MP Discretionary Funding Fiscal Year 2023

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC) proposes through the CNMI 988 Program to coordinate a task force of key CNMI stakeholders and work collaboratively to improve and expand a 24-hour 988 crisis call system and crisis response services for CNMI community members on Saipan, Rota, and Tinian in need of behavioral health crisis care. T The CNMI CHCC, currently operates the CNMI 988 Program, as part of its CGC Behavioral Health Services to the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota since January 2022. The CNMI CHCC 988 Program has prioritized the ongoing development and implementation of the 988 initiatives to operate the 988 Crisis Line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the CNMI 988 crisis line becoming active as of April 2023. Through this funding opportunity that focuses on improving local 988 capacity, the CNMI CHCC: Community Guidance Center proposes to complete ongoing and anticipated 988 program activities but to incorporate mechanisms needed for 24/7 crisis line coverage at a 90% rate and expand to incorporate and develop comprehensive crisis care services: the 988 crisis line, mobile crisis response services, and a stabilization unit on the islands of Saipan, Rota, and Tinian. The CNMI 988 Program aims to implement a comprehensive and collaborative approach focused on further developing, improving, and expanding the 988 crisis call and crisis response infrastructure; workforce capacity; system-level capacity, partnerships, and coordination; communications and marketing work plans; and data surveillance and evaluation to meet a projected 792 calls annually and 1,584 calls throughout the duration of this project. The following are the CNMI 988 Program goals and objectives: Goal 1: Expand the availability of and access to behavioral health crisis response services through the implementation of an effective and reliable 988 crisis call system. Goal 2: Increase the capacity of the crisis response workforce to respond, intervene, and provide follow-up to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Goal 3: Increase system-level capacity to implement a coordinated and effective response to behavioral health crisis needs. Goal 4: Continually increase the effectiveness of behavioral health crisis response through data surveillance and evaluation.

CNMI CHCC CGC 988 PROJECT