Peopleworks - Nm

TO PROVIDE MENTAL WELLNESS SERVICES TO PERSONS IN NEED REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC STATUS.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: PEOPLEWORKS SUCCESSFULLY CONTINUED PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE PSYCHOTHERAPY/COUNSELING AND RESOURCE REFERRALS. AT THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC IN MARCH 2020, OUR MODALITY OF SERVICE PROVISION SWITCHED 100% TO TELEHEALTH (VIDEO AND TELEPHONE SESSIONS) AND WE OFFERED ALMOST ALL SESSIONS VIA TELEHEALTH THROUGHOUT 2021. PEOPLEWORKS EXPANDED OUR CAPABILITIES IN 2021, NOT ONLY BY HAVING MORE THERAPY SESSIONS AVAILABLE, BUT ALSO THROUGH OFFERING SESSIONS TO CLIENTS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE. OUR REVENUE WAS HIGHEST EVER (326,201), AND AMOUNT OF SESSIONS PERFORMED INCREASED BY 626 SESSIONS (3,652 TOTAL) FROM 2020 (3,026 SESSIONS)WHICH IS A 20% INCREASE. WE SADLY LOST A LONGTIME, FULLTIME THERAPIST IN THE FALL, SO WE BEGAN RECRUITMENT EFFORTS FOR OTHER THERAPISTS.

TELEHEALTH EXPANSION: WE CONTINUED TO EXPEND FUNDS FROM THE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEW MEXICO TELEHEALTH EXPANSION GRANT (INITIATED FALL 2020), FINALIZING OUR GRANT IN Q3 OF 2021. NOT ONLY DID OUR YEAR OVER YEAR SESSIONS CONDUCTED INCREASE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, BUT WE MADE INROADS INTO SOUTHEAST NM, BY PROVIDING PRESENCE AT THE RUIDOSO COMMUNITY CENTER. OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH SEVERAL COUNTIES' HEALTH COUNCILS AND THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND PROVIDED ALL 40 NEW MEXICO HEALTH COUNCILS WITH INFORMATION ON PEOPLEWORKS' SERVICES. SCREENINGS FOR DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE WERE CONDUCTED AT THE RUIDOSO COMMUNITY CENTER, AND A COMMUNITY SURVEY OF MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS WAS CONDUCTED AT A RUIDOSO HEALTH FAIR. WE PROVIDED MENTAL HEALTH TIPS THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAGES, REACHING USERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO.

ACOMA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPERVISION: SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS FROM PEOPLEWORKS ASSISTED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STAFF AT ACOMA PUEBLO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BY PROVIDING SUPERVISORY SERVICES. THIS CONTRACT LASTED 2.5 MONTHS AND HELPED SUPPORT ACOMA THROUGH A DIFFICULT PERIOD AS THEY LACKED A STAFF SUPERVISOR. WE PROVIDED SUPERVISION FOR THE THERAPY STAFF AS WELL AS THE PEER SUPPORT SERVICES. OUR STAFF MOBILIZED QUICKLY TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES WHICH WERE MUCH APPRECIATED.

ONLINE GROUPS AND CLASSES: WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE AN ONLINE CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP THROUGH MOST OF THE YEAR, AND THIS GROUP WAS BOLSTERED BY A NEW GRANT FROM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEW MEXICO. A MASTERS OF SOCIAL WORK INTERN FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ADDITIONALLY PROVIDED ONLINE PAIN MANAGEMENT AND MINDFULNESS MEDITATION GROUPS BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 2021. ADVERTISING ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AS WELL AS MARKETING EFFORTS TO HEALTH COUNCILS BROUGHT PARTICIPANTS TO THESE GROUPS. OUR CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP HAS A COMMITTED SET OF PARTICIPANTS, WHO COME FROM MANY AREAS OF THE STATE. PROBLEM GAMBLING PROGRAM: OUR PROBLEM GAMBLING PROGRAM REMAINED DORMANT IN 2021 DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING. WE CONTINUED TO OFFER SPECIALTY COUNSELING FOR GAMBLING CLIENTS, BILLABLE THROUGH INSURANCE. WE DID, HOWEVER, RECEIVE SOME PAST DUE FUNDING FROM SANDIA CASINO RESPONSIBLE GAMING FOR SERVICES PERFORMED IN 2020, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN.