2017-703-E Health - National Assn of State Mental Health Directors service agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:CAABEAFA-9919-4207-B5CD-58E618EA747E services, criminal justice, behavioral therapy, K-12 education, and others, analyzed UNC Chapel Hill Emergency Department records in the fall of 2016, and conducted focus groups in the winter of 2017 to list and prioritize those barriers to treatment. (See attached Needs Assessment.)The participants prioritized three main areas: • Restore funding for mental health services for birth to age 5 (not included in this RFP— will be examined in future reviews) • Provide greater (i.e. more, higher quality care) in-school mental health services in K-121h grade • Improve community's ability to access services (e.g., know: who to call, what number to call, when to call) The Orange County Board of County Commissioners echo the need to focus on these three priority areas and seek a consultant to assist the county in addressing these priorities while beginning the process to reduce the barriers to behavioral health treatment for Orange County residents. Scope of Work Analyze existing resources and propose fiscally sustainable behavioral health system improvement recommendations focusing on Orange County residents aged 0-25 and their support networks. • Deliverable 1: Inventory existing resources for mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual and developmental disabilities in Orange County serving ages 0-25, create a registry of resources, then distribute registry (to be updated annually) to community partners including Cardinal Innovations, area hospitals, local pediatricians, non-profits, school systems, etc. This registry would include resources readily accessible to residents throughout the county. A non-exclusive list of data to include on the inventory is listed below: o Contact information o Method(s) to access services (e.g. M.D. referral, walk-in, teacher referral) o Services provided o Capacity and utilization data for FY 16-17 o Number of providers by type o Geographic location o Funding sources (including external support and patient payor sources) o Hours of availability • Deliverable 2: Create a systems map of the existing mental health (including substance abuse, intellectual and development disabilities) resources for ages 0-25 identified in Deliverable 1 within Orange County that portrays how Orange County residents navigate and access resources within the current system. Analyze resulting systems map, identity areas of strength and weakness, and make recommendations for improvements to gaps in services, access to care, quality of care, ease of referral, etc. • Deliverable 3: Work with both the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools in developing Behavioral Health Systems of Care assessments and scheduled implementation of programming as deemed necessary by the assessments over a 2 Page