Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Louisiana State Opioid Response (LaSOR) Program - The Louisiana State Opioid Response (LaSOR) Program will enhance existing statewide prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for individuals with or at risk for opioid use disorder (OUD).The priority populations to be served are: (1) the under- and uninsured, (2) the criminal justice population, (3) state-recognized tribes, (4) pregnant women or women with infants experiencing neonatal opioid withdrawal symptoms, and (5) school age children (for prevention). The goals of LaSOR include: 1) Increase access to Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) for the under- and uninsured with an OUD diagnosis; 2) Increase access to recovery support services for patients on MAT and those reentering communities from criminal justice settings; 3) Increase outreach to community programs; 4) Identify and address needs of state-recognized tribes; and 5) Increase public and professional awareness and education for prevention and treatment of OUD. LaSOR will support MAT for 2,150 unduplicated individuals (1,300 in year one and 850 in year two), as well as recovery support services for 80 individuals (40 per year for two years), totaling 2,230 individuals served over the two year grant (1,340 in year one and 890 in year two). LaSOR will utilize the existing Strategic Prevention Framework-based infrastructure as a basis to implement prevention EBPs and best practices statewide. Strategies include education through the new Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Module of Life Skills Training and Generation Rx; strategic placement of prescription drop boxes statewide; distribution of Narcan Kits to first responders, jails, and emergency room departments for distribution to patients at discharge; and prescriber training and education.LaSOR will enhance and expand MAT treatment availability statewide by building the capacity of the 10 Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) and Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) providers through the hub and spoke model, where the OTPs will be the hubs and the OBOT providers will be the spokes. OBOT providers will receive support from Spoke Care Teams, education and consultation from Tulane University through academic detailing and Project ECHO, and psychiatric consults from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. Crisis Outreach Mobile Teams will provide outreach services and offer mobile peer recovery services, including recovery coaching, within the state's communities. Women with OUD who are either pregnant or have a child with neonatal opiate withdrawal symptoms will be targeted through a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) pilot project at a local hospital. Recovery support for individuals with OUD will be enhanced by educating Oxford Home residents on MAT to discourage discrimination against persons on MAT, as well as the expansion of Oxford Houses statewide and referral of the state prisons' re-entry population to Oxford Homes. Finally, the needs of state-recognized tribes will be identified through a thorough needs assessment and addressed through strategy implementation. This list of coordinated prevention, treatment and recovery support services will increase Louisiana's capacity to address issues of opioid use across our state.
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).