Tuesday, October 3, 2023
10/3/2023
In 2019, the counties of Greene, Miami, and Montgomery, Ohio, were devastated by an unprecedented 18 EF4 tornadoes. The Ohio Disaster Response Project (ODRP) will address the mental health, addiction, and wraparound needs of both youth and adults in these communities through evidence-based screening, diagnostic, crisis, and treatment services, as well as a comprehensive workforce development plan, serving a total of 69,000 unduplicated individuals. Youth will be served via school-based universal screenings using the SBIRT model and Panorama Social Emotional Learning Assessment. High risk young people will be referred to a Student Resiliency Coordinator who will provide care coordination and linkages to a continuum of services that include prevention, screenings, diagnostic assessments, mental health therapy, case management, and psychiatric services. School districts will also have access to crisis support and a crisis debriefing intervention team as part of their emergency preparedness planning. Evidence-based treatment services for youth will include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused-CBT, as well as family, group, and play therapies. Adults will be served via the network of behavioral healthcare providers who will integrate trauma questions into their standardized intake forms. As clinically appropriate, evidence-based treatment services for adults will include CBT, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment, Withdrawal Management, Medication Assisted Treatment, Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment, and Assertive Community Treatment services. Telehealth services will be available in tech-enabled spaces where individuals may meet privately with a remote clinician. All individuals will be assisted with transportation and access to community vocational services. A Mobile Crisis Outreach Team will be deployed for any youth or adult that is deemed to be in imminent danger. Workforce development opportunities will include Youth and Adult Mental Health First Aid, Trauma Informed Approaches, Social Resilience Model, Stewards of Children, Threat Assessment, Crisis Intervention Planning, De-Escalation, NOVA trainings, and several evidence-based treatment modalities. A comprehensive marketing plan will ensure individuals have knowledge of, and access to, community resources via the GetHelpNow software application. Lastly, these communities will come together for planning purposes via the ODRP Community Resilience Committee that will utilize the Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience and the THRIVE models as frameworks for addressing and preventing community trauma. By September 2021: 1) 162 new instructors will be trained in new training curriculum, 2) 2,500 people will be trained, 3) 9 providers will implement treatment EBPs, 4) 5 schools will implement SBIRT, 5) 9 schools will implement SEL assessments, 6) 135 new members will join the Ohio Crisis Response Team, and 7) the Ohio Disaster Response Community Resilience Committee will have met a minimum of six times.
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