Aspiring Leaders will establish a new safe space where transitioning young adults who have traditionally been underserved, and their family members, can receive comprehensive, family centered, trauma informed, evidence based treatment, early intervention and recovery support services in three Alabama counties-including two rural counties that do not have any outpatient substance use disorder treatment or recovery support services for adults.
These underserved populations will include youth living in Montgomery, Elmore and Autauga Counties who: 1) have aged out of foster care, 2) are juvenile offenders released from the Department of Youth Services; 3) have completed the Job Corps training program; 4) are returning to the community from jail or prison; 5) are experiencing homelessness; 6) have experienced sexual assault; 7) have experienced domestic violence; 8) are living with HIV; 9) have been involved in the criminal justice system; and/or 10) are females and/or members of racial or ethnic populations that have experience health disparities. A total of 450 individuals will be served- 50 in Year 1 and 100 annually in Years 2-5.
Aletheia House will provide screening, substance use disorder assessment and treatment, early intervention services, family counseling and childcare. It will subcontract with COSA-NCADD, which operates one of the largest recovery support programs in the nation, to provide peer-facilitated recovery support groups, recovery coaching/mentoring, peer case management, Life Skills in Recovery classes and social/recreational activities. COSA-NCADD will also provide transportation services to program participants
The project will subcontract with area recovery home operators to provide recovery housing and Montgomery Metro Treatment Center to provide medication assisted treatment.
Project goals will include: 1) increasing access to comprehensive treatment, early intervention and recovery support services for traditionally underserved youth, ages 18-25; 2)
improving program outcomes by offering access to comprehensive, evidence-based treatment, early intervention and recovery support services; 3) improving program outcomes for female participants by offering gender specific, trauma informed evidence-based services; and 4) improving program outcomes participants with opioid use disorders by expanding access to medication assisted treatment.
The project will use several evidence-based practices including: 1) Living in Balance-a manual-based, comprehensive addiction treatment program that emphasizes relapse prevention; 2) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; 3) Medication Assisted Treatment; 4) gender responsive, trauma informed services; and 5) peer recovery support services.
The project will be managed by Aletheia House, a community-based nonprofit that has been serving individuals in the population of focus in Alabama since 1972.