Thursday, April 3, 2025
4/3/2025
Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Impact - Address: 405 Belcher Street, Centreville, AL 35042-2946 Project Director Name: Charity Laister Email Address: charity.laister@cahabamedicalcare.com Contact Phone Numbers (Voice): (205) 926-2992 x 7053 (Fax): (205) 316-7675 Website Address: www.cahabamedicalcare.com Summary: Cahaba Medical Care Foundation (CMC), a Federally Qualified Health Center serving central Alabama, will expand its efforts to address the four goals of the RCORP-Impact Program: Service Delivery, Workforce, Supportive Services, and Sustainability focusing its work and attention on activities within Bibb, Chilton, Wilcox, and Perry Counties where access to care for SUD/OUD is very limited. Needs Addressed: Expand Substance Use Treatment services in Wilcox, Chilton, and Bibb Counties by hiring additional behavioral health providers and community health workers to provide treatment for individuals with SUD as well as by expanding training in Medication Assisted Treatment with buprenorphine for CMC’s medical providers Initiate Substance Use Treatment services in Perry County with the addition of behavioral health providers as well as medical providers able to provide Medication Assisted Treatment Expand Substance Use Recovery services in Chilton and Bibb Counties by constructing a substance use disorder treatment room and career center within the Cahaba Medical Care Primary Care Clinic in Chilton County and its Community Center in Bibb County. Employ qualified substance use disorder treatment counselors, social workers, and administrative staff. Strengthen the workforce ecosystem by creating access within the Primary Care Clinic to computers and broadband internet for online workforce development training via the Jefferson State Community College online Adult Education, Alabama Career Essentials, and the Mobilizing Alabama Pathways Programs. Provide transportation vouchers for CMC patients needing transportation to participate in the on-campus work keys and Career Pathways hands-on Program sponsored by Jefferson State Community College. Create a network of Medical, Behavioral Health, Justice-Informed, and Educational entities who work together to advance the care of those with SUD / OUD Provide an integrated, comprehensive, “one-stop shop” for patients with SUD/ \OUD to receive treatment and recovery support within the rural service area cared for by Cahaba Medical Care Proposed Services Treatment, recovery, and social support services Target Population(s): Individuals, their families, and caregivers who are living in HRSA-designated rural, underserved areas in Bibb, Chilton, Perry, and Wilcox counties in Alabama who are at risk of SUD, experiencing symptoms of SUD, in treatment for SUD, or in recovery for SUD.
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