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The Western New York Regional 24-7 Virtual On-Call MAT Center

Award Number: H79TI084499
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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The Western New York Regional 24-7 Virtual On-Call MAT Center - Western New York Regional 24-7 Virtual On-Call MAT Center The goal of this initiative is to expand, enhance, and sustain access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services and recovery supports for persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) seeking or receiving MAT in the Western New York Region. Three measurable objectives that align the region’s needs and treatment gaps will be capable of serving 456 people over 5 years (starting with 48 in year 1 and reaching 120 annually by year 5): Obj. 1: Implement/Sustain Telemedicine 24/7 MAT Initiation to expand the number of individuals with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) receiving MAT (engage & start MAT); Obj. 2: Implement/Sustain Cascade of Care Framework to connect 24/7 initiation to long-term recovery supports (retain over 6 months with eventual remission); and Obj. 3: Progress Reporting, Performance Evaluation, & Sustainment. The project catchment area is the western end of New York State, comprised of two metropolitan counties (home to Buffalo, NY and Niagara Falls, NY) surrounded by six rural counties, with an estimated 1.5+ million population. The area has over 72,000 persons with opioid use disorder involving non-medical or illicit use of opioids. Over the last two years there has been a spike in both opioid overdose deaths (57%) and opioid related ED visits (58%) along with growing treatment gaps due to COVID shutdowns. The approach is founded on the evidenced-based use of MAT via the deployment of an existing pool of University at Buffalo x-waivered trained practitioners including nine physicians Board-Certified in Addiction Medicine who will work on-call in a new regional 24-7 Virtual MAT Center (Obj. 1). Adapting the “ED-initiated buprenorphine with facilitated transitions” evidence-based practice, our initiative will modify the model to a virtual Telemedicine approach. To further address treatment gaps, the regional On-Call MAT Center will also serve as the rapid access front-end for an evidence-based Value Network Cascade of Care Framework (Obj. 2) that will connect MAT initiated cases to long-term recovery supports. This is a Behavioral Health Care Collaborative of over 85 partners that serve patients in all 8 counties of Western NY. In this proposal, the Telemedicine MAT-Initiation model (On-Call MAT Center) will be connected to this SUD treatment agency collaborative via navigators. This proposal also uses other revenue sources realized from the delivery of services to establish and sustain the program. The call-time expense of the on-call physicians staffing the Virtual On-Call MAT Center is anticipated to be supported by revenue over the project period. Lastly, performance-based program assessments will drive adjustments to fully sustain the On-Call MAT Center beyond the grant (Obj. 3).


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: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	899 MAIN ST	BUFFALO	NY	14203	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	4	4/22/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $525,000 )
2024	2024	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	255 DELAWARE AVE	BUFFALO	NY	14202	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	003	4	7/2/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$525,000
2024	2023	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	255 DELAWARE AVE	BUFFALO	NY	14202	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	3	4/19/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	255 DELAWARE AVE	BUFFALO	NY	14202	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	3	3/4/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	255 DELAWARE AVE	BUFFALO	NY	14202	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	12/5/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $525,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $525,000 )
2023	2023	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	255 DELAWARE AVE	BUFFALO	NY	14202	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	6/26/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$525,000
														Subtotal = $525,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $525,000 )
2022	2022	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	255 DELAWARE AVE STE 300	BUFFALO	NY	14202	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	2	6/6/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$525,000
2022	2021	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	255 DELAWARE AVE STE 300	BUFFALO	NY	14202	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	1/6/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2022	2021	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	255 DELAWARE AVE STE 300	BUFFALO	NY	14202	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	11/11/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2021	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	255 DELAWARE AVE STE 300	BUFFALO	NY	14202	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	003	1	6/8/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $525,000

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $525,000 )
2021	2021	BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.	255 DELAWARE AVE STE 300	BUFFALO	NY	14202	ERIE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	9/7/2021	NEW	$525,000
														Subtotal = $525,000

Grand Total All Awards = $2,100,000

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The Western New York Regional 24-7 Virtual On-Call MAT Center

Award Number: H79TI084499

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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