BHG can assist your staff in the preparation and administration of public and private grants. We have a database of various government agencies and foundations that award grants for capital expenditures, research and operations. Our consultants can help you identify grant-funding opportunities and prepare the application. When your grant application is approved, we can work with your team to conduct the project and provide project management services. Additionally, we can serve as grant administrators to track the cash flows and maintain the required documentation for the project.

Previous Grant Awards

BHG received one of three grants to conduct an external review of the public mental health system. In 1996, the Ohio Department of Mental Health in collaboration with the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Ohio established Consumer Quality Review Teams (CQRT) to provide an external assessment of the publicly funded mental health system in the State. These teams, consisting of consumers, family members and mental health professionals, obtain information from three different perspectives by interviewing consumers, family members and mental health providers about their experiences in the mental health system. Multi-year CQRT survey data were analyzed and the results were distributed to ODMH, County ADAMH Boards, mental health provider agencies, consumers, family members and other system stakeholders.

In FY 2000, ODMH announced the availability of funds to the counties with CQRTs to fund systems improvement/enhancement projects based on the CQRT findings. BHG applied for and received a grant from ODMH in the amount of $161,850 to address improvements in care delivery identified through client interviews conducted by the Consumer Quality Review Team (CQRT). The grant was used to purchase computers and printers for selected provider agencies and to develop a web site for BHG member Boards featuring client and family educational materials and information about local services. The program also included Internet access and links to regional and national sites for information related to mental health and substance abuse. The service will be maintained jointly by BHG and the providers who accepted placement of a computer.

The work of the CQRT now continues under the direction of Quality Review Services, Inc., a non-profit organization of consumers and mental health professionals.

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