Wednesday, April 24, 2024
4/24/2024
Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. (TTC) will expand access to quality, evidence-based medication assisted treatment (MAT) for individuals in Los Angeles County (LAC) with opioid use disorder (OUD), especially vulnerable populations being released from LAC hospital emergency departments (EDs) and jails. TTC’s MAT-Expansion Project (Project MAT-E) will offer participants a constellation of critical services, including MAT, counseling, recovery and peer support, co-occurring mental health services, HIV/Hepatitis screening and comprehensive case management with referral and linkage to TTC’s primary medical care and HIV/Hepatitis specialty medical care and prevention services. The project will provide outreach, screening, intake and assessment services to a minimum of 150 individuals with OUD in Year 1 and 180 in Years 2 and 3 for a total of 510 unduplicated individuals served during the life of the project. The population of focus will be adults, over age 18, with an OUD referred from LAC EDs and Jails; participants will be reflective of the current OUD patient population in LAC, who are primarily White and/or Hispanic males whose primary drug of choice is heroin. As an expert in MAT and integrated healthcare, TTC will ensure a comprehensive response to the complex treatment needs of participants by leveraging its integrated treatment model, developed over the past 45 years, to create a broad system of care for individuals suffering from OUD. TTC will provide all required services at its Central treatment facility and co-located Opioid Treatment Program in Tarzana, CA, including: 1) Comprehensive Assessment and Individualized Treatment Planning; 2) Medication Assisted Treatment (buprenorphine/naloxone, methadone, and naltrexone); 3) Individual and Group Counseling; 4) Co-occurring Mental Health Services; 5) Case Management Services, including benefits screening and enrollment and referral and linkage to TTC’s primary care, housing, and transportation services; 5) Recovery and Peer Support Services; 6) Prescription Drug Monitoring; 7) Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution; 8) Pharmacological Consults for chronic pain management; 9) Adherence Monitoring; 10) Linkage to higher levels of SUD Care; 11) Telehealth Services; 12) HIV/HCV Prevention and Treatment Services; and 13) Tobacco Cessation Services. The specific goal of Project MAT-E is to increase access to MAT in LAC by: 1) Strengthening existing referral networks with LAC hospital EDs and jails; and 2) Enhancing TTC’s capacity to enroll OUD patients in MAT services. Measurable objectives include: 1) 80% enrollment of participants in MAT services; 2) 30% enrollment of participants in co-occurring mental health services; 3) 100% screening of participants for HIV/Hepatitis; 4) increased length of stay in MAT programs; 5) increased abstinence from illicit drug use; 6) decreased criminal justice involvement; and 7) reduced ED visits due to opioid overdose.
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