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Opioid Peer Emergency Navigation to Accessing Comprehensive Care and Engaging Specialized Services (OPEN ACCESS)

Award Number: H79TI081510
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/28/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/27/2022

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Opioid Peer Emergency Navigation to Accessing Comprehensive Care and Engaging Specialized Services (OPEN ACCESS) - The Opioid Peer Emergency Navigation to Accessing Comprehensive Care and Engaging Specialized Services (OPEN ACCESS) project will serve the residents of Newark, NJ. Newark has seen high numbers of deaths related to opioid overdose, and high rates of HIV related to injection drug use. Many individuals seeking substance abuse treatment in Newark are uninsured, and the availability of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is lower than in the rest of New Jersey. The OPEN ACCESS program will meet patients in the emergency department (ED) at University Hospital (UH) in Newark, focusing on individuals with complications of opioid use, such as overdose, withdrawal, or HIV transmission. We will offer peer counseling, healthcare navigation, take-home naloxone, and buprenorphine initiation when appropriate, while the individual is still in the ED. We will offer referral to appropriate medical and addiction services offered through a collaboration between different Rutgers New Jersey Medical School departments, including departments of Emergency Medicine, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, and Psychiatry. Grant support will help us ensure that the following services are available to patients immediately, regardless of insurance status at the time of initiation into the program: MAT services, take-home naloxone, HIV care, addiction counseling, peer counseling, financial counseling, meditation training, social work case management and referral to other medical and addiction services as needed. In order to extend our capacity to offer services in a resource-limited setting, we will offer addiction services via telemedicine, especially for individuals with limited mobility due to disability or transportation limitation. We will also offer an evidence-based, computerized cognitive behavioral therapy intervention. We will engage in ongoing quality improvement using the plan-do-study-act model to evaluate and improve the OPEN ACCESS program. We will offer education and referral to at least 900 patients with complications of opioid use disorder from the ED, with a goal of linkage to care of 35% in the first year, 40% in the second year, and 45% in the third year of grant funding. We expect to link at least 360 patients to MAT services, and to retain 80% of these patients in services.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = -$4,634 )
2023	2021	RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	12/7/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$4,634
														Subtotal = -$4,634

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2022	2021	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	10/20/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2021	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	3	1/28/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $521,518 )
2021	2021	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	004	3	3/9/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2021	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	006	3	7/26/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2021	2021	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	005	3	6/23/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2021	2021	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	3	2/17/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$521,518
2021	2021	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	003	3	3/5/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2020	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	2	2/18/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2021	2020	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	2	10/14/2020	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $521,518

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $521,518 )
2020	2020	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	003	2	9/10/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2020	2020	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	2	2/19/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$521,518
2020	2019	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	10/11/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2020	2019	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	10/10/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $521,518

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $521,518 )
2019	2019	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	1	5/15/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2019	2019	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	4/12/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2019	2019	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	2/21/2019	NEW	$521,518
														Subtotal = $521,518

Grand Total All Awards = $1,559,920

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Opioid Peer Emergency Navigation to Accessing Comprehensive Care and Engaging Specialized Services (OPEN ACCESS)

Award Number: H79TI081510

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/28/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/27/2022

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