Centers for Independence (CFI) has been awarded a $4 million federal grant to help its behavioral well being program.
The four-year Licensed Group Based mostly Well being Clinic grant from the Substance Abuse and Psychological Well being Providers Administration (SAMHSA) will fund the remedy of significant psychological sickness, substance use problems, and co-occurring psychological well being and substance use problems, in addition to youngsters/youth with critical emotional disturbance.
CFI will use the grant {dollars} to deal with increasing its capability to handle behavioral well being disparities in school-age youngsters and adolescents with critical emotional disturbance and members of the LGBTQ group who expertise critical psychological sickness, a press launch states, however funding might be obtainable to deal with Milwaukee County residents of all ages.
“We’re honored to obtain help from SAMHSA to increase the important behavioral well being companies that CFI gives in our group,” mentioned Leif Elsmo, CFI president and CEO. “The SAMHSA funds will make a major distinction within the lives of many in Milwaukee County and we’re proud to associate on this vital initiative.”
In early 2020, CFI’s Behavioral Well being program was awarded a $4 million, two-year grant from the SAMHSA to serve adults and youngsters with psychological well being and substance use problems as a Licensed Group Behavioral Well being Clinic.
CFI enrolled practically 600 purchasers with about 50% of these purchasers referred to the company from group companions such because the Medical Faculty of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Group Providers, and IMPACT Coordinated Entry.
By SAMHSA grant funding, CFI additionally opened its Kids’s Behavioral Well being clinic with Kids’s Wisconsin as the first referral associate to handle the rising demand. The clinic now serves greater than 60 youngsters and households.
Yearly, nearly 3,000 adults residing with critical psychological sickness, habit or a persistent well being situation obtain assist by way of CFI Behavioral Well being, the nonprofit mentioned.
