Thursday, May 22, 2025
5/22/2025
Monadnock Family Services Medicated Assisted Treatment Program - Monadnock Family Services (MFS) will be providing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) to an estimated 75 unduplicated individuals over three years, who are diagnosed with substance use and mental health disorders in Eastern Hillsborough and Cheshire County, which is in rural, southwestern New Hampshire. The goals of the Program are to increase MAT to those with Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction who also have mental illness, through our Substance Abuse Services and to decrease illicit opioid drug use and prescription opioid misuse at six-month follow-up in those participating in the program. SAMHSA funds in the amount of $398,912 over three years will be utilized to implement a comprehensive intensive MAT program with trained and qualified staff at MFS to encourage participation in 12- Step facilitation, provide Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Illness Management and Recovery, Motivational Interviewing, Recovery Coaching and the use of many evidence-based assessment tools. MFS patients will be required to sign treatment contracts as part of the MAT project, which will include best practice assessment tools, withdrawal scales, random drug testing, recovery support services and the use of the NH Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. The MFS-MAT team will include a Project Director, one waivered Psychiatric Advanced Practice Registered Nurse prescribing medicated assisted treatment, along with intensive therapy, both individual and group by other licensed clinicians. Nurses, a Care Coordinator and a Recovery Coach will be part of the MAT team to assist clients with coordinating housing, medical care, health benefits, legal services, childcare and employment support. The recovery support systems in place at MFS are strong, time-tested and well-established. Oversight of this Program will be provided by the Chief Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer of Monadnock Family Services. MFS also offers a smoking cessation class which will be available to the clients who are enrolled in the MAT Program as we know that a growing body of research shows that quitting smoking can improve mental health and addiction recovery outcomes. To evaluate the MFS- MAT Program, we will be implementing comprehensive metrics, measurement tools, and performance measures by collecting intake, three-month post-intake, six-month post-intake and discharge data, as well as six-month follow-up metrics in 80% of those participating in the Program annually. These measures will help us determine whether we are achieving the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the program and whether adjustments need to be made. They will also be used to determine whether MFS is having the intended impact on behavioral health disparities in the Monadnock Region.
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