Voices of BH2I: Provider & Community Perspectives
Integrated care looks different in every community. In their own words, the providers, nurses, care coordinators, and behavioral health teams of BH2I share how they are bringing care together for the people they serve. In this video, grantee staff and initiative partners discuss:
- Bringing mental health and substance use services together into one behavioral health program
- Co-locating behavioral health and primary care to reduce stigma, shorten wait times, and support warm handoffs
- Routine depression screening (PHQ-2 and PHQ-9) that connects patients to behavioral health during medical visits
- Workforce challenges, provider buy-in, and the growing role of case management
- Building sustainability through billing and leadership support
- Incorporating culture, language, and traditional medicines into care
- Advice for organizations starting their own integration efforts
Each community defined its own path. Together, their experience offers practical lessons for any health system working toward whole-person care.
Pueblo of San Felipe
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
BH2I-2 Grantee Milestone Compilation
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Indian Health Board of Minneapolis
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Pediatrics Clinics
By assessing the service data, the clinics gained a clearer understanding of patient needs.
They found that of the two clinics, the clinic that offered more brief treatments (16- to 32-minute sessions) had better appointment attendance the other clinic, which offered more brief interventions (5- to 15-minute sessions). Based on this data, the program will use the brief treatment model moving forward. This activity is also billable, while brief interventions are not.
South Dakota Urban Indian Health Cultural Healing Program
The South Dakota Urban Indian Health (SDUIH) Cultural Healing Program is growing. This program offers culturally centered programming designed to build upon the cultural strengths of the Oceti Sakowin people.
ResourceLibrary
This section provides templates, forms, job descriptions, and other administrative documents for grant administration staff. These resources offer guidance on providing program management, staff recruitment, organizational management, and establishment of partnerships with program stakeholders.