Thursday, March 13, 2025
3/13/2025
Project Title: Southwest Alabama Opioid Response (SAOR) Expansion Project; Requested Award Amount: $300,000; Applicant Organization Name: West Central Alabama AHEC; Applicant Organization Address: 1100 South Cedar Avenue, Demopolis, AL 36732-3310; Applicant Organizational Facility Type: Community-based Organization; Project Director Name: Rosie London; Contact Phone Number: 856-425-4710; Email Address: Rosie.London@wcaahec.org; Website Address: www.wcaahec.org; Target Population and Service Area: All adults 18+ and youth 14 and older across Congressional District 7 Counties of Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo and Sumter Counties. This population includes utilizers of FQHC facilities, uninsured individuals, utilizers of Medicaid, and members of racial minorities; Brief description of project: Expansion of SUD and OUD evidence-based interventions currently implemented through HRSA-20-031 programming by deploying community health workers in non-clinical locations across Congressional District 7 Counties in Alabama. The goal is to expand the impact of SUD/OUD prevention, treatment and recovery mechanisms by integrating social safety net services and the Care Coordination Model in community-based locations which will help continue to address community social determinants of health and decrease vulnerability to negative health outcomes, most notably SUD/OUD.
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