Spencer, Iowa — A northwest Iowa institution is getting more funding to help people with mental or substance-abuse disorders.
Staff at Seasons Center for Behavioral Health tell us that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has granted Seasons with an expanded grant award to support the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic — or CCBHC — grant currently underway.
Seasons officials tell us that they received the initial CCBHC grant last year. They say it is designed to provide comprehensive services to adults and children with mental health or substance use disorders. Seasons was one of two agencies awarded this grant in the state of Iowa.
They tell us that the new CCBHC Enhancement Project Grant will allow Seasons to continue providing specialized services through increased access and improved quality of community behavioral health services and care in Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, and Sioux counties.
Dr. Rebecca McCrackin says that they are grateful to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for this expansion of the current CCBHC grant in order to best serve Seasons’ clients. She says, “Through these additional grant dollars, we will be able to continue to provide for our clients, train our professional staff through high-quality, evidence-based services, and evaluate the outcomes as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. This funding will also lead to increased coordination of care and communication with other providers in our community.”
Services covered by the grant funding include care coordination, health and wellness coaching, nurse care, peer family support, peer recovery support, targeted case management, veteran services, and employment preparation. This system of care emphasizes recovery, wellness, trauma-informed care, and physical-behavioral health integration.
Kim Scorza, CEO/President of Seasons Center says that this will allow them to continue to provide crucial wrap-around care and support to both children and adults struggling with a mental health or substance use disorder. She says, “It is through this integrated care that we are able to provide what our clients need as a whole, which includes their physical health and additional supports and accessibility they may need.”
