Saturday, November 23, 2024
11/23/2024
Brandywine Counseling and Community Services, Inc. (BCCS) will implement Support for Treatment and Recovery Services (STARS) a Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program to expand and enhance access to MAT services for adults with an Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) residing in rural and underserved counties in the state of Delaware. STARS will expand and enhance MAT services for 75 adults annually (375 over five years). Population of Focus is adults with an OUD (with our without a co-occurring mental health disorder) in need of OUD treatment. Priority will be given to adults with unsuccessful opioid detoxifications or history of drug overdose experiences; those reentering the community from incarceration; those who are homeless, veterns, women with children, HIV positive, intravenous drug users, and members of the LGBTQ community. STARS places special emphasis on targeting racial and ethnic minorities to reduce the impact of behavioral problems and disparities. INTERVENTIONS: STARS will expand and enhance MAT services in Kent and Sussex Counties to provide OUD integrated care. Evidence-based practices include, but are not limited to: ASAM assessment, motivational enhancement therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, peer recovery support, and 12-step and other self-help approaches. These will be integrated with outreach, prevention education, re-engagement, and care coordination to facilitate access to OUD and MAT services including mobile services and transition between the various levels of OUD/MAT treatment; incorporate relapse prevention therapy; trauma-informed care; wrap-around and recovery support services; and peer recovery coaching. GOALS: Overarching goal is to increase the number of individuals with OUD (with or without a co-occurring mental health disorder) receiving MAT by 375 adults, decrease illicit opioid drug use and prescription opioid misuse among participants at six-month follow-up, and enhance treatment and recovery support services for adults living in rural, medically-underserved counties in Delaware. STARS measurable outcomes at six months include: 1. Expand and enhance access to MAT for 375 adults with an OUD in southern Delaware of five (5) years. 2. Decrease opioid use and prescription opioid misuse by 75%. 3. Increase abstinence rate of alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs by 75%. 4. Improve or maintain behavioral and medical outcomes for participants for at least 65% of clients related to health, housing, educational, medical/health, social connectedness, employment, and behavioral and social consequences. 5. Increase and enhance recovery support services and retain 80% of participants in recovery support services for at least six months.
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