Tuesday, April 16, 2024
4/16/2024
Health Services Center, Inc. (HSC) proposes Project ROAR (Recovery, Outreach, Awareness, and Resilience) an evidence-based intensive outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and concurrently available methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program for low income, uninsured adults (age 18 and up) living with opioid use disorders. Services will be provided in Etowah County, Alabama, a rural/non-urban area of northeast Alabama with a high prevalence of negative consequences from the opioid epidemic (e.g., health and legal consequences, family disruption) and low access to MAT, comprehensive, long-term SUD treatment and wrap-around recovery resources. The proposed program will particularly seek to serve persons living with or at risk of HIV disease and/or viral hepatitis C (HCV), persons of color, and women, as these populations are perennially underserved in the target area and face additional risks from untreated opioid disorders. In the proposed project, HSC will partner with an area MAT provider, Gadsden Treatment Center (GTC) to expand and enhance treatment for opioid disorders, through increasing access to MMT and concurrent provision of evidence-based intensive outpatient behavioral treatment services, mental health (MH) services, case management (CM), social and transit supports, and long-term aftercare and recovery support. Annually, the program will provide 75 initial SUD assessments and will serve a minimum of 50 persons annually through MMT and intensive outpatient (IOP) SUD treatment and individual MH, and CM services (150 over the course of the project). The ROAR Program will address high need and low access to services in several ways. First, HSC will build on partnerships with the community and local providers/stakeholders to increase marketing and availability of services. Second, HSC will partner with GTC to facilitate entry to and retention in MMT for 12 months from program entry. Third, HSC will provide enrollees with an evidence-based model of treatment, Living in Balance, which has strong research support in decreasing substance use and mental health symptoms and increasing housing and employment. Fourth, HSC will provide long-term aftercare for enrollees, including MH, CM, and SUD services. Finally, the HOME Program will host an annual regional conference focused on SUD/SMI and homelessness issues. Measureable outcomes include decreased substance use and mental health symptoms, increased housing stability, employment, social connectedness, and access to and retention in treatment. The highly experienced project staff has been providing similar services to the target population for over 15 years. The ROAR Project will expand and enhance these successes. HSC is accredited by the State of Alabama for provision of behavioral health treatment and GTC is accredited for provision of MMT. A thorough performance assessment, including both local and SAMHSA-requested performance measures, is proposed.
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