FY 2019 Integrated Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) Supplemental Funding Technical Assistance (HRSA-19-100)

Overview

The fiscal year (FY) 2019 Integrated Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) funding opportunity is a non-competitive supplement for organizations currently receiving Health Center Program operational grant (H80) funding. IBHS funding will help health centers increase access to high quality, integrated mental health and substance use disorders (SUD) services, including opioid use disorder.

Award recipients must:

• Add at least 0.5 SUD and/or mental health service personnel full-time equivalent (contracted and/or direct hire) by April 30, 2020 to support expanded services; and
• Increase new and/or existing patients receiving SUD and/or mental health services, as reported in the 2020 Uniform Data System (UDS) report.

Project Implementation Resources

Responding to Conditions on Your IBHS Award

If your IBHS notice of award includes a project condition, you must provide a response through HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) within 30 days. You must contact the project officer listed on your notice of award for guidance on what information to include in your response.

If your IBHS notice of award includes a budget condition, you must provide a response through EHBs within 30 days. You may contact the grants management specialist listed on your notice of award for guidance on what information to include in your response.

Scope Adjustments and Change in Scope

Scope Adjustment and Change in Scope approvals must be obtained before implementing a new service or service delivery method in support of your IBHS project. See the Scope of Project webpage and contact the project officer listed on your notice of award for guidance.

Tri-Annual Progress Updates

HRSA will notify IBHS award recipients when tri-annual progress updates, including guidance and technical assistance to support their completion, are available. Reporting resources will be posted to this webpage.

Resource Documents

• IBHS Instructions (PDF – 399 KB)
• IBHS User Guide (PDF - 895 KB)
• IBHS Applicant FAQs (PDF – 204 KB)
• IBHS Presentation for Applicants 
• Grants Policy Bulletin: Legislative Mandates in Grants Management for FY 2019
• Scope of Project Resources and Information (including details on Form 5A)
• UDS Resources

Progress Report Resources

• IBHS Progress Reporting Webinar Slides (PDF - 472 KB)
• IBHS Progress Report Guide (PDF - 316 KB)
• Staffing Impact Form Example (PDF - 150 KB)

Behavioral Health Resources

• HRSA Behavioral Health: Describes how HRSA supports the integration of behavioral health and primary care, including through the Health Center Program.
• HRSA Health Workforce Connector: Tool to recruit qualified job candidates, including National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps participants.
• HRSA Opioid Crisis Website: Summarizes HRSA-supported resources and technical assistance centers to integrate behavioral health care services into communities to address the opioid crisis.
• HRSA Primary Health Care Digest Special Edition on Opioids: Offers HRSA-supported resources and best practices to help health centers meet the challenges of providing SUD services, including addressing opioid use disorder.
• HRSA/BPHC Behavioral Health Integration Resources (PDF - 262 KB): Compendium of clinical and operational strategies and tools to support behavioral health and primary care, and their integration.
• HRSA/BPHC Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration Webpage: Features current data on health center behavioral health performance measure accomplishments and links to HRSA-supported behavioral health integration technical assistance initiatives.
• HRSA/BPHC Health Center Program Support Networks (PCAs, NCAs, and HCCNs): Lists strategic partners at national, state, and regional levels that support improved health center quality and operational outcomes.
• Agency for Healthcare, Research, and Quality (AHRQ) Evidence-Based Tools for Improving Primary Care: Search more than 100 general tools and resources to improve quality through evidence-based care.
• AHRQ Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care: A national resource and coordinating center that disseminates news, research, and resources on behavioral health integration.
• HHS Statement on Telemedicine Prescribing of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (PDF - 118 KB): Clarifies how clinicians can use telemedicine as a tool to expand buprenorphine-based medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder treatment under current Drug Enforcement Agency regulations.

Contacts

Project Condition and Implementation Questions

Contact the project officer listed on your IBHS notice of award

Budget Condition and Business, Administrative, and Fiscal Questions

Contact the grants management specialist listed on your IBHS notice of award

HRSA Electronic Handbooks Support

Health Center Program Support
877-464-4772 (select option 1) or complete the BPHC Contact Form