Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Empowerment Resource Center submits this grant application for the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP Program) under SAMHSA FY2022 Minority AIDS Initiative—Service Integration (Short Title: MAI-SI) NOFO No. SM-22-005. Under the ICP Program, Empowerment Resource Center (ERC) proposes to provide evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate mental health (MH) therapy and practices for individuals with MH or co-occurring (COD) disorders. ERC will target racial and ethnic minority adults, with or at risk of MH disorders and COD, and residing in the Atlanta metropolitan area, with one of more of the following experiences: self-injurious, suicidal, or risk taking behaviors; housing instability; and/or living with or at high-risk of HIV. The ICP Program will enroll clients based on their membership in the target population and their willingness to voluntarily participate. ERC will provide mental health therapy and resiliency services for 125 unduplicated members of the target population with MH disorders or COD, with a priority focus on African-American and Latino men and women, aged 18 years and older—approximately 5,375 client encounters, annually. Through its CARF-accredited MH and Integrated Outpatient Treatment Alcohol & Other Drugs (AOD) services (AOD/MH) and non-residential Intensive Outpatient Treatment programs, ERC will promote the proposed program, recruit and enroll participants, offer MH services for 500 unduplicated members of racial and ethnic minority groups, over the entire project period—an estimated 21,500 client encounters through September 29, 2026. ICP Program participants will be screened and assessed for MH/COD by licensed, trained, and qualified behavioral health (BH) providers. Upon enrollment, clinicians at the on-site ERC Comprehensive Intervention Clinic will provide rapid HIV testing, screen for TB and viral hepatitis, and link eligible participants to PrEP or long-term HIV/Hepatitis primary care. In-house MH providers will offer group- and individual-level MH therapy and resiliency services for participants, based on their Individual Resiliency and Recovery Plans (IRRP). In addition, the ERC Peer Leader will work with participants to create individualized Wellness Recovery Action Plans and conduct self-help support group sessions designed to develop coping and life management skills. Furthermore, participants will receive case management and resource coordination services that make active referrals to housing, transportation, evidence-based HIV behavioral, biomedical, and structural interventions, and other supportive services. Enrolled participants will also be encouraged to access hepatitis immunization services, HIV/hepatitis primary care linkages, and integrated STI screenings through the ERC clinic, as needed. Through the ICP Program, ERC will: (1) increase the accessibility of HIV and hepatitis prevention services within a BH care setting; (2) provide trauma-informed and culturally-appropriate evidence-based services for individuals with MH/COD; (3) provide peer support services for participants; (4) provide case management services to coordinate BH, primary care, HIV and hepatitis treatment, and supportive services; and (5) implement effective outreach strategies to promote proposed behavioral health services, and HIV and hepatitis primary care and prevention services. ERC, located in Atlanta (Fulton County), GA, is a not-for-profit, community-based organization with a valid IRS 501(C)(3) status. Services will be provided on-site at the ERC Comprehensive Intervention Clinic. Lisa Rudeseal, LPC, MS will serve as the ICP Program Director. ERC is a non-residential outpatient facility and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and permitted by the Georgia Department of Community Health, Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Program. Jacqueline Brown is the CEO and will serve as Principle Investigator.
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