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Expanding Medication Assisted Treatment in Central Pennsylvania to Address Opioid Use Disorder

Award Number: H79TI084244
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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Expanding Medication Assisted Treatment in Central Pennsylvania to Address Opioid Use Disorder - Our proposal, “Expanding Medication Assisted Treatment in Central Pennsylvania to Address Opioid Use Disorder,” aims to build upon our successful hub-and-spoke model of treatment (PacMAT) centered at the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, a joint venture between Penn State Health and UPMC. Each of our current 15 spoke clinics is in a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) underserved county located in Central Pennsylvania and serves a combination of urban and rural locations. Death rates from drug-related overdose within our catchment area range from 14-44 per 100,000 people. Our overarching goal is to decrease the number of untreated people living with, and dying from, OUD by increasing the capacity to provide comprehensive, timely care in underserved counties in Central Pennsylvania. To achieve this goal, we will build on our prior SAMHSA grant efforts to further expand our collaborative PacMAT and Project ECHO hub-and-spoke efforts. First, we will continue to expand our existing reach by adding more local clinics and care centers, including local hospital emergency departments (EDs), to our network. Second, we will leverage this enhanced network to increase provider capacity to identify and serve more patients with OUD. Third, we will continue to grow our telehealth support to recruit, train, and retain MAT providers. In order to enhance our current hub-and-spoke model we plan to supplement our current one-on-one approach with the Project ECHO telehealth model. Project ECHO has the potential to overcome barriers within our current hub-and-spoke model, including concerns of primary care providers to address opioid use disorder due to perceived burden, and failure for current MAT prescribers to reach their capacity of patients. Our specific project objectives include: 1. Increase the capacity of providers and spoke clinics to engage 825 unique individuals in MAT at the hub-and-spokes. 2. Recruit and engage 150 new Pennsylvanian primary care providers in MAT via Project ECHO over the award period. Our team is expertly poised to achieve our goal through implementation of all Required Activities. Further, given our prior SAMHSA funding and established hub-and-spoke, we will be able to begin providing services immediately upon award. Our proposed project is critical to advancing MAT within existing spokes, as well as establishing opportunities for future dissemination across Central Pennsylvania to better address the opioid epidemic.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $524,150 )
2024	2024	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	500 UNIVERSITY DRIVE	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	4	7/2/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$524,150
2024	2023	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	500 UNIVERSITY DRIVE	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	3	12/6/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	500 UNIVERSITY DRIVE	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	10/5/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $524,150

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $524,288 )
2023	2023	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	500 UNIVERSITY DRIVE	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	3	7/6/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$524,288
2023	2022	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	500 UNIVERSITY DRIVE	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	2	5/31/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2023	2022	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	500 UNIVERSITY AVE RM C1607	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	2	11/30/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $524,288

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $524,325 )
2022	2022	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	500 UNIVERSITY AVE RM C1607	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	003	2	6/28/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$524,325
2022	2021	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	500 UNIVERSITY AVE RM C1607	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	1	2/23/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2021	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	500 UNIVERSITY AVE RM C1607	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	11/3/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2021	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	500 UNIVERSITY AVE RM C1607	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	2/1/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $524,325

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $524,235 )
2021	2021	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	500 UNIVERSITY AVE RM C1607	HERSHEY	PA	17033	DAUPHIN	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	9/7/2021	NEW	$524,235
														Subtotal = $524,235

Grand Total All Awards = $2,096,998

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Expanding Medication Assisted Treatment in Central Pennsylvania to Address Opioid Use Disorder

Award Number: H79TI084244

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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