Residential Treatment Services for Ex-Offenders - The purpose of this project is to expand the service delivery system at Odyssey House, Inc. (OH) by developing the Residential Treatment Services for Ex-Offenders to increase access and availability of trauma-informed substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and related recovery support services to adult ex-offenders with a SUD and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD), who are in residential SUD treatment. The Residential Treatment Services for Ex-Offenders program will use a coordinated, risk-need based approach designed to combine effective community-based treatment, recovery and reentry-related services and discharge planning to break the cycle of criminal behavior, alcohol and/or drug use and incarceration or other penalties. We will implement a full continuum of best-practice interventions for 150 adults with a SUD or COD.
The goal of Residential Treatment Services for Ex-Offenders is to improve the behavioral health of the population of focus by providing comprehensive SUD treatment, addiction medicine when indicated, and recovery support services. Evidence-based interventions will be used, including Moral Reconation Therapy, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Men's Trauma Recovery Empowerment (M-TREM) Group Intervention and access to Medication Assisted Treatment for opioid and alcohol use disorders. The proposed evidence-based practices, delivered by credentialed alcohol and substance abuse counselors, address issues key to engaging the targeted ex-offenders completing residential treatment and reentering the community. Goals to be achieved through the Residential Treatment Services for Ex-Offenders program include: stabilizing participants in recovery from SUD/COD; assisting participants to become fully functioning parents, employees and citizens; transitioning individuals out of residential SUD care back to the community; and strengthening partnerships and systems of care for the reentry population. Program services will include: outreach, screening, coordination with corrections, CBT-based groups, vocational rehabilitation, referrals to other services, including mental health, health care, education, housing, and family services, and appropriate discharge planning. Key outcomes include 150 individuals served over three years (50 per year); 80% of individuals served will be abstinent at discharge; 80% of individuals served will report stable housing at discharge; 75% of individuals served will report improved employment at discharge; 80% of individuals served will report improved social connectedness at discharge; 100% of individuals served will have a treatment plan with goals and aftercare plans; 75% of individuals served will participate in >1 evidence-based practice; 80% of individuals served will have reduced criminal justice involvement at discharge; 90% of individuals served will not be re-arrested while in treatment at OH; and 50% of individuals served will show reduction in posttraumatic stress symptoms at discharge.
