Rural Communities Opioid Response-Implementation - 1. Title: Helping Impact Women and Youth with SUD/OUD (HIWAY) 2. Requested: $1,000,000 3. Applicant: Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital 4. Address: 3043 NE 28th St., Lincoln City, OR 97367 5. Facility type: Critical Access Hospital 6. Project Director: TBH, Interim Project Director: JoAnn Miller, Community Health Promotion Director 7. Contact: 541-768-7330, jomiller@samhealth.org 8. Current FY20 or FY21 RCORP-I award recipient: N 9. EIN Exception Request: N 10. Learned about NOFO: HRSA news release 11. # and List of consortium members: 12, Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital, Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital, Samaritan Medical Group, ReConnections Counseling Center, Lincoln County Health & Human Services, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians (CTSI), Faith, Hope, and Charity, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Samaritan House, Olalla Center, NW Coastal Housing, Partnership Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse 12. Applicant is a previous and current RCORP grant recipient consortium member: FY18 RCORP-Planning Applicant Organization FY19 RCORP-Implementation Applicant Organization FY20 RCORP-Planning Consortium Member FY 21 RCORP-Implementation Consortium Member 13. Target population: Pregnant and childbearing age women, youth, racially/ethnically diverse, LGBTQIA2S+. 4.0% of Lincoln County is American Indian. It is home to the CTSI. In the HIWAY Project, CTSI will re-vitalize the youth section of CEDARR, the tribal drug and alcohol prevention coalition. Youth activities include leadership training, SUD/OUD prevention education and outreach, coordination of community events. 14. Target Service Area: Fully Rural County - Lincoln County, OR 15. Does target service area overlap with an existing FY20 or FY21 RCORP-I award recipient’s service area: N Helping Impact Women and Youth with SUD/OUD (HIWAY) Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital (SNLH) 3043 NE 28th Street, Lincoln City, OR 97367 Project Director TBH, Interim JoAnn Miller, Community Health Promotion Director 541-768-7330, jomiller@samhealth.org www.samhealth.org-find-a-location/s/samaritan-north-lincoln-hospital Funds Requested: $1,000,000 SNLH requests $1,000,000 to implement the HIWAY project in Lincoln County, Oregon to reduce morbidity and mortality related to SUD/OUD in rural Lincoln County, Oregon. Under the direction of the twelve-member HIWAY Consortium, we will strengthen and expand SUD/OUD prevention, treatment and recovery services. The Project will serve pregnant and childbearing age women, youth, racially/ethnically diverse, and LGBTQIA2S+ populations. The Project encompasses all required foundational, prevention, and treatment/recovery core activities. HIWAY activities: Screen and refer patients to SUD/OUD services; Conduct non-stigma services for pregnant women; Provide access and training for naloxone to law enforcement, first responders, clients and caregivers; Train youth to develop and implement culturally relevant evidenced-based strategies; Provide peer support to communities of color, pregnant women, youth, and LGBTQIA2S+; Provide case management, housing, parenting education and basic needs; Conduct media campaign and provider education to address stigma. Oregon adults have the 4th highest rate of SUD and 3rd highest rate of mental illness. Oregon has the highest rate of mental illness and SUD among youth and adults combined. Oregon ranks as the 4th worst for access to treatment/recovery services. Lincoln County has higher rates of SUD overdose and hospitalization than Oregon overall, rates are increasing. By October 2021, there were 24% more non-fatal overdoses than all of 2020. Of these, 71% were women and youth. Concurrently, 14 newborns were born with NAS. Residents tend to be poorer, experience higher unemployment and receive lower wages. Almost 90% of residents are Caucasian. There is a growing Latinx population, and a stable American Indian population. Communities are isolated with few SUD services.
