Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
Project participants will be actively enrolled in the project for 12 months. The first six months will be an intensive outpatient program (IOP) phase and include MAT along with applicable comprehensive OUD psychosocial services and weekly peer recovery specialist meetings. The remaining six months will continue MAT treatment with less frequent peer recovery specialist meetings. All participants will be assisted in overcoming social determinants of health issues. Project name: Community Outreach MAT Peer Addiction Support Services (COMPASS). Population to be served: persons who are homeless or are receiving ongoing support through housing subsidies lined to a homeless provider (at risk of homelessness due to recent housing instability (AROH)); lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ); and/or veterans in Salt Lake County, Utah with prescription drug and/or opioid addictions. Strategies/interventions: these include: an intensive outpatient program (IOP) phase for ix months where participants receive MAT along with applicable comprehensive OUD psychosocial services; recovery support services including peer recovery specialists with lived experience in one of the target populations and monthly Sober Socials, a secondary, six month less intensive phase that include MAT and related treatment; assistance in reducing social determinants of health (SDoH) barriers to care; and telehealth, including the use of an app designed to improve participant compliance with treatment and bolster patient outcomes. Goals and objectives: the overall goal of the project is to reduce the morbidity and mortality from prescription drug and opioid addiction in Salt Lake County, Utah with a focus on homeless, LGBTQ, and veteran populations. Objective 1: Annually, 70% of enrolled participants will complete the six month intensive outpatient portion (IOP) of the project. Objective 2: Annually, 50% of enrolled participants will completed the six month intensive outpatient portion (IOP) of the project will complete the full one year project. Objective 3: Annually, 75% of those participating in the project for more than 90 days will demonstrate a decrease in illicit opioid and prescription drug use (as applicable) at six and twelve months as compared to an intake baseline. In year one, 125 unduplicated persons will be served with 150 unduplicated persons served annually in years two through five for a total of 725 persons served.
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