Saturday, December 21, 2024
12/21/2024
Baystate Medical Center, the Hampden Country Sheriff's Department, CODAC, Holyoke Health Center, Caring Health Center and the Center for Addiction Recovery will collaborate on Bridge in Motion, expanding access to medication assisted treatment (MAT) in jail/treatment and after release to Hampden County Sheriff's Department facilities' offenders and civilly committed with an Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in Western Massachusetts. Our population of focus is men and women, 18 years and older, who have an OUD, and are within four months of scheduled release from Hampden County Sheriff's Department (HCSD) to return to their community in Hampden County, MA. This includes individuals who are in treatment fur to civil commitment for OUD, individuals who are pretrial with a bail of $5,000 or less, and individuals who are incarcerated for a criminal offense. Our desired outcomes are: 10 an increase in the number of individuals receiving MAT before and after release and 2) a decrease in illicit opioid drug use and prescription opioid drug misuse at three and six months post release. The Sheriff's Department's electronic medical record system shows an OUD prevalence rate of 40% for men and 53% for women. Over two-thirds of the newly released persons with an opioid disorder will seek to engage in treatment services when they return to their home community. Risk of opioid overdose in markedly increased following release from incarceration/commitment. Case Management staff will serve as the crucial link to comprehensive psychosocial and health care support services, including primary health care, mental health care and peer support programs to sustain treatment and recovery. We will use the evidence-based Critical Time Intervention (CTI) program model, which involves two components: 1) strengthening the individual's long-term ties to services, family and friends; and 2)providing emotional and practical support during the transition back to the community. It is expected that continuation of MAT services and opioid use abstinence after release will increase with intensive case management and community support. We will also use Motivational Interviewing. Through the Bridge in Motion program, we aim to improve overall health by providing a comprehensive network of substance use and mental health treatment and recovery support services that will reduce the likelihood of recidivism. Each year of the grant period, we will serve 50 clients. The total number of unduplicated individuals we will serve over the five-year grant period is 250.
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).