Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (VOALA) will implement the Youth and Family TREE Program, a comprehensive and multisystem family approach to provide youth, transitional aged youth and their families/primary caregivers, with a SUD or COD who reside in LA County CA, assessments, evidence-based SUD/COD education, early intervention and treatment, peer recovery support, and coordination of case management and wraparound supportive services. Population: VOALA will serve adolescents (ages 12-18), transitional-aged youth (16-25) and their families/caregivers with a SUD or COD who reside in LA County CA with a focus on SPAs 3 and 6. The project will target minority and underserved populations as the service area has a high rate of poverty, socioeconomic, economic and healthcare disparities including 22% of youth who reported using alcohol, 17.1% illegal drugs, and 8% marijuana in the past year. Interventions: Using a comprehensive and multisystem service approach, VOALA will utilize the EBPs of Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and SBIRT while incorporating Motivational Interviewing and trauma-informed care. While providing SUD and COD treatment to youth as well as SBIRT for participating families, the project will also integrate peer supports, tobacco counseling, mental health and primary health care, youth and family recovery and wraparound services, case/care management and benefits advocacy to promote increased access to care, service use and improved outcomes. Goals & Objectives: VOALA will enroll 50 eligible program participants in Year 1 and 100 annually in Years 2-5 for a total of 450. Primary goals are to improve the health of the targeted population by implementing community-based, coordinated, integrated and evidence-based behavioral health interventions, education and treatment, and access to primary health care; improve stability by providing and/or coordinating comprehensive recovery and wraparound support services; and improve effective project implementation and evaluation by conducting CQI activities. By the end of the 5-year grant period, participants of the targeted population will meet the following objectives: 1) 65% will improve their SUD or COD functioning; 2) 65% will increase access to primary health care and victim services; 3) 70% will increase access to age-appropriate tobacco cessation interventions; 4) 65% will improve their housing stability; 5) 80% will increase use of wraparound and recovery support services; 6) 65% will improve their education and/or employment status and/or access to disability benefits; 7) 80% will increase access to eligible benefits; and 8) 65% who have a participating family member will increase access to parenting and/or family interventions for that member. Also, VOALA will achieve a 3 and 6-month follow-up rate of at least 80%, and conduct a minimum of quarterly Project Management Team meetings for project oversight and coordinated systems linkages. Morehead State University will conduct the performance assessment which will focus on GPRA measures, implementation, and achievement of project goals, objectives, and outcomes.
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).
