Sunday, May 5, 2024
5/5/2024
Summary: Since 2006, the Tribe has operated a medication (methadone) assisted treatment program (MAT) to assist individuals/families with chemical dependencies. This project will help the Tribe continue to reduce unmet treatment needs and opioid related overdoses by allowing the Tribe to increase the number of persons in treatment and increase retention rates by offering financial assistance to persons with Opioid Use Disorders and by providing Naloxone overdose kits and training. The project will also allow the Tribe to use Suboxone as a MAT option. Project Name: Quapaw Nation MAT Expansion/Retention Population to Be Served: All persons over the age of 18 with Opioid Use Disorders who live near Quapaw, Oklahoma will be served. The primary target population, however, will be Native Americans. Strategies/Interventions: The Quapaw Nation will utilize two separate Evidence Based Practices through the course of the project: (1) methadone and Suboxone as treatment for persons with Opioid Use Disorders; and (2) naloxone to reduce opioid overdoses. Goals/Objectives: Goal: To increase access to medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder by reducing unmet treatment needs, increasing patient retention rates, and reducing overdose related injuries and fatalities requiring hospitalization. Objectives: (1) by the end of the project period, reduce overdose related injuries and fatalities requiring hospitalization by 60% by distributing 500 Naloxone overdose kits to a minimum of 500 persons; (2) by the end of the project period, maintain MAT retention at 100% by providing 10 existing patients with financial hardship assistance for treatment; and (3) by the end of the project period, increase MAT census by 30% by providing 30 new patients with financial assistance to complete initial intake assessments.
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