Saturday, March 25, 2023
3/25/2023
Indian Health Council, Inc. (IHC) is a health care consortium serving nine Tribal communities residing in North San Diego County. In response to a SAMHSA Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) grant in September 2018, IHC developed and began a coordinated response to the local opioid epidemic by offering Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for American Indian clients expressing willingness to engage in a multi-departmental treatment support pilot program. IHC’s TOR project incorporated a community-centered approach. It addressed three tiers of prevention strategies: destigmatizing seeking treatment for opioid addiction; raising awareness of opioid addiction risk factors; and improving the tribal clinic staff’s treatment and aftercare capacity. MAT was initiated via DATA-2000 waivered providers located on site. Despite increasing access to MAT and coordinating services between Medical, Behavioral Health, Public Health Programs and Pharmacy departments, gaps in care were still noted, especially in the realm of residential treatment options. IHC proposes to leverage this SAMHSA TOR funding opportunity to engage in the following 4 activities to meet the central goals of the TOR 2020 Project over the next 24 months: (1) engage in 2 months of comprehensive strategic planning, focusing on data from IHC’s recent community needs assessment; (2) use the American Society of Addiction Medicine evidence-based opioid treatment guidelines to continue and expand our existing Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) process to meet the ongoing demand for the clinic’s service catchment area, possibly including the piloting of a home induction protocol in appropriate clients; (3) expand upon and maintain established community resources for additional outreach to destigmatize opioid use disorder as well as polysubstance abuse to ensure the comfort of tribal clinic patients to engage with the providers in a trusting environment; and (4) establish a network of culturally appropriate forms of sober living and/or 3.1 Level of Care treatment within the clinic’s service area to provide community-integrated options for clients who need a safe environment in which to thrive
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).
