Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
SStarbirth, through PPW funding, will enhance an already comprehensive residential treatment program for pregnant and postpartum women and children utilizing evidence based programming to improve treatment outcomes for both women and children. The program has 12 beds and will focus on a flexible length of stay for up to six months, integrated treatment services for the women, children, and identified family members, and coordinated aftercare services. SStarbirth currently provides on-site treatment for substance use disorders, psychiatric evaluations and medication management, case management services, and a licensed daycare. Community partners provide on-site HIV risk education, domestic violence awareness and education, nutrition information, Healthy Families and early intervention services. Community partners provide off site health screening and treatment, GED and job readiness classes. The program philosophy is based on the relational model of treatment, offering a more supportive and nurturing treatment approach than traditional treatment. A primary objective of this project will be to provide integrated assessments for substance abuse, mental health, and trauma issues. Counseling approaches will embrace a best practice approach through training in Motivational Interviewing and use of a structured cognitive-behavioral manualized treatment. Treatment will also include Najavits’ “Seeking Safety” trauma treatment model, and Covington’s “Helping Women Recover”. Staff will also be trained to further facilitate cultural competency. Further interventions and treatment will include the ARISE intervention model, as well as the “Nurturing Families Affected by Substance Abuse, Mental Illness and Trauma” and the “Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency” (ARC) treatment model to enhance parenting skills and the parent/child bond will include. Peer Recovery Specialists will be integrated into treatment services to improved client engagement and improve coordination of wrap-around services, thereby improving overall treatment goals and outcomes. SStarbirth staff, with the Program Evaluator, has a well-established protocol for the collection of data. This will include the collection of GPRA data – a follow-up rate of over 80 percent has been achieved at 6 and 12 month follow-up intervals in the past projects. SSTAR will utilize the NIATx process improvement model to continually improve access and retention. We will work from program onset to gather the evidence needed and create relationships with key stakeholders to secure funding through a variety of mechanisms for all grant services.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
