WHAT IS I.V.B.H.N?
The Indiana Veterans Behavioral Health Network (IVBHN) was formed in May 2009 as a result of a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) planning grant. It is a network that brings key partners together to improve behavioral health and well-being among Indiana’s rural veterans and their families through increased access to behavioral health care services.
Mission Statement
The Indiana Veterans Behavioral Health Network will work to increase accessibility of veterans to services, to streamline referral and reimbursement processes, and to create a matrix of family care that meets the needs of rural veterans.
IVBHN Goals
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To develop veteran cultural competence among providers of care.
In collaboration with our partners, we will provide training, a stage model of competence, designations for providers, and a means of accessing organizational and cultural competence to maintain this focus. Family Education Meetings will reduce feelings of helplessness and hopelessness that contribute to depression and suicidal ideation and will assist families in building additional networks of support.
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To connect five selected community mental health centers as access sites to the veterans administration center tele-behavioral health hub.
Formation of this network represents a unique military/partnership to increase behavioral health access for rural veterans through tele-behavioral health spoke access points to prevent emotional deterioration while maintaining access to medications, resulting in more positive outcomes for veterans. Access sites will be located in the following:
- Four County Counseling Center, Logansport, IN
- Bowen Center, Warsaw, IN
- Wabash Valley Alliance, Crawfordsville, IN
- Centerstone of Indiana, Richmond, IN
- Hamilton Center, Bloomfield, IN
IVBHN Partners
Four County Counseling Center, the applicant organization, is a rural community
Mental Health Center that serves persons in Miami, Cass, Fulton and Pulaski
counties. They offer services for children, adolescent, teenagers and adults. They
offer behavioral health and substance abuse services.
Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana, Inc. (ASPIN)ASPIN is a behavioral health network covering approximately two-thirds of Indiana.
ASPIN seeks to address the behavioral health care needs of the communities which
its members serve statewide. ASPIN is an accomplished grants manager, fiscal
agent and evaluator. A thrust of its expertise is in the area of training and care
integration.
The mission of the Indiana Rural Health Association is to enhance the health and well
being of rural populations in Indiana through leadership, education, advocacy and
collaboration. IRHA is a not-for-profit corporation developed for the purpose of
improving the health of all Indiana citizens in rural settings.
Roudebush VA Medical Center
Provides healthcare services to veterans in central Indiana and in eastern Illinois.Roudebush VA houses the Seamless Transition Integrated Care Clinic for America's Newest Generation of Combat Veterans.
Military Family Research Institue
Through research and outreach, the Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) works closely with collaborators to improve the lives of service members and their families in Indiana and across the country.
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