The Montrose Integrated Treatment Project will service 75 annually and 150 total unduplicated adult LGBTQ+ or people living with HIV consumers with mental health and substance use disorder in Houston/Harris County, TX. The Integrated Treatment for Co-occurring Disorders will be the primary evidence-based practice.
Goal 1: Begin providing ITP services in the 4th month of the contract.
Obj. 1-1: ITP process evaluation protocol, monthly, during the 1st 4 mos, QI team (Exec Dir, Evaluator, Compliance & Admissions Coord) will complete ITP readiness assessment checklist.
Obj. 1-2: By the end of the 4th mo, QI team will train recovery coaches & referral source on how to refer and link potential clients for ITP intake.
Goal 2: Enroll & retain 75 clients unduplicated clients per year (150 over 2 years of funding).
Obj. 2-1: Begin mo 4, enroll on average 10.7 new clients in ITP, so that 150 new clients are enrolled in ITP by the end of month 18 and able to complete 6-month follow-up assessments.
Obj. 2-2: Begin mo 4, complete the intake/initial evaluation for 90% of new clients w/in 10 business days.
Obj. 2-3: Begin mo 6, retain at least 80% of clients who enroll in ITP for a min of 6 mos.
Obj. 2-4: At 3 & 6-months from baseline, 80% of clients complete follow-up assessments.
Goal 3: Implement a quality improvement process.
Obj. 3-1: Begin mo 5, QI team will meet monthly for process & QI to review analyses & use to inform changes to service delivery protocols, documenting changes & reason for changes.
Obj. 3-2: Consistent with ITP process evaluation protocol, by the end of the 6th mo & every six mos thereafter (mos 12, 18, & 24), QI team will collect process improvement data using the integrated fidelity scale, general organizational index, & measures of cultural competency.
Obj. 3-3: In mos 6, 12, 18, & 24, QI team will facilitate community advisory meeting, review results of available analyses & solicit recommendations for program improvement, documenting changes & reason for changes.