State Opioid and Stimulus Initiative (SOS) - The SOS initiative will serve individuals and their families across the lifespan affected by opioid and/or stimulant use disorder with a continued emphasis on adolescents, pre and post-natal mothers, Veterans and individuals who have served in the military, Native Americans, rural areas without access to treatment, and discharging from jail or prisons with Opioid or Stimulant Use Disorder. ODMHSAS will continue to utilize state and grant funding; align and streamline to maximize dollars used without duplication of efforts, and serve more individuals. SOS initiative will serve 5,000 in year 1 and 5,000 in year 2 with a total of 10,000 over two years. The SOS initiative goals encompass prevention services that will save lives in the future through decreasing opioid and heroin overdose, non-medical use of prescription drugs, methamphetamine, and other stimulants. SOS initiative will provide early and easy access to services through: outreach; early identification, and linkage to appropriate levels of treatment, crisis intervention, and recovery support services.
Goals & Objectives: The following will be completed by the end of year one unless otherwise noted. 1) Increase community knowledge base to prevent abuse of opioids and increase access to services through messaging to 1000 individuals and practice facilitation; 2) Increase Community outreach by training, disseminate material, link referrals, and increase local action on opioid prevention; 3) Enhance the knowledge base for the workforce and better support individuals at risk or with an OUD, families and the community in prevention, treatment, and recovery supports through trainings, consultation, as well as the distribution of naloxone kits will reach approx. 10,900 individuals; 4) Promote social and emotional health for students to decrease disruptive behavior and increase quality instruction time to 100 classrooms; 5) Increase collaboration and sustain community referral base for individuals with OUD by mobilizing 4 regional OUD liaisons by conducting 800 contacts; 6) Increase access to an array of treatments for individuals with OUD/SUDs including those who are uninsured and underinsured, with emphasis on veterans, pregnant women, tribal, those coming out of jails and prisons through SBIRT and 23+providers serving 5,000 individuals; 7) Enhance the existing infrastructure to deliver evidence-based treatment interventions that include medication(s) FDA-approved for OUD, and stimulant misuse and use disorders, including for cocaine, methamphetamine, and/or co-occurring disorders including but not limited trauma, suicidal ideation in a continuum by using EBPs like Motivational Interviewing, telehealth, and recovery support strategies by 25% and developing Behavioral Health Center of Excellence. 8) Ensure contractors have a 100% of eligible prescribers on staff waivered to provided MAT services through TA provided waiver trainings; 9) Enhance Recovery Supports by increasing acceptance in Oxford Houses on MAT by 25%, train 100 PRRS’ in EBPs, provide support for 50 Certified Recovery Houses, IPS/housing services by 125% and use of CHESS app by 50%.
