Trapeta Mayson (second from left) and Sandie McRae-Wright (second from right) work with clients at the Open-Door Clubhouse during a poetry workshop called Healing Verse. They are (from left) Andre Payne, Latoya Morgan, and Brian George. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
COMHAR’s IDD Community Participation Support Services Selected to Implement Competitive Integrated Employment Model
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) initiated a Provider Transformation and Regional Collaborative project. The project’s initial phase involved providers participating in a training series on evolving facility-based day program services to a competitive integrated employment model. Following this training experience, ODP partnered with the experts to identify four agencies in the Southeast Region. COMHAR was fortunate enough to have been selected for this next component of the transformation project.
This second phase of this project involves individualized consultation and incorporation into a Regional Learning Collaborative with the other selected providers. COMHAR will direct support with developing and implementing a strategy and action plan to help evolve our business model for our Community Participation Support services and our competitive integrated employment services. Our ID Division is thrilled to have been selected and began phase two of this undertaking in September.
The goal of this project is to solidify COMHAR’s designation as one of the premier employment supports providers in the greater Philadelphia area via a plan that involves programmatic development, branding, and diversification of supports.
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Federal grant money awarded to COMHAR enabling them to adopt the innovative Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a grant to COMHAR this past month, allowing us to implement the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)model for care delivery.
With this new funding COMHAR now has the chance to expand services to serve as a “one-stop-shop” for mental health, substance use treatment and other health care services in their communities. The CCBHC model ensures access to 24/7/365 crisis care, care coordination with hospitals, law enforcement and schools and access to high- quality services, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to help stop the overdose crisis, among other capabilities. For more information on the SAMHSA grant announcement visit: SAMHSA CCBHC Grant.
“We are thrilled that COMHAR has received this CCBHC grant. As we navigate through the pandemic, our goal is to ‘Restore the Core…and More’. This SAMHSA grant will allow us to serve an additional 500 individuals per month.”
-Woody Rosenbach, CEO