Friday, April 4, 2025
4/4/2025
Addiction Counseling Health Integration Education Vitality Enforcements (ACHIEVES) - Summary. The North Mississippi Commission on MI/MR (d.b.a. Communicare/Region 2 Mental Health) and the Third District Drug Court of Mississippi will implement the Addiction Counseling Health Integration Education Vitality Enforcements project expanding IOP treatment capacity and providing trauma-informed service enhancements and peer recovery supports to improve recovery and successful reintegration into communities and reduce recidivism. Name of the project: ACHIEVES. Populations served: High risk/high need adults 18+ (40% female; 59% male; 1% transgender); 14% African American, 2% Hispanic/Latino; 2% American Indian; 1% Multi-Racial; 1% LGB; 100% trauma-involved; 100% Co-occurring Disorders; 1% HIV positive and 1% viral hepatitis positive. Goal. To provide gender affirming, trauma-informed and culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health services reducing crime, co-occurring substance use and mental disorders among high risk/high need, nonviolent offenders who are in need of residential treatment. Strategies/Interventions: ACHIEVES expands IOP treatment capacity and enhances treatment dosage and intensity adding state-of-the-science approaches and recovery support services all to meet the individualized needs of drug court participants. The Risk and Needs Triage (RANT) is used to match each participant's level and intensity of services to his/her level of risk and relative to his/her needs. Services include standardized screening/assessment, trauma-informed SUD/MH co-occurring disorders residential treatment coupled with strength-based case management, HIV, viral Hepatitis screening and linkage, and peer recovery support services (ensuring linkages to housing, employment, healthcare and social supports). Use of EBPs will help to achieve the measurable objectives yielding optimal results. EBPs: (Motivational Interviewing (MI), IOP Matrix Model, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), Accelerated Resolution Therapy, (ART) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and My Ongoing Recovery Experience (MORE). Objectives. Of the 250 participants served, 80% will improve abstinence; 80% will reduce criminal justice involvement; 80% will improve education/employment; 80% will improve housing stability; and 80% will improve social connectivity via peer recovery support services. # to be served. 50 per year, totaling 250 across a five-year project period.
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