Friday, December 27, 2024
12/27/2024
Serving Children and Adults in Need Inc. (SCAN) is proposing to implement its Healthy Border Initiative Project in Webb County, Texas, located along the Texas-Mexico border. The population of focus is Hispanic females and males 18 years of age and older at high risk for HIV/Hepatitis infection who meet the criteria for a substance use disorder (SUD) or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders (CODs). The project will provide behavioral care to a total of 500 clients using evidence based practices over the life of the project (100 participants per year). In addition, a total of 1,250 high-risk individuals (250 per year) and their partners will be tested for HIV and hepatitis. The project will implement five evidence-based practices (EBPs) which are: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Seeking Safety, the Matrix Model, and RESPECT. These (EBPs) will be part of a holistic approach that will focus on the substance use, gender, sexual orientation, mental health, traumatic stress, HIV/Hepatitis, and recovery needs of participants. The EBPs will address the diverse behavioral needs of the population of focus and will meet the population's linguistic and cultural needs. These evidence-based practices will focus on engagement, retention and motivation to treatment; substance use; traumatic stress and substance use; co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders; and HIV/Hepatitis prevention. EBPs will be delivered in a continuum of services that integrates the project's resources (behavioral care with HIV and hepatitis testing, hepatitis vaccinations, FDA approved medication) with HIV/Hepatitis medical care and SCAN's other services and the resources in the community. The goals of the project are: 1) Prevent the spread of HIV by providing HIV preliminary antibody testing at program enrollment; 2) Provide onsite and offsite HIV testing in accordance with state and local requirements; 3) Provide case management, referral/linkages to follow-up care, and treatment for all clients who have preliminary positive and confirmatory HIV test results; 4) Develop memoranda of agreement with primary HIV treatment and HIV care providers to strengthen integration of care through case management; 5) Screen and assess clients at high risk for HIV infection or HIV positive for the presence of co-occurring disorders (CODs) and develop appropriate treatment approaches utilizing evidence-based practices (EBPs); 6) Prevent the spread of viral hepatitis by providing timely testing and linkages to treatment; 7) Facilitate recovery, foster physical health and improve participants' lives by demonstrating positive outcomes at discharge and 6-month follow-up based on GPRA data; 8) Collect quality data efficiently and consistently to ensure the best positive clinical outcomes, timely reporting and program improvement; and 9) Develop a culturally and linguistically-informed project to meet the specific cultural and linguistic needs of participants from the border region.
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