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BHSE Sample Work Plan

You must complete a work plan in the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHBs). Outline activities to achieve the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion (BHSE) objectives:

  1. Increase the number of patients receiving mental health services.
  2. Increase the number of patients receiving substance use disorder (SUD) services, including treatment with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).

See Section IV.2.v of the BHSE notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for guidance.

The following is an incomplete example for your reference. 

Sample work plan

BHSE Objective

Select the BHSE objective that your activity will address. You must propose at least two activities for each objective.

☐ Increase the number of patients who receive mental health services
☒  Increase the number of patients who receive substance use disorder (SUD) services, including treatment with MOUD

Focus Area Activity Category Activity Description
Select one focus area for each activity you propose. Select an activity category for each activity. You must select the Treatment activity category at least once for each objective. Write a description of your activity. There is no maximum number of activities you can propose.
☐ Access and Affordability
☒ Quality, Patient Care, Safety, and Integrated Services
☐ Workforce
☐ Patient Experience
☐ Treatment
☒ Recovery and Support
Modify our standard drug testing panels to include toxicology screening for synthetic opioids like fentanyl
☒ Access and Affordability
☐ Quality, Patient Care, Safety, and Integrated Services
☐ Workforce
☐ Patient Experience
☐ Treatment
☒ Recovery and Support
Partner with substance use treatment centers, peer respite programs, opioid treatment programs, or rehabilitative settings to establish our health center as a referral option for individuals and their families
☐ Access and Affordability
☐ Quality, Patient Care, Safety, and Integrated Services
☒ Workforce
☐ Patient Experience
☒ Treatment
☐ Recovery and Support
Recruit, hire, onboard, and train 1.0 FTE advanced psychiatric nurse practitioner to provide SUD services
☐ Access and Affordability
☐ Quality, Patient Care, Safety, and Integrated Services
☒ Workforce
☐ Patient Experience
☐ Treatment
☒ Recovery and Support
Recruit, hire, onboard, and train 2.0 FTE peer support specialists to provide recovery support services



 

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