Performance Outcome Data - Del Norte County   ​Population 27,082

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Children & Youth
​Employment, Hospitalization, Housing

Hospitalization
Incarceration

Children & Youth

MHSA Plan Update 2022-23
Reach for Success Mentoring Program (PEI) – p 43-44

• The Reach for Success program provides peer mentoring in elementary schools to help build social-emotional skills. Participants in this program showed improved school attendance, improved academic success, and improved rates of high school graduation, as well as better relationships with peers and educators.
• Strengthening Families (PEI) – p 50-51 The Strengthening Families Program is a family skills training program for both general population families and high-risk families. Parents and youth attend classes together and are taught both parent skills and youth life skills. Participants in this program had a reduction in conduct problems at school.

Employment, Hospitalization, Housing

MHSA Plan Update 2022-23
Reach for Success Mentoring Program (PEI) – p 43-44  Throughout FY 20-21, families with youth in the program were assisted with shelter to isolate from COVID-19.

MHSA Plan 2020-23  (Pages 22, 24)
The Adult Service Center had several Full Service Partnership (FSP) participants meet their goals of finding affordable permanent housing, employment, and continuing education. (Page 22)

The Bridge team, using FSP funding, helps participants meet their goals of working on their mental health and staying in the community.  Through the extra support, they are able to find affordable permanent housing, employment, and establish ongoing medical and medication support. The Bridge Team provides services to clients who are in an acute crisis in order to divert psychiatric hospitalization, services that include outreach and engagement with the local county jail to speak with inmates about services and enroll them upon release. (Page 24)

The Arch Team (Adults Returning to Community Homes) brought back eight conserved clients to the community. 

• 6 of these clients are residing in housing leased by the Behavioral Health Branch or their own housing.
• The Behavioral Health Branch leases 4 total units with a bed count of 7.

Hospitalization

MHSA Plan Update 2022-23
The following programs saw a reduction in psychiatric hospitalizations, as well as a reduction in overall hospitalization rates:

• Adult Service Center (CSS) – p 32+ Provides individual and group counseling services to create a mutually supportive community, work through issues, reduce symptoms, and develop social skills. In FY 20-21, the Adult Service Center served 115 clients.
• Same Day Service Team (CSS) – p 35+ The Same Day Service Team provides short term counseling and links consumers to appropriate community-based services, serving as a bridge between traditional mental health services and the Rehabilitative Model. They collaborate with family and community support to create a safety net for consumers. Between July 2021 and March 2022, the program screened 87 clients for mental health services.
• ARRCH Team (CSS) – p 38-40  The ARRCH team works with clients living outside of the county to help them return to the community. The team assists in monitoring clients and promotes independence and stability for clients. 

2022-23 EQRO Report, Page 45
Psychiatric Readmission Rates

• 7-Day Post-Psychiatric Inpatient Rehospitalization CY 2019: 5% (compared with 12% State Rate)
• 7-Day Post-Psychiatric Inpatient Rehospitalization CY 2020: 17 %
• (Compared with 19% State Rate)
• 7-day Post-Psychiatric Inpatient Rehospitalization CY 2021: 11% (Compared with 24% State Rate)
• 30-day Post-Psychiatric Inpatient Rehospitalization CY 2019: 11% (Compared with 19% State Rate)
• 30-day Post-Psychiatric Inpatient Rehospitalization CY 2020: 34% (Compared with 28% State Rate)
• 30-day Post-Psychiatric Inpatient Rehospitalization CY 2021: 14% (Compared with 33% State Rate)

Incarceration

MHSA Plan 2020-23, page 48
Jail Issues:  With the help of AB 109 funding, they have been able to add psychiatric services, but are impacted by the following barriers:

• Lack of space for behavioral health programs. Space is extremely limited, not private, and at times unsafe.
• Physical plant and security issues prohibited behavioral health from providing tele-psychiatry services
• Lack of private settings for clinical assessments and treatment.
• Has been an increase in assault of staff by individuals who are mentally ill and without proper treatment.

More EQRO Data (LINK)
​More MHSA Data at: MHSA
​More SAMHSA PATH Data at: SAMSHA