Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
Project Title: Medication-Assisted Treatment – Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction Applicant Organization Name: Apex Community Care, Inc. Address: 30 West St, Danbury, CT 06810-7842 Agency Contact: Jill Schoenfuss, Chief Development Officer Contact Number: (203) 778-2437 E-Mail Address: jschoenfuss@apexcc.org Web Site Address: www.apexcc.org Program funds Requested: $525,000.00 Project Abstract Apex Community Care, Inc. is the application under the SAMHSA Notice of Funding Opportunity Medication-Assisted Treatment-Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction Program. With this application Apex is requesting funding to expand and enhance access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for persons with an opioid use disorder seeking or receiving MAT in Great Danbury and Litchfield County Connecticut, especially those stigmatized and disenfranchised local adult populations, specifically communities of color, especially the Hispanic/Latinx and Black communities; LGBTQ folx; local immigrant populations; low income individuals; and those living with HIV. Apex is thereby requesting $525,000 for each year of the five year funding cycle on order to expand the agency’s MAT program by increasing MAT prescribing staff hours, hiring additional clinicians to provide behavioral health intervention and a behavioral health case manager to connect MAT clients to needed services and to address social determinants of health, conducting minor renovations to our behavioral health facilities to accommodate increased clinical staff and to support a more welcoming environment for Behavioral Health/Substance Use/MAT clientele, and obtaining other supplies and infrastructure to support program expansion. Enhanced services would include expanded use of Evidence Based Practices with MAT clients. The desired outcomes for this program are: 1) an increase in the number of individuals with Opioid Use Disorder receiving MAT; and 2) a decrease in illicit opioid drug use and prescription opioid misuse at six-month follow-up. Apex anticipates serving at least 90 unduplicated clients in Year 1; Year 2 = 120; Year 3 = 150; Year 4 = 180; Year 5 = 210; for an unduplicated total of = 750 clients. Apex Community Care, Inc., (formerly, AIDS Project Greater Danbury, Inc.) is a nonprofit (501c3) organization founded in 1987. The mission of Apex Community Care is to advocate for and provide services to people living with HIV/AIDs, mental health and substance use disorders, their families, and loved ones, and to actively promote education and prevention in the community. Apex envisions a world free of stigma and shame, where all people are treated with dignity and respect and their value as an individual is recognized and celebrated. We will work relentlessly and passionately to help those individuals who are disenfranchised and to create a more inclusive community. Apex Community Care has been serving Western Connecticut for over 30 years, helping thousands of local residents through our services.
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