Grants and Contracts Details
Description
Scope of Work
UK CTAC shall provide a multi-tiered approach to support the mental health needs of
the healthcare and education workforces and families of K-12 students. The federally
funded KY Emergency COVID-19 grant project is from August 1, 2022 through May 31,
2023.
Universal messaging to healthcare organizations (physical and mental health) shall be
provided via fifteen (15) short topic-specific podcasts to support workforce resiliency
targeted to state professional organizations and licensure boards that represent the
health/behavioral health workforce of Kentucky (e.g. Kentucky Psychiatric Medical
Association, Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, Kentucky Medical Association,
Kentucky Hospital Association, Kentucky Nursing Association, etc.). The final targeted
list of organizations will be finalized based on the discussions with the Department of
Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID). An additional
fifteen (15) short topic-specific podcasts will be developed and posted for caregivers
and parents, of which 20% will be accessible in Spanish.
The goal of this approach shall be to disseminate messaging that:
1. normalizes and validates biopsychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
and subsequent mitigation efforts, and
2. provides tools for individuals and organizations which can use to build resiliency
and promote positive coping.
2. Tier 2:
UK CTAC shall use assessment strategies and the Project ECHO framework (https://
echo.unm.edu/) to deliver targeted technical assistance to healthcare organizations
to support workplace resiliency (those with positive COVID-19 cases and those
working with the highest risk organizations). A series of five (5), COVID 19 Wellness
and Resiliency ECHO Sessions for health/behavioral health professionals and five
(5), for school personnel will be conducted during the project period. Project ECHO
is an evidence based collaborative model of education and care management that
empowers health and behavioral healthcare professionals to use evidence and
expert mentoring, in this case, to assist organizational leaders in improving the
wellness and resiliency of their staff. The ECHO model uses tele-mentoring model of
learning and skill acquisition to improve access to the specialty-focused expertise
needed to address difficult and complex conditions such as COVID-19.
The goal of this approach is to tailor technical assistance to organization need and use
evidence-based strategies to deliver these services in a manner that enhances
knowledge and skill of how to promote wellness and resiliency in healthcare
professions, while considering the current pandemic context. The project ECHO model
has the benefit of facilitating generalized learning across potential application so that
technical assistance can be sustained beyond the learning encounter.
3. Tier 3:
UK CTAC shall provide focused linkages to resources to address distress, burnout
or secondary traumatic stress via a Wellness and Resiliency Resource Center for
individual healthcare workers with identified need. Healthcare workers would be
directed to this resource center via the podcasts, direct messaging to all Tier 1
and 2 organizations, and during all ECHO sessions as well as any other channels
recommended by DBHDID.
The goal of this approach is to provide targeted services and supports to individual
healthcare workers who are experiencing generalized stress, burnout, secondary
traumatic stress or moral distress by increasing awareness of available crisis line and
counseling resources available in the community, based on screening to determine
individualized need.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 8/1/22 → 5/31/23 |
Funding
- KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services: $138,519.00
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