Wednesday, April 24, 2024
4/24/2024
The NM FOCUS MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND OPIOID ADDICTION EXPANSION project will allow the University of New Mexico to expand comprehensive medication-assisted treatment, including psychosocial services, for opioid use disorders to adult parents of young children, ages 0-6 in New Mexico. This promising practice-based FOCUS clinic currently provides parents of children 0-3 with family primary care, MAT, and early childhood interventions. The UNM Division of Community Behavioral Health will collaborate with FOCUS to expand MAT, based in a family medical home, to adult parents of children aged 0-6, and create adult psychosocial services to support recovery. Specifically, the goals of the NM-FOCUS-MAT are to 1. Increase the number of adults with young children receiving MAT through the FOCUS program, 2. Establish psychosocial services for adults with young children receiving MAT through the FOCUS program, 3. Improve care coordination to support parents with young children receiving MAT, 4. Ensure long-term sustainability of the MAT and psychosocial services expansion in FOCUS. These goals will be accomplished by the implementation of policies expanding eligibility for MAT in the FOCUS program for parents of young children ages 0-6, currently limited to parents of children ages 0-3 and enrolled in early childhood intervention, and implementing adult psychosocial services to support MAT engagement and retention for this population. The NM-FOCUS-MAT project will provide increased access to MAT by providing care within a family-focused primary care setting for both parents and children while also identifying and meeting parents psychosocial needs and addressing barriers to engagement and retention in MAT. Funding will support increased treatment capacity and comprehensiveness. The NM-FOCUS-MAT project will annually enroll 25 new patients the first year and 50 new patients each year thereafter. By the end of Year 5 of the grant, at least 225 parents of young children with OUD will have been served by the program.
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).
