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Focus on Integrating Response, Screening, and Training (FIRST) for Women in Kentucky

Award Number: ASTWH220123
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH
OPDIV: DHHS/OS
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: DEMONSTRATION
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2025

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Focus on Integrating Response, Screening, and Training (FIRST) for Women in Kentucky - The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), a national research and evaluation center with expertise in substance use disorder (SUD) and intimate partner violence (IPV) proposes the Focus on Integrating Response, Screening, and Staff Training (FIRST) for Women in Kentucky (KY) to: (1) create a community of practice connected to the KY Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KCADV) and the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services, branch of Adult Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Services (ASUTRS), (2) implement intersectional, trauma-informed training for each of KY's regional SUD treatment and IPV services providers, utilizing best practices for addressing the intersection of motherhood, IPV, and SUD, and (3) expand IPV and SUD partnerships and workforce to include local medical practitioners. KCADV, which supports KY’s 15 regional IPV service providers, and ASUTRS, which directs the 14 SUD service programs in each region, will provide in-kind services to improve infrastructure and cross-collaboration as well as incentivize service providers. A third partner, Provide Inc. will develop training to decrease provider stigma related to IPV and SUD. Efforts will also integrate SUD and IPV best practices and referral protocols into medical practice by building on ongoing work in the KY Perinatal Quality Collaborative program. The Theory of Social Support underlies our approach; increasing supports for service providers’ as well as reducing provider stigma will enable providers to offer women supports through screening and referral services. Our work will be informed by existing regional collaborative community work groups as well as evidence-based curricula. PIRE’s expertise in both implementation science and community-based evaluation will enable us to implement a robust process and outcomes evaluation and assist each KY region in developing a disparity impact statement to address the intersecting needs of women experiencing violence in their communities.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $749,591 )
2024	2024	PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION	4061 POWDER MILL RD	BELTSVILLE	MD	20705	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	00	3	9/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$749,591
														Subtotal = $749,591

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $770,372 )
2023	2023	PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION	4061 POWDER MILL RD	BELTSVILLE	MD	20705	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	00	2	9/21/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$770,372
2023	2022	PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION	4061 POWDER MILL RD	BELTSVILLE	MD	20705	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	00	2	9/21/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION	4061 POWDER MILL RD	BELTSVILLE	MD	20705	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	02	1	11/30/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $770,372

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $770,372 )
2022	2022	PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION	4061 Powder Mill Road, Suite 350	Beltsville	MD	20705	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	01	1	9/27/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$20,379
2022	2022	PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION	4061 Powder Mill Road, Suite 350	Beltsville	MD	20705	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	00	1	9/26/2022	NEW	$749,993
														Subtotal = $770,372

Grand Total All Awards = $2,290,334

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Focus on Integrating Response, Screening, and Training (FIRST) for Women in Kentucky

Award Number: ASTWH220123

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH

OPDIV: DHHS/OS

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: DEMONSTRATION

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2025

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