Discharge Assistance Program
DAP supports the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities’ commitment to person-centered and recovery based care. The DAP is supported with a pool of state mental health funds allocated to the region to implement community capacity and/or individualized services and supports that enable adults receiving services in state hospitals to live in the community.
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HOPE Co-occurring Residential Services
Project HOPE, a co-occurring disorders program, provides residential treatment services to individuals with moderate to severe mental illness who also have a co-occurring substance use disorder. The integrated treatment model treats both the individual’s mental health conditions and addictions in a coordinated fashion and views the recovery process as long-term and community-based. RBHA operated HOPE.
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Housing Coordinator Services
The Region 4 Housing Coordinator services were created to address the increased state hospital census crisis. The housing coordinator assists with discharging individuals from the state hospitals who present with significant housing barriers. The housing coordinator also builds relationships with community providers both within and outside our region.
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Individual Support Funds
The Region provides a small pool of flexible funding to support one-time, individualized needs – like short-term housing or transportation - for persons with urgent/emergent needs, especially those in settings such as a local hospital or crisis stabilization unit.
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Regional Jail Team
The Regional Jail Team is designed to divert offenders, when feasible, from state hospitalization and incarceration. The team’s services are available to those who reside within this regional catchment area, and/or are incarcerated, receive or have a history of receiving services from the local Community Services Board (CSB), or are under a court-order in our partnered jails. In hospital diversion cases, the team provides jail-based competency restoration services and court-ordered evaluations in lieu of inpatient hospitalization.
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Regional Recovery Services
Regional Recovery Services strive to create a strong collaboration between peer recovery specialists, family support partners, clinical staff, peers served and stakeholders. Lead Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Coordinators work to enhance the peer workforce though the facilitation of trainings, coordination of the Region 4 Peer Academy, and the hosting of various connection and mentoring opportunities.
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Service Members, Veterans & Families (SMVF)
The Service Members Veterans and Families (SMVF) regional initiative was designed to ensure that SMVF receive mental health and supportive services that are high quality, evidence-based, trauma-informed, culturally-competent, and accessible. The SMVF Regional Navigator is responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of regional initiatives, including oversight of regional SMVF training and capacity-building funds, collaboration with community partners at local, state, and federal levels, participation in regional SMVF initiatives focused on suicide prevention, serving on work groups to enhance regional services/partnerships, and working to grow best practices to support individuals with military backgrounds and their families.
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SUD Diversion Liaison
SUD Diversion services provide support for individuals with primary or co-occurring substance use disorders who come into contact with the behavioral health system and who are at risk of hospitalization or have been admitted to a state or local psychiatric facility. Services and supports are focused on reducing the overall number of bed days in state psychiatric facilities and preventing hospital admission by connecting individuals to appropriate community-based or residential treatment services.
Utilization Management
In addition to providing funding for hospital stays, Region 4 funds clinical staff to perform active utilization management for individuals hospitalized under Acute Care Project funding, ensuring the best, most effective care is being provided to that individual and that coordination of care is occurring between the hospital and the responsible CSB and/or community partners