Sangre de Cristo Community Health Partnership Inc (SDCCHP) is a New Mexico 501c-3 non-profit corporation and former HRSA-funded Community Access Program grantee that seeks to improve access to and integration of behavioral health services and medical care for the indigent and underserved populations of New Mexico. SDCCHP seeks to accomplish this through a variety of partner and collaborative relationships between and among groups, community organizations, and/or corporations and governmental agencies that have demonstrated a commitment to the promotion and furtherance of health and behavioral health related service delivery to indigent and underserved populations in New Mexico.
Sangre de Cristo has developed a network of partner relationships throughout New Mexico and through these has developed mechanisms and capacity to direct a multi-partner best practice initiative, including best practice workgroups, training structures, and data collection procedures, to administer and implement community services programs.
As the sub-administrative contractor for the Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Brief Treatment (SBIRT) program; funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) through the New Mexico Department of Health Behavioral Health Services Division, the Sangre de Cristo Community Health Partnership New Mexico program continues to provide substance abuse services through primary health clinics, school-based health centers, and public health offices in New Mexico. It targets rural and underserved at risk populations to increase access to behavioral health services. The major strategies include motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy for the brief encounters, and sequenced assessments that precede referrals for needed addiction treatment. The program has been implemented in 10 sites across New Mexico via 10 Behavioral Health Consultants hired and supervised by SDCCHP.
Additionally, SDCCHP has implemented a statewide telehealth network linking 8 sites for televideo communications, clinical supervision and treatment consultation in the SBIRT Program.
