Tuesday, September 10, 2024
9/10/2024
Project Abstract – NOFO pg 13-14 1. Title – MS Southwest Substance & Opioid Abuse Response Program 2. Requested Award Amount - $999,816.00 3. Mississippi Public Health Institute 4. 829 Wilson Drive Suite C Ridgeland, MS 39157 5. Public Health Non-Profit 6. Project Director: AnnaLyn Whitt, Program Manager at MSPHI 7. Email: awhitt@msphi.org Phone: 601-398-4406 8. No current RCORP Award 9. No EIN Exception Request 10. How the applicant first learned about the funding opportunity: Grants.gov 11. 4 Members (including MSPHI) Mississippi Community Health Workers Association, Southwest MS Community Mental Health -A Clear Path, MSU Southwest Regional Extension Service, & the 6th District Judicial Intervention Court 12. No previous RCORP Award 13. Target Population Description: • Less than 0.25% of the target area identify as female, American Indian/Alaskan Native. • This project targets pregnant, parenting, and parenting-aged women with SUD/OUD in 7 Southwestern Mississippi counties by partnering with behavioral health providers, community health workers, local law enforcement, domestic violence shelters, and other community organizations to decrease stigma against women with SUD/OUD, prevent SUD/OUD, and increase access to SUD/OUD treatment and recovery. Evidence-based practices, prevention efforts, professional trainings, and stigma reduction communication campaigns all directly address harmful stigma against pregnant and parenting women with OUD/SUD and seek to improve health disparities. 14. Target Service Area: 7 HRSA-designated rural counties in Mississippi: Adams, Amite, Claiborne Franklin, Jefferson, Pike, & Walthall 15. Does the target service area overlap with existing RCORP? No Brief Summary: MSPHI is forming a consortium of local, regional and state partners to work in southwest MS in order to provide resources that will create and sustain new substance use disorder and opioid use disorder support, treatment, and recovery ser vices for the priority counties. Using the strengths of existing services, MSPHI and its consortium members will deploy interventions that focus on workforce development for community health workers, DMH counselors, patient support specialists, and health care providers in Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Pike, and Walthall counties. The aim is to bring services to pregnant and parenting women at risk or with substance use disorder, specifically, opioid use disorder, identified through various referral sources. The overarching goal is to create a sustainable, integrated, multi-disciplinary mental and physical health care system that reduces morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder and opioid use disorder in pregnant and parenting women in priority rural counties.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
