Project Abstract Summary
Summary. The North Mississippi Commission on MI/MR (d.b.a. Communicare/Region 2 Mental Health) and the 17th Circuit Drug Court of Mississippi will implement the Addiction Counseling Health Integration Education Vitality Enforcement project addressing gaps in residential treatment capacity and providing trauma-informed service enhancements and peer recovery supports to reduce recidivism and co-occurring disorders and improve successful reintegration into communities.
Name of the project: ACHIEVE
Populations served: High risk/high need adults 18+ (48% female; 48% male; 4% transgender); 25% African American, 10% Hispanic/Latino 5% Multi-Racial; 70% White (non-Hispanic); 5% LGB; 100% trauma-involved; 100% Co-occurring Disorders; 4% HIV positive and 4% viral Hepatitis positive in need of immediate residential treatment.
Project Goal. To provide gender affirming, trauma-informed and culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health services reducing crime, co-occurring substance use and mental disorders among high risk/high need, nonviolent offenders who are in need of residential treatment.
Strategies/Interventions: ACHIEVE expands residential treatment capacity and enhances treatment dosage and intensity adding state-of-the-science approaches and recovery support services all to meet the individualized needs of drug court participants. The Level of Service Inventory–Revised™ (LSI-R™) is used to match each participant's level and intensity of services to his/her level of risk and relative to his/her needs. Services include: standardized screening/assessment, trauma-informed SUD/MH co-occurring disorders residential treatment coupled with strength-based case management, HIV, viral Hepatitis screening and linkage, and peer recovery support services (ensuring linkages to housing, employment, healthcare and social supports). Use of EBPs from SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) will help to achieve the measurable objectives yielding optimal results. EBPs: Motivational Interviewing, Seeking Safety, Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), Living in Balance, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) and Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM/M-TREM).
Measurable Objectives. Of the 150 participants served, 90% will successfully complete the program; 85% will reduce risk of recidivism and substance use; 90% will have higher rates of abstinence from criminal activity and substance use; 85% will reduce antisocial behaviors that trigger criminal activity and substance use; 90% will achieve sustained rates of employment, education and housing stability; 95% will increase in supports and social connectedness; 75% will reduce the frequency of risky behaviors to reduce HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis A, B and C and STIs; and 100% will report greater access and use of peer recovery support services.
Number to be served. 50 per year, totaling 150 across a three-year project period.