Kedren Community Health Center Inc Kedren Child Development Center

Kedrens 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. Kedrens 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.