2023, CCHC saw 16,471 patients through 53,060 encounters across all its sites and services, including just more than 1,619 virtual care visits consisting mostly of behavioral health care.

CCHC is requesting $600,000 in Year 1 and $500,000 in Year 2 (for a total of $1,100,000 during the project period) to develop and implement a telepsychiatry program and expand current behavioral health services including increasing the number of patients with access to substance use disorder treatment.

CCHC proposes to utilize funds to implement a variety of innovative means of addressing these issues including the following:

Grow its current clinical staff supporting the behavioral health program which will increase access to services for all;

Expand behavioral health support staff to better coordinate services such as SUD services and telepsychiatry;

Implement telepsychiatry services for patients as there is very limited access to this service in the area and virtually no access to patients without insurance or with Medicaid.

CCHC will ultimately expand access to behavioral health services and SUD services to anyone needing access, particularly those populations who traditionally experience difficulty accessing much needed behavioral health and SUD services, through this funding opportunity.

CCHC will use its expertise gained over the past 25 years in developing and expanding its health center program and providing community driven primary health care, behavioral health care, and oral health care to the most at risk individuals and families in the service area.

Central Counties Health Centers

NOT APPLICABLE

93.224 - Health Center Program (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care)

HRSA Office of Federal Assistance Management (OFAM) [HHS - HRSA]

Springfield, Illinois United States

City-Wide

Fiscal Year 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion (HRSA-24-078)