Plans for a One-Stop Shop offering behavioral health and other prevention/wellness services under one roof are moving forward with recent approval of the first major foundation grant of $50,000 from The Troy Foundation.

The Tri-County Board of Recovery and Mental Health Services based in Troy has been working on the One-Stop Shop project for a few years. A public-private partnership is being built for the project.

The Tri-County board has committed $2 million toward the project and has bought land for the shop on County Road 25A between Troy and Piqua. The land lies just south of the Health Partners of Miami County building.

Mark McDaniel, Tri-County board executive director said applications for other grants have been filed of are in the works as the agency awaits word on possible funding.

The Miami County commissioners last fall sent a letter supporting the proposal and funding to the Dayton Development Coalition for the Priority Development and Advocacy Committee for the Dayton Region. An answer on that request is expected soon.

In the the letter, the commissioners wrote: “This project will enhance services that support a healthy, employable workforce for the businesses and industries in the region. In an integrated one-stop services model, recovery and supportive services are more accessible and more effective.”

The shop would bring a number of services under one roof. The key to success would be the front door process where the client would receive a full assessment and a full menu of services available in one location, McDaniel said.

Memorandums of understanding are being sought now from 10 service agencies that would locate to the site, McDaniel said. Although specific agencies are not being named yet their service would include behavioral health, housing, public health and related offerings.

A one stop concept will be even more important as Medicaid related services move more into the managed care world, McDaniel said.

“One stop shops are common in many other areas,” he said. Among them locally are job centers and the license/title services.

McDaniel updated the county commission on the project last week.

“We think that this project is being received so well by so many folks that we expect a lot of support,” he said.

The Tri-County board’s long-term plan is to look at similar shops in Shelby and Darke counties once the Miami County facility is up and running.