Saturday, May 4, 2024
5/4/2024
The purpose of Project PHASES (Providing HIV/AIDS and Substance-abuse Expansion Services) is to increase engagement in care for racial/ethnic underrepresented individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) or a co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD) who are at risk for, or are living with, HIV/AIDS and receive HIV/AIDS services. Project PHASES will focus on promoting positive behavioral health for racial/ethnic minority adults by implementing evidence-based interventions and a work plan that is recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and equity-based. Participants will be recruited from CBWF’s service area: Texas’s Health Region 11 (a 11,000 sq. mile area), comprised of 12 semi-urban and rural counties: Nueces, San Patricio, Refugio, Live Oak, Jim Wells, Duval, Bee, Brooks, McMullen, Kenedy, Kleberg, and Aransas. CBWF will assign/hire experienced and competent staff including a Project Director (PD), Project Coordinator (PC), one Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), one Peer Support Specialist (PSS), two Care Coordinators (CC), and an external evaluator. The proposed evidence-based interventions are: Living in Balance, Seeking Safety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Fundamentals of Counseling and Testing, and Personalized Cognitive Counseling. The anticipated measurable goals and objectives are detailed below: 1) Beginning January 2023, PHASES will conduct 50 outreach contracts a month targeting the target population 2) Beginning January 2023, PHASES will perform 25 HIV/Hepatitis screenings per month 3) Beginning January 2023, PHASES will screen 325 clients for COD (50 year 1, 75 years 2-4, and 50 year 5) and provide treatment 4) Beginning January 2023, 325 minority adults with SUD or COD (50 Yr. 1; 75 Yr.2 thru Yr.4, 50 Yr.5) will participate in the Living in Balance, Seeking Safety, and CBT EBPs. 5) Beginning January 2023, PHASES will administer Baseline GPRA to all clients upon enrollment (325 for the life of the program – 50 Yr.1, 75 Yrs.2-4, 50 Yr5
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