Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare

1. Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare The mission of Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare is to provide quality community-based services that prevent and address mental health disorders, intellectual disabilities, and substance disorders.

2. Services provided at BRBH • SAME DAY Access to care • Adult care coordination • Adult and family services • Child, youth and family services • Prevention and wellness Serving Roanoke City, Roanoke County, City of Salem, Craig County, and Botetourt County

3. CSB collaboration in housing • PATH outreach and assistance • Community collaboration • SOAR • Client assistance availability • Permanent supportive housing program

4. Housing and behavioral health “The lack of safe and affordable housing is one of the most powerful barriers to recovery” - NAMI • Housing First Model • Promotes stability in physical and behavioral health outcomes • Promotes lifestyle changes • CSB’s and CoC’s work together to provide the data

5. Data collection • Wellskyhmis (homeless management information system) • Captures client-centered data • Needs • Referrals • Utilized by continuum of care to centralize coordination of services

6. Why collect data • annual performance reporting • Program evaluation • Referrals and service access • Funding (state and local)

7. Potential benefits program/community client • Reliable reporting • Increase collaboration with in the community • Shows trends /tracks outcomes • Supports funding • Shows impact of programs to community • Identifies gaps • Streamlines intake process and referrals • Provides coordination of services

8. Data Entry tips • Data entry for path different than many other providers • Record initial outreach contact • Enroll client additional data entry occurs • It is possible to have several contacts before enrolling • Back dating • Stay on top of data entry • At least weekly • Hard copy forms can help – if you don’t have one, develop one

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