Monday, April 29, 2024
4/29/2024
Through Tarrant Treatment and Wellness Opportunities (T2), My Health My Resource Tarrant (MHMR) will reduce HIV and hepatitis infection by expediting expanded access to an individualized continuum of substance use and COPSD treatment for 245 active substance users over 60 months. Among those most likely to be without health coverage, to test late, and to be most directly affected by the limited availability of substance use treatment, T2 will focus its implementation on three target populations: African-American men, ages 18 – 24, with substance use disorders (SUD) or co-occurring disorders (COPSD); Young adults who have recently aged out of foster care; and African-American women with SUD or COPSD who have been formally adjudicated for solicitation and drug felonies. T2 will facilitate expanded access to substance use treatment through targeted outreach, referral, and identification of 1425 high-risk individuals, using individualized contacts, educational presentations, and referrals from community partner with robust linkages to T2’s targeted populations. T2 will facilitate expanded access to substance use treatment by providing onsite HIV rapid preliminary antibody testing and viral hepatitis testing to 713 high-risk individuals. Critically, T2 will link individuals with a preliminary positive to interim services, those who are HIV + to medical care and specialized substance use treatment services, and connect individuals with reactive hepatitis screenings to treatment. T2 will expedite expanded entry into the continuum of MHMR’s substance abuse treatment, including COPSD-specific services, to 245 individuals, some YMSM and/or members of racial and ethnic minorities, at risk for HIV. With Seeking Safety used throughout treatment, the point of entry and transitions between levels of treatment will be tailored to the individual’s needs. Responding to disparities that challenge access to care, each individual will be connected to MHMR’s Benefit Enrollment Counselors to enroll in health insurance and linked to care during substance use treatment. To sustain and advance recovery, T2 will provide clinical case management and peer services to 190 individuals in a non-duplicative collaboration with community partners, services structured to be responsive to the needs of T2’s populations of focus. T2 is an initiative of MHMR Tarrant, a local unit of government that has been providing substance use and behavioral health services since 1969. Led by and staffed by licensed professionals and/or those with shared life experience, T2 will benefit from their collective experience in HIV/AIDS outreach and treatment, including 5 previous SAMHSA-funded HIV initiatives. T2’s progress toward its goals and objectives will be evaluated rigorously by MHMR’s Research Division, which has provided data collection, management, analysis, and reporting for 18 previously awarded SAMHSA-funded grants.
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).
