Friday, April 26, 2024
4/26/2024
Lummi Nation TOR Project Abstract The Lummi Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) project is designed to add to existing chemical dependency counseling and medication assisted treatments to offer a full spectrum of treatment and recovery support services that facilitate positive treatment outcome and long-term recovery. The project has three primary goals: 1) provide outreach and case management services to tribal members returning from inpatient chemical dependency treatment and/or tribal members with a history of substance use following incarceration; 2) extend outreach and case management services to tribal members discontinuing Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) treatment against medical advice or missing OTP services for more than 5 days; 3) reduce organizational and service barriers that contribute to tribal members discontinuing OTP treatment against medical advice or missing OTP services for more than 5 days. The population of focus is Lummi tribal members and other members of federally recognized tribes that are suffering from opiate use disorder and may benefit from chemical dependency counseling and medication assisted treatment. The project proposes to utilize several empirically based practices to achieve these goals including continuing current pharmacotherapies, creating two new recovery coach positions to provide intensive case management intervention, and integrating cultural beliefs, values, and preferences into treatment. Two community members will be recruited and trained as recovery coaches. It is anticipated that 300 tribal members returning from inpatient chemical dependency treatment, and/or tribal members with a history of substance use following incarceration will receive outreach and case management services during the two years of program funding. It is anticipated that 150 tribal members discontinuing OTP treatment against medical advice, or missing OTP services for more than 5 days, will receive outreach and case management services during the two years of program funding. Program progress will be continually monitored and modified as needed to improve services to youth and families.
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