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Volume 1, Issue 1
Complete the CCISC Outcome Fidelity and Implementation Tool [CO-FIT 100 TM ] to assess
the systems ability to provide services and supports to individuals with co-occurring
disorders, analyze the results, and develop a short and long term strategic plan based on the
results.
Prepare and approve a draft of the Blair County Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Scopes
of Practice for providing services to persons with co-occurring disorders for approval by both
OMHSAS and BDAP.
Work collaboratively with providers to assist them to participate in a self-survey using the
Comorbidity Program Audit and Self-Survey for Behavioral Health Services
[COMPASS TM ] to evaluate the status of co-occurring disorder capability.
Work collaboratively with the providers to define the frequency with which the providers will
use the COMPASS TM to evaluate their progress toward co-occurring disorder capability in
the context of its own action plan.
Coordinate with providers to identify appropriate clinical and administrative staff to
participate as trainers in the statewide and local system-wide train-the-trainer initiative, and
assume responsibility for implementation of a developmentally appropriate local training plan
which will result in co-occurring disorder competency for all clinical staff over the lifetime of
the project.
Assist providers in coordinating the completion of the COMPASS TM and development and
monitoring of the provider-specific action plan.
Develop a mechanism by which any participating providers will receive appropriate training
and technical assistance to achieve the objective of co-occurring disorder capability and of
improving care for individuals they are currently serving with co-occurring disorders,
whether those programs are licensed to provide treatment for mental health disorders,
licensed to provide treatment for substance use disorders or are dually licensed.
Develop a mechanism by which the County Performance Improvement Committee [PIC],
under the guidance of the MISA Project Coordinator, becomes a vehicle where all data and
information generated by project participants is collected, organized, and disseminated in
order to help the project generally and the providers individually to achieve their goals. Each
provider will be encouraged to identify regulatory, reimbursement, credentialing, and
licensing barriers that interfere with its capacity to provide co-occurring disorder capable
services to its clients and to collect and organize that information for the purpose of assisting
the state with achieving the goals of the COSIG grant.
Blair County Providers agree to:
Sign the Consensus Document and disseminate the document as a model for system change
to their staff and leadership.
Assure that staff and advisory board members are familiar with the CCISC model by
providing training on the consensus document and the model while supporting
implementation of the model in Blair County.
Utilize the model as a CQI initiative for system design that will be applied to accomplish the
COSIG grant requirements.
Participate in partnership with the County in completing the CO-FIT 100 TM to assess the
systems ability to provide services and supports to individuals with co-occurring disorders
[whether in a mental health licensed facility, a drug and alcohol licensed facility, or a dually
licensed facility], analyze the results and develop a short and long term strategic plan based
on the results.
Participate in partnership with the County in the development of systemic co-occurring
disorder capability standards for programs and clinicians.
As of December 2004