Grant
Information
Name of Grantee
DHHS,
Bureau of Behavioral Health
Title of Grant
Community
Wrap: Older Adult Wraparound Services
Type of Grant
Nursing
Facility Transitions, State Program
Amount of Grant
$770,000
Year Original Funding
Received
2001
Completed
Contact
Information
Todd Ringelstein, Project
Director
603-271-5094
tringels@dhhs.state.nh.us
Linda Bimbo, Project Coordinator
603-271-8558
lbimbo@dhhs.state.nh.us
Subcontractor(s)
Keith Miles
603-271-5747
Riverbend Community Mental Health, Inc.
Carrie Hughes
603-228-2101
Susan Fox
603-228-2084
Consumer Peer Support Outreach to be decided.
Target
Population(s)
Individuals in the Concord region with mental illness who
are currently in a nursing home, or in the state psychiatric facility receiving
a nursing home level of care but are no longer in an acute phase of their
psychiatric illness.
Goals
Activities
Abstract
The Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Behavioral
Health, in collaboration with the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center,
Institute on Disability, Riverbend Community Mental
Health Center, the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, and Pathways to
Recovery Peer Support Program, will work together to transition older adults
with mental illness from nursing facilities to the community.
This 3-year program contains two interrelated initiatives
targeted at Wraparound Services for transitioning older adults with mental
illness from nursing facility settings to community-based settings and
expanding housing opportunities for people with mental illness and other
disabilities in the
The goal of the project is to ensure that adequate and
appropriate services and housing are delivered to ensure stable community
residence for older adults with complex, multiple problems who are currently
residing in nursing homes or are receiving a nursing home level of care in the
state psychiatric facility.
Year 1 of the project will include a review and analysis of
service gaps for individuals seeking community-based residency. In Year 2, we
will plan the Wraparound Services demonstration. In Year 3, we will implement
and evaluate the Wraparound Team that includes a local Mental Health Peer Support
Group with 10 individuals from the
Throughout the 3 years, a regional and statewide strategy
to improve the availability of affordable and accessible housing will be
implemented. Also over the 3-year period, the project process and outcomes will
be documented in an evaluation provided by the