Kedren Community Health Center

Provided inpatient & outpatient mental Health services to 5,693 children, transitional aged youth, adults and older adults. Provided employment for over 250 professionals and licensed hospital and clinical staff.

KEDREN'S PRIMARY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE INTEGRATION PROJECT INTRODUCES ROBUST EVIDENCE-BASED IMPLEMENTATION MODELS TO COMBINE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WITH PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE SERVICES. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS FALL WITHIN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONSUMER CHARACTERISTICS: (A) HAVING BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A MAJOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER, WITH OR WITHOUT A CO-OCCURRING DISORDER, HOMELESS OR AT IMMINENT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS; (B) FREQUENT USERS OF PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES, SUCH AS STATE, COUNTY OR FEE-FOR-SERVICE HOSPITALS, URGENT CARE CENTERS, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DISEASES (IMDS); AND (C) COMING OUT OF JAIL OR AT RISK OF BEING INCARCERATED. KEDREN'S PRIMARY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE INTEGRATION PROJECT HAS FOUR PRIMARY GOALS: 1) TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE TREATMENT SERVICES FOR PERSONS with SMI through an integrated system of co-located primary care and mental healthcare; 2) to improve health outcomes among the population of focus; 3) to reduce the cost of healthcare for persons with SMI; and 4) to reduce the frequency of expensive emergency room and urgent care visits.