The proposed Clinton County Opioid Reduction and Expansion (CORE) Program aims to decrease the prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUDs) within Clinton County, Pennsylvania (PA) by increasing access to evidence-based and high-quality prevention, treatment, and recovery services. This is an application in response to Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) HRSA-22-057 from the Human Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The University of Pittsburgh (https://www.pitt.edu/) is the applicant organization for this initiative and is located at 123 University Place, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA, 15213. The University of Pittsburgh (PITT), an Institute of Higher Learning, is requesting an award amount of $1,000,000 to implement the CORE Program in Clinton County, PA. The Co-Project Directors, Dr. Janice Pringle and Ms. Allison Clevenger, are located at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU). Ms. Clevenger and Dr. Pringle will work collaboratively as Co-Project Directors. Ms. Clevenger will devote 25% of her effort as the primary contact for the proposed program with guidance from Dr. Pringle. Dr. Pringle, Director and Professor, can be contacted via email at jlpringle@pitt.edu or via phone at 412-383-2005. There is no EIN/DUNS number exception in Attachment 8. PITT first learned about this funding opportunity from their current HRSA Project Officer. PITT PERU is joined in the CORE Consortium by a total of three other organizations: West Branch Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission (WBDAAC), CleanSlate Addiction Treatment Centers, and Community Care Behavioral Health Organization (CCBHO). PITT is a FY-19 RCORP-Implementation Applicant Organization/Award Recipient and FY-21 RCORP-Implementation Consortium Member and Applicant Organization/Award Recipient. Clinton County is the target service area, which is an entirely rural county that does not overlap with
the FY-19 or FY-21 award service areas. About 0.19% of the population is American Indian/Alaskan Native. Given this low prevalence, the population of focus is adults (18 years and older) with any SUD with a focus on special populations (i.e., individuals experiencing homelessness, pregnant/postpartum persons, or in the criminal justice system), and families of those persons with SUD located in Clinton County. The goals and objectives of this project align with the goals and objectives of this RCORP-Implementation FOA: (1) reduce the prevalence of SUD and co-occurring mental health disorders (MH) through prevention-focused activities; (2) implement and expand access to treatment for SUD; and (3) implement and expand access to recovery services and options for patients and families of patients with SUDs. CORE will leverage existing community resources and programs to reach all goals through the following: (1) PERU will lead healthcare provider recruitment, training, implementation, and optimization of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and collect and evaluate data to improve services; (2) WBDAAC will provide case management and peer support services, including ASAM-based level of care assessments and linkage to treatment and recovery services, for patients with SUDs; (3) PERU will develop educational tools for patients and the community to improve knowledge of SUD and decrease stigma; (4) PERU and WBDAAC will train local first responders on naloxone administration and warm handoff referrals; (5) CleanSlate will provide outpatient treatment, including MAT, improve treatment access and mitigate barriers through a mobile medical unit with a focus on special populations; and (6) CCBHO will analyze claims data, assist with evaluation activities, support the identification and optimization of value-based reimbursement models for warm handoff referrals and SUD treatment/services, and support program sust
ainability.